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Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly
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My man, the amount the landlord is charging rent is entirely arbitrary outside of being 'as high as they can get away with'. Don't make excuses for a landlord swindling you out of your money by making that amount seem more palatable by shuffling bits of it behind "fees."
Almost $1700 a month in base rent, the landlord can pay the damn fee for their own convenience in not having to cash a check.
While I agree on rent being too damn high, I think I draw the line as follows.
If you agreed to pay X and there are mandatory fees on top of that, that’s bullshit that should be illegal.
If you agreed to pay X and you want to use a method of payment that will make the other party receive less than X… that’s on you.
It feels a lot like… if someone agrees to pay me X and decides to pay me less than X… that’s some bullshit.