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[–] kicksystem 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gimp or photopea will do the trick also

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (3 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.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (17 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

The uber rich are frauding our entire nation so it evens out

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm all in to say that the situation to get an appartement is out of control but isn't that fraud / counterfeit?

[–] JineteDeAbuelas47 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It depends, in Spain there's a thing called Seguro de Alquiler, (Rental insurance? Not sure the specific name of this service in the US). If the landlord offers a place for rent and has a rental insurance involved, giving them false documents could get you in trouble because of contracts and stuff. But, if the rental is done through a Real State Agency and the realtor (or directly through the lanlord) just asked for it to see but no mention of it in the contract then I think you could get away with it

[–] tpihkal 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think rent prices are out of control but it seems reasonable for a landlord to verify that you can afford the rent.

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[–] aceshigh 15 points 1 year ago (9 children)

i assume she also had to photoshop her w2, which is required to provide. forging government docs can't be good... as is getting blacklisted from renting apartments. i am curious about how below she is from meeting the requirements (you need to make 40x the rent).

[–] anarchy79 22 points 1 year ago (6 children)

You might not be prepared to take the risk, she was, and it worked. Whining about people not following the system in a rigged system is absurd.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can use the same trick in job applications.

If they didn't check themselves, they didn't really care in the first place.

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[–] Transcriptionist 14 points 1 year ago

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[–] luckyhunter 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm guessing her rent is double my mortgage, if not higher.

[–] chiliedogg 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rent often is. But since renting doesn't build credit, lots of us can't "afford" a house even though we'd actually be saving money paying a mortgage instead of rent.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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[–] DigitalFrank 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I work in property management and see fake pay stubs/ fake bank statements 4 or 5 times a week. You might be surprised how easy they are to spot.

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