Scammer charges roommate $1000 per month after telling him the rent is $1600, roommate discovers the rent is actually $1000: 'The landlord says we're short on rent because he only gives the landlord $800 a month.'

• In past roommate situations, we've all been responsible for paying our own portion of the rent on a rent portal, so the landlord can see exactly who has paid and how much they've paid. My current landlord wants us to Zelle him the rent in a lump sum, which has worked thus far, but could go horribly wrong if one roommate were to stop paying rent. The roommate who sends the money might be forced to use their own funds to make up the difference because they don't want their housing situation affected by one bad apple. That's the problem with having a ton of roommates: you're relying on way more people to be responsible than you would be if you only had one roommate or were living by yourself. But even having one bad roommate can make your life a living nightmare. Imagine what kind of financial pickle you'd be in if your roommate stopped paying rent and utilities for six months? You'd either have to jeopardize your living situation by not paying the rent and bills in full on your own dime, or destabilize your personal finances by draining your emergency fund and even going into debt for a roommate, of all people. 

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• The dude in this story discovered that his roommate is not trustworthy. They've been living together for 4 months, and when he moved in, his roommate told him the rent was $ 1,600. They split the rent so the new guy was paying $1000, and the roommate was paying $600. It would make more sense for them to split it halfway, $800, but that would mean that the roommate was being honest with the new guy.

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• The roommate, the guy who has been in the apartment longer, is not a good roommate. He doesn't appear to have a job, he stays at home all day, and he eats his roommates' food. All of those things on their own would be bad news, even if he were an honest fellow.

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• The new guy finally found out that his roommate had been lying to him after meeting the landlord for the first time. She told him that the rent on their apartment was $1000 a month, and they had been short on rent every month. That means the roommate had been taking $ 1,000 every month and not even sending the full amount to the landlord. He had been subsidizing his roommates' rent to support his lazy lifestyle, risking both their living situations. 

  "I don’t know what to do at this point. He’s basically a squatter."

   

  This is why you should always sign a lease, kids! Don't just trust any guy you meet on Craigslist.

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