$50 for a non refundable application fee...just to be told that you don't qualify. What a grift...

@yourlogicalnightmare1014

2 жыл бұрын

Uhhh, that cost is charged to the landlord by the comapny that does the background, credit, and reference checks. Considering I have a tenant who has stolen $40k in rent and utilities from me in the last two years, and who has guaranteed income from a government pension (which is exempt from court judgment), I wish I had charged him $1,000 for a full FBI investigation of his background, along with a psychological profile. This moratorium has been a horrifically evil government intervention into property rights. Politicians and renters are going to pay a heavy price for it

@winning3329

2 жыл бұрын

@@yourlogicalnightmare1014 when you go into the business of renting your going to take risks. High application fees are no guarantee that someone won't lose their job and not be able to afford rent. We don't know your tenants side of the story so we take your story with a grain of salt. What about the good tenants who pay their rents and landlords still hike up the rent?

@yourlogicalnightmare1014

2 жыл бұрын

@@winning3329 When I went into the "business of renting" I was not told, nor even remotely imagined, that ONE of the risks was that the government could completely take over my property rights immediately and indefinitely, without even allowing me to withdraw from the business, and force me to pay an unlimited amount of tenant utilities as well as their rent in cases where their income is judgement proof. Had anyone told me the government could be that evil, I'd have never gotten into the business in the first place. I can't speak to why every landlord raises rents. My properties all rented for below market rate because I didn't want ANY vacancies. If you put the rent so high the property sits vacant for months on end, you're simply shooting yourself in the foot. So I cannot speak to what other landlords do. I can say that no landlord wants to suffer vacancies just so they can charge higher rent. A paying tenant always beats a rent increase.

@TrueOrigins1618

2 жыл бұрын

That’s reasonable. It’s not if your taking $50 from 400 applicants who have little chance of even being considered. That’s when the fee should be returned.

@paulkenny5052

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrueOrigins1618 Its not 400 applicants. Its like 1 or 2. If you know you have really bad rental history you should be up front about it. Unfortunately, many with bad tenant history, bad payment history just lie about it. How else do you find the good tenants from the one who pay the first month rent and then you never see another penny?

I don't understand how you can take 487 applications for one unit. As an apartment manager at a community of over 100 homes, once ONE person applies for a unit, that unit is taken off the market until the credit and background screening is complete and they are either approved or denied. And I always encourage someone to make sure they want to proceed before applying and give them all the information up front to know what fees are refundable and what fees aren't so they can make a good decision for themselves. All of the individual fees, washer, dryer, fridge... that's disgusting to me. That should ALL be included with the rent. Landlords that pull shady business practices like that should be exposed like the thieves they are!!

@do9138

2 жыл бұрын

You don't give them all the info up front unless you allow them to see the EXACT apartment they will be renting, and corporate landlords never do that.

@FireCracker3240

2 жыл бұрын

@@do9138 In this competitive market, most of my residents pre-lease, means they are applying for an apartment in the future that is not able to be seen yet. We are about 2 months out currently pre-leasing for mid-to-late July apartments. I show them a comparable style apartment, explain any differences and show them photos if possible. However, most people don't see their exact home until they move into it. If they wait until it's vacant to rent it, it's already too late as it's already gone.

@kimsylvia5341

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@SDALLE99

2 жыл бұрын

While 400 applications for one unit is excessive, I think a handful are ok. After all, most applicants understand the risk of the first come first serve process.

@darrylloo4080

4 ай бұрын

487 applicants? They are lying, common sense.

I have 16 unit apartment building. I have a fixed mortgage. I refuse to raise rents beyond the increase in my costs for taxes, insurance and repairs. To other land lords: good tenants are an asset. Be kind and it will be a win/win situation. I need stable tenants and tenants need a stable place to live. What goes around, will come around.

@TinaWindham-r3n

8 күн бұрын

You are rare. Thank you👍🏻

So what happens when they have 30 applications and don’t even bother to check just keep the money?

@sherrycambridge1531

2 жыл бұрын

yep

@guitarsrcool4922

2 жыл бұрын

No doubt that's what's been happening for years. Total scam.

@Soldsistah

2 жыл бұрын

I am a local Realtor in Las Vegas. Some companies will for sure keep the money and others will give the fees back. Some places don’t even take money until they process the application; in some cases, if they don’t get to process your application, your fee is never taken. It is an awful situation with the ones who are greedy and just take all the fees they can get and flat out state that there is no refund. That’s why people need a good realtor they can trust to call and advocate on their behalf before submitting an application and app fee.

@chieatecollins6313

2 жыл бұрын

I told you agree that's what happened to me it was 6 application and none of us got the apartment but they charged a $75 for application fee should be against the law

@Karamel0719

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha, THAT'S the crazy part! Depends where you live in the country, and upon which side of the landlord/tenant fight they're politically and judicially aligned. I've lived in numerous states, and I can confidently say that here in Ohio, they're EXTREMELY pro-business, thus pro-landlord. I've never seen a place where soooooooooo many slumlords/scammers presenting as renters, knowingly and publicly do successful business for decades, generally without consequence. They're EXTREMELY and legally tricky here. The fine-print of the online app might say something like, "you have 72 hours from time of submission to withdraw your application without penalty." However, when speaking with the agent regarding rental interest, they'll indicate something like "the unit won't be ready for three to five days." They routinely and intentionally gaslight the applicant as if the app being approved is a sure thing, fully KNOWING that the applicant will be technically beyond the refund period.

Just like resort fees and parking fees, this is just legalized thievery/extortion because, simply...they can.

@DJRenee

2 жыл бұрын

Yep

@dcg590

2 жыл бұрын

And they should. No one is forcing people to apply. It’s their property, they can do what they want

@veganpotterthevegan

2 жыл бұрын

@@dcg590 must love your fellow scumbags. We need controls that prevent people from owning so many homes to rent.

@acjohn6995

2 жыл бұрын

Then more people will end up trashing your property when you push them enough. Have fun with that.

@DaDansinBear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Black rock you are a bunch of Nazis.

Landlords will placed an ad for the same property over and over every month and make more money than rented out. It'll make offshore online scammers more of an angel.

@trainsandlocomotives

2 жыл бұрын

@John Stuart Mill And angry landlords wonder why laws are being created and passed. It’s because of their greed. People aren’t going to tolerate being ripped off

These fees could be regulated. I manage 400 units and don’t charge application fees. It costs $12 to run a credit check. $90 is insane.

@millertoyal

2 жыл бұрын

Where are you running credit checks for $12?

@mrlevhil

2 жыл бұрын

I can't remember the exact amount, but my lawyer ran an inquiry for me and only charged me around $20. She said it doesn't cost her as much to run LexisNexis or Sage Stream as it would cost me to do so. I am SURE these investment firms that own these properties can run their search for cheap.

@zazasworld8377

2 жыл бұрын

We just paid 150 each for application fee. Husband and myself . we have been paying 1600 a month for a two bedroom . A couple weeks ago our air and heat broke. It took them nine days to fix it. Nine whole days of missery. Our home was so hot we barely sleep. I'm done moving back up north as soon as my lease is up. Two years ago we could rent a entire house for eight hundred dollars and now we can't even get a apartment for that. I'm over it. Sixteen hundred dollars. And I'm told it's going up alot when the lease is up. Law makers have to help us renters or they will find a major surge in the homeless population.

@kathleenking47

2 жыл бұрын

I thought, the STRIP got enough of their money 😫

@DaDansinBear

2 жыл бұрын

@@zazasworld8377 American greed needs A supervisor. Landlord should be locked in prison for the charges they charge.

Wow having to pay $25 a month for the fridge and the dryer separately plus $75 just to have a pet that Landlord better be showing up the moment the fridge or dryer breaks down. I would not live in a place like that.

