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My memory may be failing, last time (15 years ish? ) I looked at living / staying in Korea most places asked for a full years rent up front, then additional ren
by worthless-trash 3y ago
My memory may be failing, last time (15 years ish? ) I looked at living / staying in Korea most places asked for a full years rent up front, then additional rent each month. You are supposed to get it back at the end of the lease. It would be trivial for a land lord to abuse a foreigner in this circumstance on the VISA, its not like you can stay around after the end of your lease to take them to court to recoup your money.
I'd be very careful about this.
- alexawarrior23 3y agoExactly, I suffered this landlord abuse while working abroad. Apartment was delivered back to the landlord crystal clean and 100% intact. Then they took my entire deposit and billed me around 12,000 EUR. I even had pictures to show that I had done no damage, but you can imagine how foreigner vs native testimony works in these kinds of super-racist countries. I managed to leave before I had to pay the bill, but I still lost my full deposit. Apparently this "fleece the foreigner" is a well known tactic in some countries.
- stormfather 3y agoWhere was this? Asking so I can never visit.
- wenc 3y agoThat is a very specific legal arrangement, which I understand is getting rarer and rarer these days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeonse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeonse
- worthless-trash 3y agoAh, that is good to hear. Can foreigners enter a 'western' like rent agreement ?