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[-] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 229 points 5 days ago

Yeah, that's straight up fraud btw

[-] Venat0r@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

if they had had an apartment to rent out it would've been totally OK and not fraud and a very normal thing to expect a landlord to do though 😅

[-] ashenone@lemmy.ml 64 points 5 days ago

No I'm pretty sure that's the guy that loves cocain and wants to fuck his mother

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 44 points 5 days ago

No, you're thinking of pioneering psychologist Sigmund Freud.

Fraud is when a rope begins to break one stand at a time

[-] dylanmorgan@sh.itjust.works 36 points 5 days ago

No, that’s frayed. Fraud is an amphibian known for hopping.

[-] foofiepie@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago

No, that’s frog. Fraud is the opposite of frozen.

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago

No, you're thinking of thawed.

Fraud is a type of long robe or gown

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[-] peregrin5@piefed.social 49 points 5 days ago

i sue landlords for fraud. passive income.

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[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 162 points 5 days ago

"I have passive income" is literally just "I run online scams".

This is no different from people in places like india doing phone call scams.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 37 points 5 days ago

Yes that would be the joke.

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[-] MTK@lemmy.world 36 points 4 days ago

Not to be a capitalist pig but even under capitalism in the USA that is just fraud.

[-] teagrrl@lemmy.ml 15 points 4 days ago

Most people have no ability or funds for recourse and justice. It's just going to be a SOL moment.

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[-] auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 111 points 5 days ago

Application fees? For renting? Man America is cooked.

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 60 points 5 days ago

Don't forget the downpayment and the security deposit and first and last months rent. Oh and if you break the lease you have to pay 4 months rent or the remainder of the rental period, whichever is higher

[-] Pirky@lemmy.world 47 points 5 days ago

Don't forget that your landlord forces you to pay through a 3rd party company that charges a "convenience" fee of ~3% so your $600 rent is actually $620.

Ask me how I know.

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[-] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 4 days ago

yeah, that's not passive income

[-] capuccino@lemmy.world 92 points 5 days ago

Lmaooo Dudes, US people have no business making fun of communist if they do things like this. What do you mean you pay for an application for rent a space to living for????

[-] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 65 points 5 days ago

We also sometimes have to pay "pet rent", and no this does not cover pet damages.

[-] ViscloReader@lemmy.world 35 points 5 days ago

No fucking way this has to be a joke

[-] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

My cat costs me $30 per month in pet rent. And she still has the gall to lay around and complain like she pays the rent.

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[-] procapra@lemmy.ml 25 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You also have to prove you make 2x rent, sometimes 3x rent in order to actually qualify for an apartment (alot of us create fake paystubs for this) :)

We also will have a deposit that is usually 2-3x rent that we are supposed to get back when we move out. However every time this happens the landlords conveniently find damage to the property that didn't exist the day you moved out so you don't ever get that money back (or if you do, you only get 25-50% of it). :)

At the place I just moved out of, there was a roach infestation that the landlords refused to hire a pro to take care of that got entirely out of hand. They are holding my deposit for this. :)

You also aren't allowed to have anyone stay over longer than 3 days if they aren't on the lease without prior approval from the landlord. :)

Edit: Sometimes people have to get renters insurance too. :)

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[-] josefo@leminal.space 23 points 4 days ago

What if I could earn a passive income by scamming scammers? It would be morally correct?

[-] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 8 points 4 days ago

Yes but they have the funds and connections to absolutely nail you to a cross.

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[-] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 29 points 5 days ago

Americans be like "we're the free-est nation in the world!" then do shit like pay application fees

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[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 days ago

I did 97 meth deals ($45 each).

That's $4365 in passive income.

I don't even have any meth and just gave them sugar crystals.

[-] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

And someone has the audacity to tell me these are people.

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