So, freeing was the exact opposite feeling to what I felt when I was filling out a rental application after starting Happy Bear Software. I was self employed, no guarantor, so had to pay a year of rent up front for multiple years.https://twitter.com/sehurlburt/status/945734064941572096 …
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You’re the second person in London who has told me a story like this!
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Would also be completely impossible (even with a year up front) as a non-Japanese in Japan, where we’re moving to in 2018.
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Wow. Here, so long as I can show the landlord some kind of paycheck— no questions asked.
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In Japan it is far less a question of money and more of Are You The Right Sort Of People For This Apartment. Had to armtwist a broker into getting a physical interview (after showing $X00k in income on a tax return) to plead my case with apartment manager last time.
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On the plus side, years in the salt mines have allowed me to convincingly fake being the salaryman that they really wanted to rent to.
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I am brute forcing this problem, essentially by having rich parents.
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