@steavey301

2 жыл бұрын

When I lived in Vegas I had to pay monthly for the washer and dryer that was rented with the house 🙄

@godshammgod6852

2 жыл бұрын

@@steavey301 could’ve bought your own washer and dryer off Craigslist for 200$ solves your problem

@williamparker8471

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely not... I'd tell them they can take it out and I'll supply my own

@godshammgod6852

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamparker8471 that’s how you know he is lying it’s probably some middle school kid that ease-drops on his parents talking about paying the rent

@steavey301

2 жыл бұрын

@@godshammgod6852 washer and dryer was already in the house when I rented it 🙄 Why rent a property and not just include that in the rental price if it’s that’s serious

I am surprised to see fridge, washer and dryer fees. I have never seen these types of fees before. I thought these costs are part of the rent. It is the basic for rental to include fridge just like a stove. Soon we’ll see fee for a toilet.

@DJRenee

2 жыл бұрын

Girl these folks will DESTROY THOSE three items. It is very costly for a landlord to replace something that was probably supposed to last a minimum of 7-10 years with standard use.

@StrokaReviews

2 жыл бұрын

With no paper

It's true, I had a neighbor who would charge a high application fee, stack multiple applications and profits were high. Keep in mind, 98% of all the applicates qualified and were cleared for the apartment. I can guaranteed this happens everywhere.

I agree with you , something needs to be done about these fees

@davidmagen415

2 жыл бұрын

Your right go buy a home and your landlord trouble will disappear

@troybrownrigg1860

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing needs to be done!

@crand20033

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidmagen415 Then the owner troubles begin.

Someone can just throw up a fake listing and collect fees to the tune of tens of thousands. Keep those fees and make a good sum of money and never report a single cent to the IRS. Highway robbery and nobody in power in doing anything about it.

@yourlogicalnightmare1014

2 жыл бұрын

Big deal. I lost $40k in rent and utilities from ONE tenant. He had a guaranteed govt pension yet refused to pay a dime of rent or utilities for 2 years, and he's STILL in my property. He refused to participate in the rental assistance program which is now closed because the money ran out. The government moratorium is pure evil. Forcing me to house and pay for this deadbeat with no recourse is beyond criminal, and Governors, Mayors, City Councils, Courts, have all told Landlords to phuk off and dye since Mar 2020. I hope politicians and renters pay a very heavy price for this evil. I'm getting out of the business and have already sold off a few properties. The stock market will treat me infinitely better.

@jaygannon3560

2 жыл бұрын

@@yourlogicalnightmare1014 Lol with all the money I saved by not paying rent, like your tenant, I bought myself a new truck lol. It's nice.

@yourlogicalnightmare1014

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaygannon3560 With the $8 mill I make off of selling all my properties, I'll retire and live off the stock market while you keep struggling to pay for housing 😆

@jaygannon3560

2 жыл бұрын

@@yourlogicalnightmare1014 paying? I still ain't paying rent lol. With all the money I have saved, and my skill being international, I am looking abroad for my next move. You see, I got a good hefty sum of cash, a new truck, by playing the system. Plus, I am only 26. Yep, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em 😅

@yourlogicalnightmare1014

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaygannon3560 You go gurl 😄👍

Some of the fees are crazy. There should be laws to protect renter. However there should be more laws to protect landlords from squatters.

@josephstevens4032

2 жыл бұрын

There's laws that protect landlords from trespassers/squatters.. There's few that protect tenants from being kicked out when the landlord is legally able to raise rent every year.

@mph5896

2 жыл бұрын

Rules, regulations and restrictions is what changed the rental business into what it is today. Landlords got royally screwed during covid. Now they are much more cautious who they rent to. Calling for more regulations will only make matters worse.

@janetrogers4738

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephstevens4032 if all people lived up to the contract or lease they signed and if all landlords provided clean water, heat systems that work etc there would not be a problem. Sadly there are people on both sides that cause rent costs to go up by destroying a place a landlord worked hard to buy and fix up or slumlords who put nothing back into their property or properties.. And during COVID the illegal government control that many tenants looked at as I don't have to pay rent led to companies buying and leasing properties and they have also raised rates. Many people who kept reasonable rental rates were destroyed. Many reasons why rents are so high now

@censorshipagainstthemiddle6198

2 жыл бұрын

@@mph5896 people won’t even acknowledge your point.

@incipidsigninsetup

2 жыл бұрын

@@censorshipagainstthemiddle6198 his point is nonsense. The whole point of a capitalist system is to squeeze the masses for every dime it can. It has absolutely nothing to do with fairness and those in position to do the squeezing have a gross advantage over those being squeezed. Holding up a black swan event and the initiatives put in place to prevent a complete collapse of the working poor as some sort of example of why there shouldn't be regulations is beyond stupid. It's only those who are completely devoid of empathy that hold you point of view. Let me guess, you probably consider yourself a good Christian as well, right?

This is absolute robbery!

@yourlogicalnightmare1014

2 жыл бұрын

I lost $40k in rent and utilities from ONE tenant. He had a guaranteed govt pension yet refused to pay a dime of rent or utilities for 2 years, and he's STILL in my property. He refused to participate in the rental assistance program which is now closed because the money ran out. The government moratorium is pure evil. Forcing me to house and pay for this deadbeat with no recourse is beyond criminal. I hope politicians and renters pay a very heavy price for this evil. I'm getting out of the business and have already sold off a few properties. The stock market will treat me infinitely better

@inky2341

2 жыл бұрын

@@yourlogicalnightmare1014 I get it, but every other potential tenant should not have to pay for the person who can’t or won’t pay their rent. It happens.

@yourlogicalnightmare1014

2 жыл бұрын

@@inky2341 "It happens" It happened by government force. Had the government allowed me to evict the ay whole, I would have only lost 1 months rent & utilities, not 24 and counting.

@inky2341

2 жыл бұрын

@@yourlogicalnightmare1014 Does it not? This happens every time someone loses a job, misspends their funds or outright refuse to pay. Hiking up application fees is no way to predict whether or not someone will wake up one day and not be able to or choose not to pay their rent. Mere applicants are the wrong people to go to about this. People need to go to their lawmakers and demand changes in the eviction laws. Overcharging applicants will never guarantee one will recoup the months, even years, of money not paid.

@winning3329

2 жыл бұрын

@@yourlogicalnightmare1014 Be grateful that you have your health because many people passing away because of covid.

I was a Realtor for four years and have seen brokers have a qualified renter but still collects thousands of dollars in application fees. As a matter of fact, unscrupulous dealings was why I left the profession and it is a shame that every day people get caught up in landlord greed. On the flip side, I was a landlord of a my personal rental property and I had tenants who didi some of the most disgusting, shameful things to my property so I can see why landlords act the way they do. They are taking a huge risk. I do agree that to stop the application fee gate government should require a landlords to unlist the property while they qualify a tenant, then re list it if a tenant is not qualified. This could be done using a computer program.

@isilence4558

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your honest feed back. I’ve seen both sides as well.

@ROYALP100

2 жыл бұрын

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but there's no such thing as an "EVERYDAY" person anymore, "EVERYONE IS A TARGET"!

@hermanrogers1325

2 жыл бұрын

Yep that’s right but landlords take on as many applications as a employer take on job applications and the fees to go with it. Well I can list my house for rent and start collecting applications fees and collect the money and turn everybody down because of credit or income or background and keep the applications fees. But I cannot be a crook or thief

I find it ironic that the landlords are claim the fees are “because of fraud”

487x65= $ 31,655 [ for one apartment] Why collect more than 6-8 applications on one unit. They have realized collecting app fees is more profitable. They should be cited. But law enforcement doesn’t regulate this nor does the IRS so it’s money the can secretly pocket.

