It's easier and way cheaper to rent a room in a house somewhere if you're looking to save money since the rental market looks miserable right now.
Plus, having roommates can be great.
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It's easier and way cheaper to rent a room in a house somewhere if you're looking to save money since the rental market looks miserable right now.
Plus, having roommates can be great.
When I was 22 I lived in a curtained off corner of an attic in a house with 13 other people. It was so, so fun. I thought to myself, I could live this way forever! Why do older people get scammed into believing that they need to spend all their money on living alone?! I'm old now. I'll live with a partner or live alone. I'm done with room mates.
13 people is a bit too much. I was thinking like 3. Above that, it gets too messy.
Yeah, some years back I got nostalgic about it and was watching New Girl and decided to get a room mate. Nope. Nopity nope nope nope.
I mean, that's fraud, but you gotta do what you gotta do, housing is ridiculous now. How is there no legislation or anything being done to fix this? And how convenient is it that all of this is happening after we had a President who makes money off of real estate?
This is fine until she gets caught. Then it’s a fraud conviction. Nothing like getting yourself in over your head and then sent to jail to stick it to the man 🙄
Realistically speaking this is fraud that's extremely difficult to detect. They would have to be able to prove that the income was falsified, and income can change quite a bit over time as people get promoted, demoted, change jobs, gain/lose bonuses and incentives etc. Its like lying on your resume, it can be what gets your career kickstarted, but its also risky
I call BS. No one is renting out to someone based solely on some picture. Unless they are subletting a 2 piece bathroom.