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Unethical Life Pro Tips

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An Unethical Life Pro Tip (or ULPT) is a tip that improves your life in a meaningful way, perhaps at the expense of others and/or with questionable legality. Share your best tips you've picked up throughout your life, and learn from others!

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Step 1: File articles of incorporation for an LLC. Step 2: Open bank account for your new business. Step 3: Write checks to yourself from said business. Step 4: Tell future landlord that you're "self employed." Step 5: File dissolution of LLC -or- make sure to pay any annual franchise taxes, depending on your state, if you decide to keep it active.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

oh yeah landlords love to rent to self employed people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That step is unnecessary. You can call your LLC whatever you want. So all the landlord has to know is that you work for "Totally Not A Front LLC". If they don't do their due diligence verifying that it's more than a one person operation, that's on them.

[–] DigitalFrank 0 points 1 year ago

We do, but our verification process include researching the LLC and requiring proof of at least 2 years of business income ( 3 years preferred).