@yourlogicalnightmare1014

2 жыл бұрын

Basically the property owner is betting there isn't one felon in those 487 people who will meet him in his driveway and 🤯🔫. In L.A., there's probably 1 in 200 people who would murder someone for $50. Those people aren't hard to find.

@Dameka247

2 жыл бұрын

RIGHT! I was like OMG! They are making a killing.

They are ABSOLUTELY fleecing the community in every way possible and or imaginable. Charging even fees for things they don't service. Shameful. Tables they do turn 😏

At that point I wouldn’t move until after everything settles down. If you move now, the new place you rent will be way over priced.

These fees need to be OUTLAWED. If you feel like you need more money to run a BUSINESS that's what RENT is for. How do you charge 'administrative' fee's as a landlord when your job literally is administration..

@veritas3179

2 жыл бұрын

Why?. You rent out your home you can do what ever you want, it's called capitalism.

@Sloppyjoey1

2 жыл бұрын

@@veritas3179 No, true capitalism advocates for outlawing dishonest marketing. Frankly, if you promote capitalism you should resent dishonest capitalists because they're the very reason socialism is gaining traction. You need to pick your battles and draw a line, because defending dishonest practices as "capitalism" ultimately pushes people towards socialism. A spade is a spade is a spade. When you check into your hotel that was priced at 80$, but then they want 175$ at the register because of unavoidable admin/resort fee's, that's not capitalism, that's bullshit and everyone knows it.

@veritas3179

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sloppyjoey1 ok, let's wait for the next election. People will vote for the GOP because they like capitalism. Then we can discuss more..

@Sloppyjoey1

2 жыл бұрын

@@veritas3179 I'll probably be voting for the GOP as well. I honestly think you just drove off with the ideological stuff when we're not talking about capitalism, we're talking about life where people are obviously getting F'd over by companies. Dishonest Journalism is 'capitalism', Twitter & Facebook censorship is 'capitalism'. Media and Tech indoctrination is 'capitalism'. If by now you don't see how defending corrupt capitalism leads to socialism, I pray the republicans will. In my view, the paradigm shifted after Trump. Conservatives don't need to defend crony bullshit just because it falls under capitalism.

@guitarsrcool4922

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sloppyjoey1 you sir are a smart man. Remind me never to get in an argument with you. Lol.

It’s the same here in FL my apartment rent was advertised as $1200…I actually pay $1500 for my 1br apartment. I’m glad I have a good job, because I live alone and don’t split the rent. I can’t imagine a single parent.

@darioperez5084

2 жыл бұрын

It's called u don't an what's coming ain't no safe expect anyone whoake 75 to 1mil a year

@lifeisbeautiful9455

2 жыл бұрын

@@darioperez5084 what?

@coloradobrad6779

2 жыл бұрын

Yup in Mesa, Az it went from $1235 to $1475

@meeky0420

2 жыл бұрын

@@darioperez5084 ? 🤣

@jennysantiago2624

2 жыл бұрын

My rent was raised from 1,700 to 2,600 when my leased was due and is one bedroom apartment. I'm ok with it because the place is huge safe and the area is gorgeous. My children live 3 minutes from me so is convenience. My kids did the boomerang 🪃 and live with me temporarily when they got out of military. They now own homes, I rent because there's no way I'm buying a house when I know that our economy is on life support and will eventually crash. My daughter wanted to buy me a house last year and I said, absolutely NOT.

THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS! You are my heroes. This is happening in Bend, OR as well. We tried living there and could not afford the application fees due to the fact that every single apartment had waiting lists and application fees just to let you sit on the waiting list. We had friends who would just suck it up and lose that $1500. A lot of contracts actually state that if you find a different apartment to rent, they can legally keep your money. Such a racket. If you have 50 couples on a waiting list, $50 apiece, and only 20 get approved, that’s $3000 in free income for that apartment. The woman in the story is so right- that’s money that families need. There has got to be a way to protect landlords and future tenants from this totally predatory practice.

I charge $35 application fee to pay for the background and credit check. I can’t understand why they would need $100 for an application fee. The pet deposit is normal business. Pets cause wear and tear on property.

@winning3329

2 жыл бұрын

Because they are greedy

@blessyourheart175

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! If you can’t afford the pet fee then don’t own a pet. That’s not a necessity and if it comes down to owning an animal and being homeless then…

This has been going on for years and its sad that the higher ups has done nothing.

@SixMiracles-uj1zp

2 жыл бұрын

All the same. Nothing WILL get done.

@dcg590

2 жыл бұрын

No one is forcing you to apply. What higher ups are you talking about? It’s YOUR choice. Don’t like it? Don’t apply

Landlords are making a killing on application fees. My friend said 1 landlord had 200 applicants at 50 dollar and applicant, knowing they would choose 1. It is ridiculous.

@Davefitz04

2 жыл бұрын

Dude you’re dumb. That fee only pays for the background check the tenant does while doing an application. Virtually all background checks cost like 40-50 bucks. Go check

I just rented a home in Las Vegas, and to move in I had to pay 5700.00 dollars after all fees, rent and deposit were added on. It took all my savings a that didn’t include the cost to get uhaul and fees to transfer everything. I am so sick over what is happening

@botaccount3449

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck, capitalism is always right.

@guitarsrcool4922

2 жыл бұрын

Moving is very expensive and a lot of work. I was a mover for 12 years so I've seen it from both sides. We just moved here from San Diego. So you think it's expensive here. Downright ridiculous in Diego. So are all the dam liberals.

@yourlogicalnightmare1014

2 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind, no one has a right to live wherever they want. Your rights are to live within your means, and its YOUR choice how badly you strain your means to meet your desires. There are thousands of impoverished neighborhoods for you to pick from. You could comfortably live a mile from your job if you wanted. I'd love a beach front mansion in the Hamptons. I could possibly afford something there, but I'd be living on clothes from Goodwill, and eating top ramen for meals.

@KingTriton1837

2 жыл бұрын

Damn. You might have been able to use that to get into a home and buy it (not in Las Vegas).

@royharper2003

2 жыл бұрын

you couldn't buy?

I have never in my life heard of fees to use the appliances that come in the rental. I mean, that’s part of what you’re renting…

fridge rent? i never even heard of these fees most of these places are charging for ... my place told me a price to move in then when i moved in they charged me extra and tried to say that i owed them money . how come we dont get taught these things in school. nobody teaches you how to fight and combat things things for getting tooken of advantage of in america ... this is so unfair . its leaving people helpless .... and really people dont even care,i was waiting on someone to speak up about this especially for these apartments complexes

@NeeNee_B.

2 жыл бұрын

If they taught us how to fight it, they wouldnt be able to make money off our ignorance later

@dezignerjay

2 жыл бұрын

@@NeeNee_B. Facts !

@cable30

2 жыл бұрын

And so out of all the chaos in life u learn to re think before u just pay for stuff u dont really need. those who charge so much to gain are always hoping u dont re think before they loose the xtra bank to add to their gains.

@dezignerjay

2 жыл бұрын

@@cable30 && this is why social media is supposed to be a blessing because we ought to use it to know what to look out for ... where to go, what to do, and what not to do ... and be extra careful navigating in this life... because I feel like nobody is going to do it for us! it's better to know where a trap is rather than getting caught in it!

@DrSchor

2 жыл бұрын

@@NeeNee_B. hello neenee. if you pay attention in school you learn to think clearly. when you can think clearly you will never be taken advantage of.

In my town anyone who has application fees and other fees that raised the cost to move in, nobody in town will rent any of their homes and they either leave town or go bankrupt. Yalls cities and towns should come together and help each other like that

@Karmindd

2 жыл бұрын

What’s the name of your town?

