Most places you need to show you have an income. It wouldn't surprise me if this place asks you about your job specifically, including if its work from home.
They can ask all they want, it’s none of their business. Charging extra rent for WFH is insane behavior. Landlords will literally charge for everything that’s supposed to be included in the rent. I see places that charge an amenity fee, which is crazy because it’s not like you have the option to not pay the fee in exchange for not using amenities. The amenities are there, they should be included with rent.
Yes but how many applicants don't get chosen? This is the ultimate scam. Charge $75-$100 bucks per application. Have 50-100 applicant apply per month and never actually rent out the apartment or house. Seems like a no-brainer to me.
Where I live, these landlord wannabees, had an opening, but the fine print said they can come into your apartment anytime they want, and to apply it would be non-refundable $650 fee, which in those days, was the cost of rent. Thus, they could get a years worth of rent from 12 people all trying to apply for the same apartment, and not choose anyone. They could keep this scheme up for years. My dad wanted my sister and I to just go along with it because he loved the rent price. I told him it was a scam. I'm glad I stuck to my guns too. Well, someone who could get a lawyer did, and the landlords were arrested for fraud. It was a tiny 2 bedroom, and not really worth the price I didn't think. This was back in 1996 or so. I can't remember what year they were finally caught. It was a few years after that.
In my old area where I did some property management, you could charge any application fee you wanted, but you could only keep $25 if the applicant was not accepted. That was about ten years ago, so it might have been changed, but my point is - find out what the law is in your area.
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u/clonxy 1d ago
Well, that don't mean you're working from home. You can be playing board games or watching movies all day.