One corporate landlord lease I got had to just run a soft credit check and a $100 good-faith security deposit instead of the traditional month of rent. In the age where credit worthiness information is so available, why bother with deposits?
- $200 in mandatory carpet cleaning fees, no you can’t use the rental at Wal-Mart you must provide a receipt from a licensed firm. The typical licensed firm is $300 just to show up.
- Forgot a bottle of hand soap under a kitchen sink? Well it’s $50 dollars per trash bag. Oh you forgot a bottle of hand soap in the other bathroom? Well we start a new bag for each room so that’s another $50!
Was there any dispute or exaggeration on our move out sheet? We don’t negotiate with you poors! You have 30 days to pay or we report it against your credit report!
Oh you wanted to litigate that $600 fraudulent fee? Guess how much an attorney is gonna cost ya!