@paulkenny5052

2 жыл бұрын

really? have you seen the post COVID rental market? A lot of the Ma & Pa landlords were driven out of business by the eviction moratorium and the surviving landlords are doubling down on tenant verification, and so the supply of affordable housing is very low. You know, supply and demand. The application fees are just pass through cost from the credit agencies, HR departments, and tenant history companies. They are the ones who are drive up the apartment fees.

@cawheeler27

2 жыл бұрын

It’s probably because demand is lower in your town. The rental market it pretty relaxed where I am too. When the market goes crazy tho, people are desperate. If you won’t pay it, someone else will.

@troybrownrigg1860

2 жыл бұрын

@@Karmindd Don'texist Disneyland USA 55514

These fraudster landlords have been gouging renters longggg before the c19 moratorium... that was karma for many of them..

@trainsandlocomotives

2 жыл бұрын

Real Talk!

@Nirobiscloset10

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. More karma is coming their way.

@dcg590

2 жыл бұрын

Why? It’s a business. No one is forcing you to apply.

@NeeNee_B.

2 жыл бұрын

@@dcg590 actually, we're in the middle of a housing crisis, partially due to these same heartless moneyhungry landlords, so yes society IS making us apply. There isnt enough housing for all the ppl in this country anyway, why make it worse?

Ive lived in Vegas my whole life born 71. Up until maybe 2 years ago you could rent nice place in Henderson or Summerlin for $900 or $1000. Newer condo or townhouse at least. The rent now is absurd not to mention the fees that is highlighted on this story. Ironically the prices for rent have doubled since pandemic started. Even with a nice income job and good rent history you have to scratch and claw your way just to get considered. Vegas has few downsides just like any other city but it was always affordable. Its just nuts now..

This is a racket. You rent the property or not. What is in an application fee. All fees should be paid after you are approved. Fees to use the fridge and other appliances is plain American Greed. The property owners get tax breaks when renting out a property. Maybe some of these tax breaks should be shifted to the tenants. Landlords are going to cause legislation to be past that will hurt them in the future. And that won't be good for the industry.

@rubbers3044

2 жыл бұрын

Application fee is used to process the application, run a background check for evictions and debt, run a credit score. It cost money to do that. Someone has to take the time to do it. Therefore there is a fee....Also its a way to see what the tenant will pay. If they are going to complain about $50-$75. They're probably not that financially secure. I wouldn't rent to them. And you don't need to rent the refridgerator or washer/dryer. Can buy your own if you want.

@williamwade6972

2 жыл бұрын

@@rubbers3044 not true. The fees are a business write off for the owner. Property owners get a lot of write offs. And do YOU give the applicant a receipt that states that they don't qualify? No matter. American Greed is alive and well.

That's normal practice in Hawaii, you have to pay 1st and last months rent plus fees in order to move in which is upwards of $6,000. It's ridiculous

This has been going on for decades in CA. This is why I left. Their does need to be a cap for app fees that actually apply.

I was charged an application fee and the landlord didn’t even have the decency to inform me that I had been denied. I sent a scathing yet profanity free email telling them that I didn’t appreciate that treatment at all and the least they could have done was sent an email saying they hadn’t chosen me since they basically took my money.

I am a landlord but I'm not as greedy as those bastards. I never charge unnecessary fees to the tenants; I used online screening tools for around $35. I sometimes even refund those fees to poor tenants who are really in need.

@traceyray8909

2 жыл бұрын

I was a landlord for 20+ yrs in NY. Also had my RE license there yrs ago. This is highway robbery! You have to pay for the fridge?? WTH? All these extra fees are complete and utter theft. And if you take a deposit from 1 person that's it, you can't take anymore! What is going on here??? How is this allowed to go on? And don't tell me squatters and identify theft. Had my fair share of crazy. Nope not hearing it. Ppl need to be able to live and rent homes. Stop praying on the vulnerable.

@meimeijiang5945

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind heart words. It makes me feel better about living on this planet!

@walterwhite5674

2 жыл бұрын

Have any rentals?

@antareschen4451

2 жыл бұрын

@Walter White yeah

@walterwhite5674

2 жыл бұрын

@@antareschen4451 how do I look at your availability.

Rent fraud by property owners & management ! And just what expenses are you taking about besides the normal application !

Positively criminal what is going on in this country. The wages aren't keeping up and the fees are out of control.

@Steeled18

2 жыл бұрын

The Great Squeeze of the 21st Century. Scary stuff!

@crand20033

2 жыл бұрын

My wages never caught up. In fact, I can't even keep a job.

I moved to Minnesota in 2013. I was paying double child support and a huge 401k loan! I was broke and it was a very difficult time. In 2020 I bought my 2bedroom condo for 70k! I'm going to have this place paid off in no time. My association fees are covered by my stock dividend checks. The association fees cover heat,water, garbage and snow removal. Nice. My mortgage is $300 per month. Just paid my electric bill in advance for 2 years. So I'm living here for $300 bucks a month. When I pay this place off it will only cost me property taxes and insurance which will be a staggering....$89 per month!!! If I can pull this off so can you. Never Give Up and believe in yourself!! Peace ✌️

I am born n raised here in Vegas the cost of living is up n considering the hourly wages are not caught up to pay these rents. I have been in my home right now 9 years my lease is not up again until August our landlord during the pandemic we lost work but only fell 3 months behind chap paid it for us n we have not been behind since like other families that nvr caught up n still owe. Jan of this year our landlord said come this August she was raising it 200 fine we said. Then weeks later says she was going to 500 in 45 days n my husband was like wow. Then Feb 1st we paid our rent n Feb 2nd her husband comes back with were selling u have 60 days to get out cus we are older n had covid n we just want to sell? We were in shock felt taking advantage of not appreciated for being good tenants n I found out the time to sell is now cus they are getting 4 times back the money they paid when they bought the property. We are pissed but got to move on two days ago we put 150.00 down for application fee n everything was submitted n the girl said we had to pay a lil more to get in we said fine n she said because of that we need ur social security cards my husband lost his n it takes weeks to get it we had forty eight hrs to bring it in n they knew that was impossible cus it comes by mail NVR telling us this she assumed we had our card n they literally took our deposit n the move in wasn't til the 13th n they couldn't wait n cus of this our application was automatically denied n u can't reapply for 6 months cus we didn't have that one document we needed n was NVR told about it until after he paid our application fee 50 per person n 7 dollars extra for something else they took our money. My advice is if ur going raise rent it should only be allowed a certain number under a 100 dollars for a certain time of a year or years cus u are not caught up with cost of living with employment it is Damn near impossible to afford anything else then rent. Stop stealing our application fees it's robbery! Landlords karma is coming.

@MyaVilla88

2 жыл бұрын

That’s terrible I’m sorry to hear that

@royharper2003

2 жыл бұрын

so your your landlords have no right to sell because you were good tenants? They are selling because the market is high. It sucks but as a renter myself due to credit problems it happens a lot.

This crap 💩 has been going on for decades. Now all of a sudden it’s a news story.

It's the same scam as college application fees! All these fees are just being collected for profit reasons.

its so sad when a place that is NOT available because its already been rented is being offered as available so the building mgmt. can keep taking application's with non-refundable fee's just to make money

I had a friend who stayed in Vegas years ago and almost went homeless losing his place he moved to another state and is doing much better Vegas is so wicked i feel sorry for anyone who lived there

@dukington101

2 жыл бұрын

but the videos about living there say the cost of living is so cheap

@piscesgirl9615

2 жыл бұрын

It is no longer cheap.

