Housing Thoughts. - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

Bob Danger · 2008-08-04, 10:22 PM

The lease on my current apartment is up Sept. 30th, and how I see it I have a couple of options each with it's own conditions.

Option A: Renew my current lease. This way I won't have to move anything, and I'll get my first month rent free. However the rent isn't cheap, $700, plus another $100 in utilities during the winter. The big problem is my income, the require your income to be 3x the amount of the rent which mine falls short of. So, if they want to verify my income that could be a problem, although I'm sure I could "modify" an old pay stub to meet the requirement.

Option B: Look for a new place. This is going to be more difficult, but I could find something more in my price range. However anything in my price range is going to be small, and in a shitty neighborhood. A lot of you are going to say get a roommate, or move in with some friends. This would save me a ton of money, but I hate people, and I have a distaste for wearing pants. It would be great if I could find something privately owned, like a small condo, or basement apartment. It would save me the trouble of dealing with all of the afore mentioned bullshit.

Thoughts?

100_Percent_Juice · 2008-08-04, 10:40 PM

I would go with option A. Was your income 3x the rent when you first signed the lease? I assume if your rent payment history is good with them, they really wouldn't have a problem with you signing another lease.

Bob Danger · 2008-08-04, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 100_Percent_Juice

I would go with option A. Was your income 3x the rent when you first signed the lease? I assume if your rent payment history is good with them, they really wouldn't have a problem with you signing another lease.

Nope, my income is the same, I forged documents to get my first lease. I pay my rent on time, and no one has complained about my sexy parties yet.

100_Percent_Juice · 2008-08-04, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Danger

Nope, my income is the same, I forged documents to get my first lease. I pay my rent on time, and no one has complained about my sexy parties yet.

Well in that case... when are these parties?

Nick Koan · 2008-08-04, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 100_Percent_Juice

Well in that case... when are these parties?

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Originally Posted by Bob Danger

I hate people, and I have a distaste for wearing pants.

These may not be the sexy parties you are thinking of.

cody · 2008-08-05, 07:24 AM

Why fix it if it aint broke? Forge, renew, rinse, repeat.

sperry · 2008-08-05, 09:36 AM

Are you sure they're going to re-verify your pay stubs just to renew the lease? I gotta figure if you're already a pay-on-time tenant, no one at the office there is going to want to bother doing extra paperwork and bullshit just to renew you. You of all people should know, human nature is to be lazy!

I say drop by the office to renew and just sign a new copy of the existing lease with new dates on it. It shouldn't be the full application to rent process.

Kevin M · 2008-08-05, 10:34 AM

Yup. Renewal is definitely the easy way.

Joeyy · 2008-08-05, 10:54 AM

Free yourself from the "man".

Kunikos · 2008-08-07, 10:02 AM

$700 seems cheap to me. Try paying a mortgage sometime!

100_Percent_Juice · 2008-08-07, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Kunikos

$700 seems cheap to me. Try paying a mortgage sometime!

Try working in a dealership garage sometime!

2008-08-04, 10:22 PM	#1
Bob Danger Tape Terrorist Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Melmac Posts: 1,792 Car: ? Class: Retired! Warning: Prolonged eye contact may cause insanity	Housing Thoughts. The lease on my current apartment is up Sept. 30th, and how I see it I have a couple of options each with it's own conditions. Option A: Renew my current lease. This way I won't have to move anything, and I'll get my first month rent free. However the rent isn't cheap, $700, plus another $100 in utilities during the winter. The big problem is my income, the require your income to be 3x the amount of the rent which mine falls short of. So, if they want to verify my income that could be a problem, although I'm sure I could "modify" an old pay stub to meet the requirement. Option B: Look for a new place. This is going to be more difficult, but I could find something more in my price range. However anything in my price range is going to be small, and in a shitty neighborhood. A lot of you are going to say get a roommate, or move in with some friends. This would save me a ton of money, but I hate people, and I have a distaste for wearing pants. It would be great if I could find something privately owned, like a small condo, or basement apartment. It would save me the trouble of dealing with all of the afore mentioned bullshit. Thoughts? __________________ A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi.

2008-08-04, 10:40 PM	#2
100_Percent_Juice (40 percent vodka) Real Name: Joel Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 4,446 Car: 2004WRX Class: Baby-Hauler/GroceryGetter	I would go with option A. Was your income 3x the rent when you first signed the lease? I assume if your rent payment history is good with them, they really wouldn't have a problem with you signing another lease. __________________ "A power nap is when you sleep on someone who is weaker than you." - Dimitri Martin

2008-08-05, 07:24 AM	#6
cody Candy Mountain Real Name: Cody Join Date: May 2005 Location: Californication Posts: 7,751 Car: 03 Pussy Wagon, now with more pink! Class: TESP OMG Internet!	Why fix it if it aint broke? Forge, renew, rinse, repeat. __________________ Slow and low, that is the tempo.

2008-08-05, 09:36 AM	#7
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Are you sure they're going to re-verify your pay stubs just to renew the lease? I gotta figure if you're already a pay-on-time tenant, no one at the office there is going to want to bother doing extra paperwork and bullshit just to renew you. You of all people should know, human nature is to be lazy! I say drop by the office to renew and just sign a new copy of the existing lease with new dates on it. It shouldn't be the full application to rent process. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2008-08-05, 10:34 AM	#8
Kevin M EJ22T Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reno Posts: 9,445 Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red Class: 19 FP	Yup. Renewal is definitely the easy way. __________________ FWD is the new AWD

2008-08-05, 10:54 AM	#9
Joeyy i can has kart? Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: CA Posts: 1,228	Free yourself from the "man". Attached Images

2008-08-07, 10:02 AM	#10
Kunikos EJ22 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: QT3 Forums Posts: 213 Car: Three-Dead-Hooker-Trunk Devilmobile Xfire: Kunikos	$700 seems cheap to me. Try paying a mortgage sometime! __________________ "What can change the nature of a man?" - Ravel Puzzlewell

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