we live in a decent apartment in cool part of city $1100/month for rent
Bullshit
this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2024
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You can see the date in the top part. This was in 2019 before covid and before all the prices went to crazy town.
Man I wish I lived where you did in 2019. I was looking for a place from 2017 to 2020, and they were already fucked.
Hell, Studio Apartments with like 500sqft were 2200 to 2400 a month already.
Last I checked you can move 50 miles from civilization and pay 600/month, but that was also the case 7 years ago.
My friend was looking for an apartment in 2016 and he decided against this really nice one for $750 a month because it was too expensive. It wasn’t even a studio it was a reasonably sized 1 bedroom with utilities and internet included.
In 2019 I lived in a bigger city for my state (USA) and my rent for a 1Br was $1200mo (heat/hot water only). Though it was not "in" the city, but one street over from the main strip. It is massively more expensive now
The city is in Indiana. OP thinks it's a cool part of the city because there's an Applebee's and an Olive Garden just a short 30 minute drive away.
Right? Who the hell would agree to a price like that. That would cover my mortage for 2 months.
Anon should go suck the landlord's dick
$1,100 is $1,100 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Is it normal to pay cash for rent in the US? I've always done it by bank transfer, set up to pay automatically on the agreed date..
Seems like a great way to perform tax fraud.
Greater opportunity, yes; however, cash is still legal tender in the US and it used to be illegal to not accept it as payment (this may have changed). And, as the payer, make sure you get a receipt so they can't screw you and if the landlord doesn't pay taxes, you're not culpable - it's their responsibility, not your's.
Cash is fine. The receipt is important, though, for a number of reasons. Not many people are going to go withdraw $1,100 just to pay rent, unless they're getting a discount for cash, which is a good indication there's some tax dodging going on.
Even if you trade sex for rent, get a receipt saying you paid your rent.
I don't know about rent, but an increasing amount of the retail industry no longer accepts cash.
It’s kinda funny seeing some places that don’t accept cash, and others that charge as high as a 4% fee (that I’ve seen)?for using a credit card.
Years ago you needed to send them a check every month. You also mostly got paid with a monthly check.
For some (historic) reason bank transfers are very underutilized in America. I think it gets better though? I don't know am not 'murican.
For some (historic) reason bank transfers are very underutilized in America
My guess is that forcing you to withdraw cash or write checks is more profitable for one of the most under-regulated industries in the world in one of the most under-regulated countries in the world 🤷
Just how backwards do you think we are? I haven't written a check for at least ten years. Everything is electronic now.
The last time I paid for rent via check was... 12 years ago? And that was for a pretty ghetto apartment. Everything before and after was electronic (some used Paypal, some had a website that accepted bank transfers, and accepted Venmo). I write maybe one check/year these days, and usually for a wedding. This year, I'm back to writing multiple, because my kid's pre-school charges extra for Venmo for some reason.
Very, very backward
Obviously a joke but you don't want to do this. He has sex with you and the deal is not legally binding and then evicts you anyway. Unless you had like body cam footage of the exchange going down.
Unless you had like body cam footage of the exchange going down.
I have seen such cam footage.
She should be proud, most girls can't pull 1,100 from a single job.
Damn, that is a really high rate for a prostitute.
Making it an excellent bargain.
However: it doesn't sound as if she didn't accept only because she wanted to be faithful; it sounds as if she was upset by the experience. So, fuck anon. He can go see if the landlord will accept something from him, instead.
$1100 for sex? The landlord was rather desperate.