@frankschultz2382

2 жыл бұрын

It use to be. The videos now are from Californians relocating here. Yes it’s cheap for them but not compared to how it was.

@maggiemae7539

2 жыл бұрын

@@gwendyfrary1807 the 1860s

@YesYourRight

2 жыл бұрын

I live here with my wife and 6 kids and it is getting bad here

23 years ago and the last apartment I lived in I move gave notice and the new apartment turned me down and I went straight to a realtor and bought a house with a 20 year mortgage and I never looked back that was 1999 and 2019 I payed off the mortgage now every nickel and dime landlord and two for a penny investors wants to buy it from me but I will never sell and go through the bull shit again I will live in my house debt free no credit cards both cars are payed off and I found nearly 3 grand a month to save and love it

It also gets rid of the people that’s not seroius

Just remember that property manager works for the owner, so their loyalty is to the owner. Before moving in, make sure to take photos w dates showing any damage and the condition of the property. Make sure you check reviews on the property management before signing a contract. If you do move in make sure to record calls and emails for future use of you have to take them to court.

I'm a landlord, and I only take 1 application at a time so that no one wastes money w/ the $50 credit/background check fee. Sometimes 2 can come in at the same time, but if the 1st application is approved, I refund the second applicant's fee. I also let potential renters know they can call me b4 submitting the online application to make sure no one is ahead of them. If there is someone ahead in the queue, they can wait 48 hrs to see if the original applicant is rejected. If so, they can go ahead and submit the application and pay the fee at that time. Rent includes appliances and basic utilities (water/sewer/garbage), except for electricity, cable, and internet. I have to charge a pet fee ($25-$35) because they sometimes cause damage and the move out cleaning is always more. If you are fair and prompt resolving issues, word gets around and you benefit in the long run.

@laurenmartinez3810

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You for being a honest landlord . I’m Currently Looking for my new house to rent in Las Vegas . I hate the waiting game ! I always call prior to seeing a house to make sure there isn’t multiple Applications pending so I don’t waste my time . I wish everything could Be upfront and honest on both ends ! I just wanted to let u know I appreciate you ! a honest landlord is rare . I pray I can get approved soon and not have to spend lots of money on applications when I had no chance from the start . From The start .

@weirdshibainu

2 жыл бұрын

I like your approach

This is all bullshit. I am a landlord. I charge a $10 application fee that I have to pay to TransUnion credit bureau. That is my incremental amount paid to TransUnion which does not include my annual membership fee or my monthly access fee to TranUnion. Over HALF of the tenant applicants refuse to pay me the $10. I also spend over an hour of time checking references and checking to see if tenants have a valid drivers license and are not delinquent in child support and if their supposed references are not actually friends pretending to be their landlords. This video is about landlords or management companies that charge huge fees. Let's talk about the tenants that refuse to pay the landlord his out of pocket costs to check him or her out.

@justinthematrix

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll gladly pay you $10 Jack what apartments do you manage and where can I apply

@jennifertaylor7570

2 жыл бұрын

It seems very strange no one seems to remember some of these landlords/corporations have went months/years without being paid rent. Now they plan to recoup some of their loses. It’s sad but nothing is free no matter how’s much they thought is was in their favor. Now it seems to have reversed

The government can do something. It can make it easier to evict people if they're not paying rent. It shouldn't take 6 months to evict someone when they're not paying. This is why landlords do background checks.

@fredweinmann2610

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, the eviction process can take 4 to 8 weeks or more. Look what happened with covid when evictions were paused in many areas. The landlords lose money.

@musictosoothe

2 жыл бұрын

True, an eviction should take no longer than a week.

Oregon has a "first come, first served" rental application law. What that means is that the first person to submit a completed rental application is given the right of first refusal before the property is offered to subsequent applicants. What that looks like as a property manager of apartment complexes: I accept all applications and note the order received. If the first applicant signs a lease, I return the applications and application fees to the other prospective tenants immediately upon signing the rental agreement with the first applicant. The properties I worked for did not accept cash, so this made returning the fees quick and easy (either online refund or mailing their paper check/ money order back). There are definitely landlords who accept all application fees as non-refundable, then cherry pick who from the pool of applicants to award the lease agreement. This got out of control in Oregon, hence the need for the "first come, first served" laws.

@fredweinmann2610

2 жыл бұрын

Good information, but I'll not want a rental in Oregon. It's not a good law for property owners. It also creates the same issue, having to run many credit reports until one is acceptable. It wastes the tenant money and my time. I find about 50% off applicants don't qualify, mostly due to very bad credit.

@afriedrich1452

2 жыл бұрын

You can make more money collecting application fees than you get from renting.

@troybrownrigg1860

2 жыл бұрын

Land lord simply has a POB, all applications go there for a week or two , and he finally gets around to go through them. He picks the best application, and does a background. bye the way it was always the first application he opened. Solves that first come first served BS doesn't it.

@abatude5879

2 жыл бұрын

This should be implemented in all states

@ryanroberts1104

2 жыл бұрын

It's absolutely hilarious if you think anybody is actually going to be held to that. Nobody has the ability or right to know in which order applications are received. It's your landlord's private business, he does not have to share that with anybody, including the state. Additionally, if he decides somebody is not qualified, he is not required to provide that reason before he moves onto the next one. This is why renting cost so damn much in Oregon! Stupid laws! Look at states like North Carolina where the laws are very landlord friendly, and you'll notice rent is less than half what it cost in Oregon. Fucking morons.

Absolutely awful. Legislation must address these unfair practices that take advantage of ppl

@DaDansinBear

2 жыл бұрын

I have been on both sides here and no doubt the scale is heavily influenced on the landlord side. landlords are a big problem problem in this country. Much like the black man in court tenants usually get Screwed!

Here in Reno. Besides paying an application fee. A hold Deposit. They also want to see a prepaid renters insurance, for the first 6 months paid up front. Otherwise, you aren't given the keys. This is for rental apartments that aren't even homes. They do request links to your online banking, and employer online payroll portal for verifications back 4 months. Anything paper printed from your bank, and printed paystubs are rejected.

@nicholasthompson7690

2 жыл бұрын

why?

@xtrey19x

2 жыл бұрын

Links to your bank and payroll accounts? wtf no thanks I’ll live in a van before I let a property managers access to my accounts.

@troysierra5228

2 жыл бұрын

I guess the amount of people forging documents are high. I hope our state government legislation does something about it. Otherwise, we all become suseptable to our landlord figuring what each direct deposit is, or if we're working a full 40 hours each week.

@JC-gs4fx

2 жыл бұрын

To check if your a responsible n honest person. Also, to see if you can afford the rent.

@nicholasthompson7690

2 жыл бұрын

@@JC-gs4fx true

I think they’re trying to make up for what they lost when they had the moratoriums it’s just my guess

Outright robbery why don't they this hold a gun on the tenant this country needs rent control immediately

Landlords are sticking it to the renting now, just like the were sticking to the landlords in the pandemic not paying their rents.

@botaccount3449

2 жыл бұрын

Waa waa

@guitarsrcool4922

2 жыл бұрын

They've been doing it for years even before the pandemic. Greedy bastards.

@susanabrown510

2 жыл бұрын

The landlord if not paid during the pandemic can carry the loss of money as a liability in their taxable yearly reports and the tenants that did not pay rent have ruined their credit reports for 7 years with a recorded debt in their files. So, there is no excuse for landlords to keep adding more fees, is just plain robbery.

@botaccount3449

2 жыл бұрын

@@susanabrown510 wow you understand how money works

@michaelmullin3585

2 жыл бұрын

@@susanabrown510 To discourage even more deadbeats and welfare moochers.

Squatters really ruined it for everyone. I don't blame tenets for asking for more, so many lost during the pandemic.

