My friend has a slumlord next to him doing this, he's charging $250 per application and rejecting everyone. So my friend is renting his spare room to his last tenant and thinking about suing. Fucks up the neighborhood.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 2 days ago

yeah, that's not passive income

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 208 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Yeah, that's straight up fraud btw

[–] ashenone@lemmy.ml 57 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No I'm pretty sure that's the guy that loves cocain and wants to fuck his mother

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 43 points 3 days ago (17 children)

No, you're thinking of pioneering psychologist Sigmund Freud.

Fraud is when a rope begins to break one stand at a time

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[–] peregrin5@piefed.social 39 points 3 days ago

i sue landlords for fraud. passive income.

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[–] josefo@leminal.space 19 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What if I could earn a passive income by scamming scammers? It would be morally correct?

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes but they have the funds and connections to absolutely nail you to a cross.

[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If they can get enough of them before getting caught it could balance itself out though

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

I’m just giving a helpful warning. If you have a plan that will work, I think you have a duty to enact it.

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[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 148 points 3 days ago (2 children)

"I have passive income" is literally just "I run online scams".

This is no different from people in places like india doing phone call scams.

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Americans be like "we're the free-est nation in the world!" then do shit like pay application fees

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[–] auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 99 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Application fees? For renting? Man America is cooked.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 52 points 3 days ago (13 children)

Don't forget the downpayment and the security deposit and first and last months rent. Oh and if you break the lease you have to pay 4 months rent or the remainder of the rental period, whichever is higher

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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

I did 97 meth deals ($45 each).

That's $4365 in passive income.

I don't even have any meth and just gave them sugar crystals.

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 80 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Lmaooo Dudes, US people have no business making fun of communist if they do things like this. What do you mean you pay for an application for rent a space to living for????

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 62 points 3 days ago (24 children)

We also sometimes have to pay "pet rent", and no this does not cover pet damages.

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