True story: couldn’t get a lease on a nice modern apartment with proper AC in Seattle because they were demanding I show ridiculous bank balances (200k in one case) as a small biz owner. Only older apartments would rent to us.
Good AC would vastly improve my life and mood rn.
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It was actually 300k I think
They can afford to moat schmoes like me out. Well-paid salaried tenants are plentiful thanks to Amazon.
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Not just you. It is in the temperature data. We’re planning to move to some hotter city where AC is standard.
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After moving just north enough that AC is nonstandard, getting a portable one (with wheels and a window hose) remains one of my best purchases
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Yeah, unless you can buy a $1M house you can’t rent a reasonable apartment. Ridiculous!
Seattle went insane during the summer of 2015 when the new min wage was announced & Amazon bought up South Lake Union. Rent seekers more than ate up all gains, and it became a non-viable city
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Sounds like an opportunity to start an urban co-housing group. Pool resources to buy/build condos/rentals.
#BeTheLandlord.