I'm a landlord and I dont do this. Just $50 application, with 2 month deposit. When I didn't charge it, every time the renter would become a squatter and not pay and it was hard to kick them out with covid laws. It happened twice before I started charging. Now fees to use fridge? absolutely ridiculous. I feel for renters, but I those covid rental laws really hurt. It is usually the corporate landlords that act like that, not small ones.

@lasvegasbreakingnews1752

2 жыл бұрын

The moratorium was mass slaughter of landlords. In Seattle, the Moratorium is being extended again, and get this, renters are forming a group to demand they have the right to free housing, free rent, free utilities - and its backed by some of the City Council! In Seattle, the rent and housing crisis in Vegas is now destroying the Valley. No one can now afford to live there! Insane. Casino's already can't get workers, and now, by summer, a mass exodus of Valley residents will be forced to flee! Reducing workers even further.

@naomibryant3172

2 жыл бұрын

That's so true I'm still looking

@naomibryant3172

2 жыл бұрын

That so true I can't find a place

@NeeNee_B.

2 жыл бұрын

I feel you, but landlords having been doing this longgg before c19

@cable30

2 жыл бұрын

To have so many fees is nuts. i gotta move later and hope i can keep useful stuff incase need it to save any or just sell stuff for funds for other needs any. i try stretch funds anytime i can so if ever they wanna charge to much re think renting at place cause more u pay the more they gain. can guess if they get away with charging so much then who says they wont do it again for more gain.

I'm a property manager in FL. There's a non refundable application fee for our rentals but it goes directly to the screening service. It does a credit, background, employment and renting history check. We don't see a penny of the application fee. I'm not sure how these greedy landlord are taking the application fees without providing a service.

Property owners are literally charging an arm and a leg for non-refundable application fees and never renting to anyone. They NEVER have to rent to anyone because they are covering the mortgage for their properties from application fee's.

It’s crazy because with my apartment complex they basically forcing people into stuff like using a certain cable provider or administration fee (which we never had over the past 9 years I’ve been here). It’s like they’re complaining people aren’t paying rent and walking away…… but I see why they’re not.

Renters who do not qualify would call it robbery. Those who don't manage rentals have no idea the amount of work that goes into checking out every single application. For something that is time consuming, it is a waste of our time doing this for tenants who don't qualify. They should stick to applying for places that don't charge application fees. The issue isn't the money they lose, they still have to qualify. That places the responsibility squarely on the tenants. Why should we waste our valuable time doing the work for bad tenants? We didn't cause them to be irresponsible. Qualified renters don't have the problem getting into a rental after 1 or 2 applications. I just wish I had qualified applicant within a week of advertising my rentals.

@JD-qe8dq

2 жыл бұрын

Very true

@AJourneyOfYourSoul

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. When I have ever rented, my wife and I have always gotten the rental we applied for. High qualified renters have zero issue with the application fees and that is the whole point of charging fees, to increase your chances of getting good applicants.

@michaelmullin3585

2 жыл бұрын

@@AJourneyOfYourSoul A dear friend of mine owned a nice 6-unit apartment complex, older and well-kept and updated. The money she made in rent offset her expenses for the complex, mostly, and paid her retirement. She was very strict about who she would rent to. Of course, she did background and credit checks and she paid a company to do them. Additionally, her lawyer drew up a standard contract form that met her demands as to the quality of applicants she would accept. That all cost money. She would only rent to employed, MARRIED couples, usually younger, and/or older and settled. And no kids or pets. No foreigners (certainly no illegal aliens or "refugees") and no welfare moochers of any kind, including section 8. She charged a deposit and first and last months rent per contract. The tenants paid the utilities. Her rule on noise was that if the racket could be heard out in the hall, then it was disturbing someone else and it had to stop at once. Excluding normal noise like a vacuum cleaner, etc. But no disturbances, otherwise. She attracted a very good class of renters through word of mouth alone from current renters. She ran that complex very well for herself and her tenants for 40 years.

Price gouging, greed, padding of fees in order to make more money. I hope that someone does something about this everywhere. We have that problem here in Florida where landlords can ask for anything really and any rent!!!!

@zakuzeon7382

2 жыл бұрын

Complaining about paying too much to use someone else's stuff... Fine, go pay a $100k down payment & buy your own house. If I have to do business with the likes of you I'm going to make sure it's extremely profitable for me.

They should designate one centralized agency to take applicants for rentals where you only pay for the application once until you either find a rental or your app expires.

Why don't people just buy a house instead of renting an apartment. Houses in LV are not that expensive anyway. I am not talking about the fancy ones.

@KingTriton1837

2 жыл бұрын

I'll take a guess: bad credit, no credit, no savings, no job, no nothing. In addition, people are competing for these houses like crazy. The really rich ones, whether they're from out of state or local, are literally paying in cash and often times its far over the asking price. So that leaves the average person in this city with the short end of the stick. Housing is in high demand. People don't have enough money, for whatever reason. It's a revolving, predatory circle of sh*t.

I’m a good tenant and I have been paying my rent on time for years. A new owner purchased the house. She doesn’t want to do nothing. She just want rent. I had a minor issue. She tells me “ if you don’t like it I can cancel your lease “. Meanwhile, she have non paying tenants above me. She is an A.H. She will get her karma! I believe landlords are making MONEY from this because they can get away with it. It’s not our fault they got screwed before.

@sheilafernandes397

2 жыл бұрын

That is horrid, this country is protected the rich and nothing for the citizens.

@zazasworld8377

2 жыл бұрын

Yes this is such bull sht. I'm leaving fla. After living here for twenty years. Over the past three years rents went from Eight hundred to Sixteen hundred and more. Alot more..,... We can't survive and it's unfair

@dcg590

2 жыл бұрын

It’s all the people who have screwed the landlords in the last 2 years that have ruined it for good tenants like you. And yes, the landlords are business owners. Owning property is a business. Why do you say they make money with such disdain? Every business is for profit. Your grocer, your hairdresser, your heating guy, your landscaper. You don’t mind paying them. Why does everyone have such dislike for a landlord. Without them you’d have nowhere to live. They are not a charity and have bills to pay too. Maybe you should buy your own house

@Naturefan354

2 жыл бұрын

@@dcg590 👏

Too many damn people moving here .

@MetalVentor

2 жыл бұрын

Please leave so we have more space.

We are looking to find a new place, current landlord are selling and everywhere wants 1st, last, deposit plus fees. So approx $11,000 just to get the flipping keys!!! That's so insane. But they have 100 apps already. What a lame system.

Before covid there was no such thing as application fees where I lived. Now there is nothing but fees just to apply.

This is the same thing that is happening in Denver. Rent here has been going up every month to every two weeks lately plus all of the ridiculous costs, another new, outrageous fee is added every few months, I have never seen such greedy people in my life. the new rip off now is landlords only giving month to month leases. That ensures that they wont miss out on the new monthly price hike for rent, because if you can't pay the price hike, you have to move in thirty days anyways. It's really overwhelming, especially as I didn't get a free two year rent break as so many people have, the same people who have now made it impossible for people like me who have always paid their rent, to even get a place. Thank you, I'm now homeless.

@cosmicllama6910

2 жыл бұрын

Stop blaming this ALL on the moratorium, This ALL would still have happened even if Covid never happened. COVID has only helped to speed it up a little, this has been going on from decades of people moving from California and all those house flipping shows, my own family was getting priced out of our hometown way before the pandemic.

@Makado14

2 жыл бұрын

@@cosmicllama6910 whatever

Mrs. Lisa is a very helpful momma.

It's happening everywhere. Even if you do qualify for the property they say you didn't and they repeat that crooked process over and over till they either sell the property or finally decide to rent it out after they feel they have collected the money they wanted out of it beforehand. What a scamming sham.

