• WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca
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      Americans are fine with it. Extremely comfortable.

      If they weren’t, they would do something about it.

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      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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        3x the rent as a revenue and 3 month deposit is also standard in Switzerland. However, the deposit is put in a special account and the bank releases it when you move out. It is not that easy for the landlord to get a part of it. About the rent not exceeding one third of the revenue, it’s of course not always easy to do, but if you exceeded it, you would risk having other financial problems which wouldn’t be good for you neither.

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        My cat cost my insurance company whatever they paid my doctor to write a note to tell my landlord I wouldn’t be paying a pet deposit equal to a months rent (non-refundable) and pet rent.

        She seemed annoyed by the whole thing but unsurprised. Apparently part of her job is to write the landlords fuck you notes.

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      The real fun is having to pay extra on an application because you have a pet, then getting to pay an additional pet rent monthly. Also it’s sometimes per pet, literally trying to treat them like bonus tenants.

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        Mine was a $500 fee each for 2 cats, plus $25/ea per month. $3,400 over my stay there, and do you think I got my $400 security deposit back? Lol

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      Not a joke. I suspect the creation of pet rent contributed to the dilution of the concept of service animals (people insisting that Rex the psychotic chihuahua is an emotional support animal).

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      Nope, 100% real. My roommate has a pet and the landlord forced them to pay a $50/month pet fee.

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      These guys are saying $50-100 but I have seen $200 per month on a $1800 per month apartment. It’s no joke.

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      More apartments in the US have it than not nowadays. It’s anywhere from 50-100 a month.