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0 pointspishpash4y ago0 comments

That and the entire rental background check industry. $30-$50 fees for each submission of the same report on what is effectively your own data.

0 pointspishpash4y ago0 comments

That and the entire rental background check industry. $30-$50 fees for each submission of the same report on what is effectively your own data.

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xadhominemx4y ago· 4 in thread

It’s necessary in many markets IMO. Otherwise people would just spam applications at every apartment that satisfies their broad filters.

maest4y ago

So charge per application, with the money going towards first month's rent, if successful.

xadhominemx4y ago

That’s how it usually works

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hammock4y ago

That's what a lot of places do

pishpashOP4y ago

Nonsense. Spamming applications is strictly better than spamming low-information contact requests, and nobody seems to mind that. Instead you'll get structured applicant information that can be filtered against.

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