This is exactly why we did not look for a house. My 2 Nephews live with me and we were looking and they wanted $100 per applicant that's $300 per application for one house!!!! So we just moved to a three bedroom apartment in the same apartment complex paying $1900 a month. The apartment is way over priced last year a 3 bedroom was 1500.00 , but It's cheaper than the alternative not wasting our money applying for houses that we have no chance of getting and landlord's and property company stealing our money.

@yourlogicalnightmare1014

2 жыл бұрын

There's no such thing as unaffordable housing. There are only people who refuse to live in affordable communities, and bitch about rents going up in places they can't afford to live. I too would like a beach house in the Hamptons, but it's not in my price range.

@chuckles1972

2 жыл бұрын

@@yourlogicalnightmare1014 If your statement is toward me? I can afford to live where I live!!! But, rent going up 500.00 in one year is ridiculous. And I have a right to bitch about that ... BITCH!!!!

I've always struggled to find any redeeming qualities of Nevada.

@KingTriton1837

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. You'd be hard pressed to find a state with a full set. Every state has _some_ redeeming qualities, but no state has all of them. Especially in this day and age, where everything costs an arm, a leg and your first born child.

@royharper2003

2 жыл бұрын

legalized prostitution sounds redeeming tome

We turned down a place that wanted to charge a $350 redecoration fee!?!? I said what the hell is that.

@michaelmullin3585

2 жыл бұрын

For damage and repainting.

$75 x 400 applicants is 30k🤔. 75 x 100 applicants would be 7,500.00. The landlords can literally make more than asking rent just perpetually keeping the unit on the market and never renting it.🤔🤨 It's a hazardous notion but plausible and achievable 😬

The root of this rent raise is because there is no restriction on how many houses the big investors, corporations, rich Californians can buy. Due to the already shortage of housing and all the big investors buying all these houses costs shortage even worse, so prices raise on housing and therefore rent raises too.

@cawheeler27

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, the main cause of rent increases is supply and demand. They were just saying there were hundreds of applicants for each rental. That will obviously drive up prices. Supply has to be increased if you want rates to fall. If there aren’t enough renters for the available properties, they will have to drop rents to attract tenants. Some of this is the result of the eviction moratorium. Regardless of the politics, millions of people who would have been evicted have not been, which has significantly restricted the supply of rentals.

@dcg590

2 жыл бұрын

Why should their be restrictions? It’s a free market, that’s what makes this country great. Prices have gone sky high because of the illegal eviction moratoriums.

@JC-gs4fx

2 жыл бұрын

@@dcg590 I like the free market too, but when prices are going too fast, it just not a healthy market. How do you like it when your kids can’t afford to buy anything even with a good job in the future?

@dcg590

2 жыл бұрын

@@JC-gs4fx I don’t but I won’t complain and neither will they. Before I got married at 31 I always had 2 jobs.

@JC-gs4fx

2 жыл бұрын

@@dcg590 I don’t agree with you. If college students have to get a big loan to get their degree, I think our government should try to make the housing market available for these citizens. Those who try and work hard. If educated middle incomes are not getting a shot to buy a house, our country is facing a big problem.

As a landlord I can tell you many renters are not honest on their application. I have to pay money to find out they lied on their application. I wish there was a standard system for pre-approving renters like we have for home buyers. That way a renter could just show their pre-approval which the landlord could instantly confirm online. Or even a rental history online managed by independent companies that could be checked. Maybe even a blockchain. The unfortunate reality is dishonest renters are costing honest renters a lot of money and stress. Landlords don't like it either.

@Eugenepanels

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps me and you can partner up and start a business with this, good opportunity

@gabrielar9611

2 жыл бұрын

If you can make a data base like this you could have a great business. Sounds like you want something similar to Fico scores

@8thhousealchemist600

2 жыл бұрын

So you think you can make profit from fees and not consider their application? You'll have 30 applications and keep all that money? Go to hell.

@cosmicllama6910

2 жыл бұрын

"Landlords don't like it either" Not as much as you don't like real jobs. You'll avoid real jobs and real work like the plague but you don't mind cracking the whip for the rest of us to get to work so you can sit back and collect.

@cawheeler27

2 жыл бұрын

@@8thhousealchemist600 the landlords don’t keep that money. It costs money to do background checks, that shit ain’t free.

Why would any landlord be allowed to accept more than a dozen before they can be sued for stacking for profit?

There should absolutely be a class action lawsuit on those who collect these app fees on one unit at the same time. 400 plus applicants on a single unit...absurb! Definitely a racket with NO ACCOUNTABILITY.

@coriebarnes8680

2 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!!! 🎯 💯

Landlords are protecting their interests and investment....

@j.richards2346

2 жыл бұрын

No they are just greedy pigs 🐷collecting exorbitant , non refundable fees .

I like: in my community who say "pets allowed" and then when you call later you find out that for a 300 pet deposit + 300 pet fee+ 30 pet rent every month. That to me is not "pets allowed" in my opinion, especially when I have to dig to find out the true information, it should be advertised or the owner forfeits right to charge. Up front charges is a GOOD thing.

@godshammgod6852

2 жыл бұрын

You do understand that people do not want to allow pets in a rental it’s very common in every single state that people do not train their animals and the pets will destroy houses for no reason we can’t find anywhere to rent that will take 2 big dogs every pet friendly place wants only small dogs and they refuse to let us build a fence because we do not want to rent to own I refuse to buy a house with all these horrible contractors so I have no choice but to rent

@billp4

2 жыл бұрын

If you are renting, lose the pet.

@cawheeler27

2 жыл бұрын

Most landlords don’t want pets, they damage the property. My ex rented out his old house, ended up paying thousands after a tenant let their cat piss and poop all over the house and never cleaned it up. He said never again.

@godshammgod6852

2 жыл бұрын

@@cawheeler27 Exactly and it is very common that landlords will not let pet owners rent the property

@teerich2011

2 жыл бұрын

Yea the pet rent thing is so ridiculous. Do they charge additional person rent? Just greed. They already have the deposit in case of damage, and part of it they keep anyway

In Florida I learned that they could collect as much money as they possibly could legally for application fees.... Washington apartment complex that was full so there display unit three and four times a day. A hundred dollars for applicant they were bankrolling.

Its real bad here in Florida. A lot of places its $175 for the application fee and in some cases and additional $250 or more for a so called administration fee. All of course non refundable. It should be illegal how much money they are charging folks just to be considered.

Paying rental fees for appliances is egregious. The rest is reasonable. The pet rent is a bit high but some people will let their pets absolutely destroy your property and a pet deposit just doesn’t cut it.

@michaelmullin3585

2 жыл бұрын

I would not rent to people with pets. OR kids. They tear up everything and annoy the neighbors.

Hey renters, the gig is up - the Pandemic caused a lot of damage for Landlords big and especially small. Landlording is a business - period. Background checks such as criminal, eviction, work history, and credit cost money. As a Landlord, I charge $45 to offset what I am charged to help review applicants. Additionally, you know your situation better than anyone, I list on my website how much, what it includes, and most importantly THE FEE IS NON-REFUNDABLE!. So do not tell me your credit score is 770 and when I get the report it is 520 with three bankruptcies, two repo's and 14 open collections in ten years - I do not want to hear it! So grow up and take responsibility for yourself.

@cosmicllama6910

2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see what landlords like you would do if you couldn't live off the work of others. Do you have any skills? Would you have to go to school and take on debt? Would you learn to code or go into the trades maybe? Either way you will avoid such ACTUAL work like the plague and simultaneously crack the whip for other people to do those jobs so you can sit back and collect.

