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>I tried getting a rental property by just offering 6 months rent up-front and a large deposit in a major tech town, because I had it in cash and didn't want to
by vba616 5y ago
>I tried getting a rental property by just offering 6 months rent up-front and a large deposit in a major tech town, because I had it in cash and didn't want to share more info than I needed to with the homeowner: they flat-out refused and demanded to see my pay-stubs and banking records for the last 2 years if I still wanted to move in.
Trying to solve your problems with money and failing is not evidence that it's expensive to be poor; it suggests you have blinders preventing you from doing the normal thing.
Within a few miles there are/were apartments that you could move into with two months' rent in cash up front. That would not be more expensive than the kind you're used to.
- Melting_Harps 5y ago> Trying to solve your problems with money and failing is not evidence that it's expensive to be poor; it suggests you have blinders preventing you from doing the normal thing. OK, it seems I have elucidate my point for you: in this case I may have had the cash, but I refused to give my banking information, emulating what a person who may not be legal and therefore do not have access to banking or other financial services. This may not be a direct parallel, but I do have other examples of how from personal experience I realized that being poor is expensive; student debt being a prime example. What I'm saying is that I built my startup to service people who were denied banking and financial services, and I got my 'privilege checked' and realized just how costly it is to be really poor.