Can Someone Prepay An Apartment Lease To Avoid Having A Job?
I’m looking at apartments and I don’t work. I’m a fulltime student with financial aid. I have enough cash to prepay a six month lease. My question is, would an apartment complex let me move in if I prepay the lease, without having a job? Isn’t the credit check to determine if I can afford the apartment – does that even matter if I pay the entire lease?
I especially would love to hear from someone who works for an apartment complex leasing office or has heard of this. Thanks in advance.
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We did this lots of times in York, PA. The property was 2 blocks from York College.
We were fortunate enough to have the college’s baseball team coach call about the property we were renting.
We had a meeting and 3 baseball players were selected to rent the property. We ran them through the usual credit investigations and verifications w/o any problem.
At the time the lease was reviewed and signed, the parents asked if they could pay the year’s rent and security deposit – together with the per day rent charge [the adjustment] in advance.
I agreed.
From that time on – for almost 4 years – every member of the baseball team paid the entire rent and other related costs, in advance.
For the most part, the young men were well-behaved and kept very good care of the property – according to the terms of the lease.
My suggestion: Ask those landlords and agents about your concern.
In the investment group I belonged to, one of the Landlords would automatically discount the lease by 5% for payin the full lease term and all related costs in advance. You could ask about this, too. The WORST answer you will get is “No”. Other than in love and romance, “No” never hurt any one, did it?
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The credit check is done for several reasons. They want to know if you are able to afford the rent, you have negative history on your credit, you have no felony convictions, etc, etc, etc.
I have seen some apartment offering discount when you pre-pay. I would strongly advise AGAINST doing it though. You always have the leverage on your side when they want your money, not when they already have your money.
My advise to you is to find several prospective apartments and go talk to the management. There is no law governing this type of things, so it is entirely up to the management of the apartment.
Most, if not all, will not accept a prepaid lease.
It limits the apartment building from evicting you in case there is a problem. You need some income, or verifiable funds to be able to pay. You may also need someone to cosign for you.