@Dameka247

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't these ridiculous costs exist prior to the pandemic? And you are right lying about your situation is ridiculous. However, the few that do that are not an excuse for the unnecessary costs. What people are asking for is fairness.

@dcg590

2 жыл бұрын

BOOM

@dcg590

2 жыл бұрын

@@cosmicllama6910 hahahaha a plague, but owns property, what do you own? Nothing? Getting all the benefits of the property owning landlords tax dollars aren’t you? You’ll never amount to anything.

@frozentundra7446

2 жыл бұрын

@@cosmicllama6910 Oh really? Do you mean something like: * realizing early in life no one owes me anything - I can having anything in life I want but I must work for it (thanks Mom); * getting my first job at 15 (I lied on the application stating I was older); * working my way through college full-time while working full-time graduating in six years with zero debt with a bachelor's degree in Economics from one of the top 10 Catholic Universities in America; * gained marketable skills in Finance by using critical thinking skills ( I'm sure you know what those are - right?); * raised a family while buying two homes; * Putting two daughters through college both graduated with zero debt one is CPA and the other is a nurse; * paying off my primary home and saved cash to purchase two investment properties zero debt; * ability to volunteer my time to help people gain financial literacy; * most importantly, I provide safe, affordable, and comfortable housing to my fantastic Tenants! I am sure you have done way more then I have so I will wait for your response...

What's going to happen when NONE of their target renters can afford anything?

A criminal check is $10 and a credit check is $15. All the rest is profit. I used to do some.

I have 1 rental property. When my tenant in 2020 stopped paying, it was frustrating because I informed them I was willing to let them pay as little as $100-200 a month, for a $700 3 bedroom house, as long as they attempted to pay something. Months would go by without payments or the tenant answering phone calls. But they were still paying to keep the power on, the gas hooked up and water to my property. But I ultimately had to evict them as soon as the courts would allow me to……in June 2021. A year and a half later. I don’t charge application fees, but finding a renter that will have stable income and not be a criminal or a squatter takes time and money.

@gumbs4

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear it I was fortunate that my tenants were in a needed profession during the pandemic.

@steffybael1245

2 жыл бұрын

sorry that you lost so much money, but as you realize that was a loss to be deducted from your income taxes for at least 2 years. read my story above. it is a simple matter to discover when there will be no one home at the rental property, enter through a back door. place a skillet full of grease on the stove, turn it to high, and lock the back door on he way out! your insurance will cover any repairs and lost rents if the house is NOT livable. i know because we had 3 units on 10 apts each at 1 complex, and the fire dept determined that a tenent had left a pan of grease on the stove when they went some where which resulted in 3 apts being unlivable! the apt the fire started in, had a burner turned to high position and fire started above that burner in the cabinets!! skillit was on that burner. if i ever have rental property, i know exactly how to get the tenet out if i desire!

@gumbs4

2 жыл бұрын

@@steffybael1245 boss I get 26k a year in rent and pay about 5gs how is 2 years of taxes going to cover over 26k. I'm one that I'm not making a profit from the property just renting for it to pay for itself. You would sneak in and start a fire. If cause your breaking and entering, arsonist, and committing insurance fraud.

@rebeccanixon485

2 жыл бұрын

Do you still have the rental?

@gumbs4

2 жыл бұрын

@@rebeccanixon485 yes I still have the rental I was fortunate that I had renters that were in needed positions. During the pandemic.

I get why they have all those fees. Some people lie straight to your face about income. We own town home, and this place was just newly built, and we let a tenant move in with bad credit. We felt like giving this family a chance they had 2 babies. They lied about their income and didn't provide accurate info about previous rental history. They also had more people living in the house, and they also lied about not having a dog. When the lease was over my brand new town home was completely destroyed! Land lords are not a huge (corporation!) We took a huge loss in repairs that off set the whole year of renting this place. People, I don't feel bad about the fees. Some people are just pigs and don't take care of something its not theirs. So land lords are just trying to cover their behind!

@michaelmullin3585

2 жыл бұрын

You can hire a company or an investigator to do very thorough credit background checks on prospective tenants before renting to them. That used to be routine with landlords. What happened?

@lenaely6146

2 жыл бұрын

🙄. Charging fees "in case" or because of what a previous tenant did is prime example of why 99% of landlords come from societies where they weren't allowed to own property 🙄😄😌😒

@ItsTreen

2 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry you were treated like that🙁 My family would have been blessed and fortunate to have received a chance like that. God bless🙏🏽

@JC-gs4fx

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, there is always bad apple out there, but landlords should still try our best to run business with good morals. Agree, renters need to pay security deposit, pet fees and cleaning fees, but keeping application fees even if you don’t run their application is not right. I think doing some preventative steps may help you weed out bad applicants. Make sure u always state that you do a detail back ground check on your advertisement. This helps to weed out some bad applications. Before hand out application, advice applicants that if you decide to pick and run their application and if there’s discrepancy shows up, you have the right to not pick them and they will lose their application fees. This encourage applicants being honest on their application. Discrepancy is sign of dishonesty. Not a good applicant! Call their job to verify employment status n check for their recent 3 months of pay stubs. If their credit is not that good, ask for co-signers. If they can’t find co-signers it says something about that person. Let tenants know that you will request a walk in check on your property every 2 or 3 month to make sure things run smooth in your property. Hope this helps.

@cosmicllama6910

2 жыл бұрын

Almost like every family should be given a home so they will care about it and cherish it. Almost like owning homes being too expensive because of all you house flippers is the whole problem.

Instead of looking at the beautiful red rock mountains from town center & Sahara ave I'm looking at a disgusting parking garage and a over built pile of congestion !

Our leasing agent just increased our rent by $315/month total rent now $1600/month. There needs to be a cap on how much rent can be increased in any given year. We have been in this house for seven years, never been late, we care for this home as if it was our own. My husband and are both disabled, so we are on a fixed income. Things need to change!!

@teerich2011

2 жыл бұрын

Did you let the agen know you're on limited income? Maybe they can cut you a break

More and more companies get out of the country. Every cities will be come Detroit mi, Gary in, abandon cities. Then housings price drop.

That's how they mk their money to replace what they have'd lost 🤬

Application fees are like pet rehoming fees. You need to do whatever you can to keep the riff raff out. I let my applicants know right up front what you need to qualify. It is not my fault if you want to turn in an application when you don’t qualify.

@AJourneyOfYourSoul

2 жыл бұрын

@@CheekyBird790 I am right there with you. I wish the cost was mandated and you did one application at a time and the first qualified application gets the rental, return the application fee to anyone still in line. As a landlord, I would have zero issue with that. All I want is a good tenant that pays their rent. I don’t like nasty landlords either, just as good renters hate bad renters. The bad just make it harder for the rest of us.

*These are cheap application fees. I'm in Atlanta, GA. Many of the apartments here charge more for application fees. Also, to rent, many require a non refundable amount be paid. They say its to insure the rental through their surety company but the fee is several hundred and they let you know right away its non refundable. Since GA mandates deposits be returned many landlords are now calling deposits by another name alltogether and not refunding them at all.*

That is what happens when you rent, also when you keep allowing more and more people or out of country investors into the country when there isn't enough homes and buildings to live in. Best thing to do is like alot of people do, multi generation live in a home and buy homes as needed to spread out. Or buy land and own a camper etc.

I’m 25 and lived in this city my whole life. Still living with my mom this whole time right when I finally start making enough money to move out of course the rent goes up like crazy.

In Las Vegas,you need too make /income of 3 x the monthly rent payment,have a 670 plus credit score,NO evictions/late payments of any kind in the last 7 years, So unless you are making $80,000 plus a year,you can forget renting a house in Vegas.

Makes me sick. I’ll never rent again. This is criminal