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The European way of paying rent, e.g. recurring wires, has the benefit that the recipient can't just refuse the physical object. And for legally binding documen

by namibj 8y ago

The European way of paying rent, e.g. recurring wires, has the benefit that the recipient can't just refuse the physical object. And for legally binding documents the tenant has to deliver within a deadline, he can, if it's that bad (at least in Germany), pay a court bailiff to deliver the document and certify this delivery. That is legally binding on the date it is put in the mailbox.

busterarm 8y ago
I agree wholeheartedly and it seems like it would be nice to live in a civilized part of the world like Germany instead of my city and country of origin.
- namibj 8y ago
  Move here. It's not that difficult if you want it, and have the skill needed to find someone to marry. The legal system here is (almost) still 'rule of law', and the constitutional court has a history of voiding the police state laws that crop up. Well, unless you are in Bavaria. I'd advise against setting foot on that state. The arrest laws there are about as bad as civil forfeiture, except that they can at worst lock up what you have on you, instead of being able to turn it into funds. Also you, once you are a citizen, don't have to worry about your employer firing you or so, if you can sit that out in a frugal lifestyle. Landlords here actually like non-agressive social-benefits tenants, as the rent get's wired directly by the state and the benefits won't pay for an apartment in an expensive area anyway, which, combined with the apparently rather liberal zoning, as far as high-rise buildings are concerned, makes the situation rather bearable.
chimeracoder 8y ago
> And for legally binding documents the tenant has to deliver within a deadline, he can, if it's that bad (at least in Germany), pay a court bailiff to deliver the document and certify this delivery. That's true in the US as well, but again, the point is that a landlord who wants to make your life hell and drag you through the court system has plenty of opportunities to do so.

by namibj 8y ago

busterarm 8y ago

I agree wholeheartedly and it seems like it would be nice to live in a civilized part of the world like Germany instead of my city and country of origin.

namibj 8y ago
Move here. It's not that difficult if you want it, and have the skill needed to find someone to marry. The legal system here is (almost) still 'rule of law', and the constitutional court has a history of voiding the police state laws that crop up. Well, unless you are in Bavaria. I'd advise against setting foot on that state. The arrest laws there are about as bad as civil forfeiture, except that they can at worst lock up what you have on you, instead of being able to turn it into funds. Also you, once you are a citizen, don't have to worry about your employer firing you or so, if you can sit that out in a frugal lifestyle. Landlords here actually like non-agressive social-benefits tenants, as the rent get's wired directly by the state and the benefits won't pay for an apartment in an expensive area anyway, which, combined with the apparently rather liberal zoning, as far as high-rise buildings are concerned, makes the situation rather bearable.

chimeracoder 8y ago

> And for legally binding documents the tenant has to deliver within a deadline, he can, if it's that bad (at least in Germany), pay a court bailiff to deliver the document and certify this delivery. That's true in the US as well, but again, the point is that a landlord who wants to make your life hell and drag you through the court system has plenty of opportunities to do so.