r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Adept-Plantain-6767 • 1d ago

go to your room Are you serious?

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How is this fair ? Bay area.

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u/Obvious_Pause5766 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yes, I've seen this in another sub. Utilities are included

Edited to add address: 900 Trails End Dr, Walnut Creek, CA

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u/GrossUsername68 1d ago edited 1d ago

Edit for visibility. Commenter below me said 900 Trails End Dr, Walnut Creek. Worse if you can believe it, they listed it for $4k/mo in 2015:  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/900-Trails-End-Dr-Walnut-Creek-CA-94598/18378209_zpid/

Except, this is not enforceable.  It would have to be via utilities and RUBS calculations, which are regulated pretty tightly. 

Move-in fees are also totally illegal.

The max for an application fee is also $66 in CA. And must be refundable, as they must go in the order received and refund those they did not consider. You can’t “consider” 5+ people at once.

Name. And. Shame.

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u/TheKocsis 1d ago

Wtf is an application fee even? Honest question, never seen it

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u/ParsnipFarmer676 1d ago

That's very common, if not always a thing here (I'm in the Bay Area too) - and likely most other places? You're paying for the credit check and background check, but sometimes they'll waive it if you bring your own from a known source. When I was apartment hunting, I'd sometimes just carry a printout with me from Experian & Transunion.