The landlord of my old apartment in Palo Alto told me that some previous tenants had tried to pay their month's rent in equity, because they were broke. He turn

The landlord of my old apartment in Palo Alto told me that some previous tenants had tried to pay their month's rent in equity, because they were broke. He turned them down and the company turned out to be very successful. I'm pretty sure he said it was one of the PayPal founders, but I don't remember.