Question For Pro Poker Players That Rent Apts.

[Mark Heide]

I am trying to find out when you are looking for an appartment in Vegas to rent. What do you tell your prospective landlords what you do for a living in order for them to offer you a lease for an appartment?

[TimTimSalabim]

Just the tell them the truth. If you have a good record of paying your rent on time for the past 5 years, there should be no problem. They may require you to show that you have some money in savings. I was once able to get an apartment this way, not as a poker pro, but just plain unemployed (wait, is there a difference? /images/graemlins/grin.gif).

[Mark Heide]

TimTimSalabim,

Thanks for your reply. Every place that I have rented from has asked me for paycheck stubs. It would be hard to show that once I quit my job and move to Vegas. But, on my next trip I will check out some appartments just to see if they would rent without a so called "legit job." I guess I could make up business cards as a gambling consultant.

[snakehead]

they're going to run a credit check on you, and that will tell them about your employment. if you just quit your job, tell them you are looking for something in the same field. you will probably have to pay a few months in advance.

my credit report still shows me as self employed, so I never have problems with this sort of thing.

[Terry]

In the big apartment complexes run by 20 year old bureaucratic-minded community college graduates, you will quite likely have a tough time convincing them to do something that is not in the book.

You’ll do better to stick with small apartment complexes or check the paper for rental condos. You will either be dealing directly with the owner or with someone who manages only a few units for absentee owners.

Be neat and clean looking, wash the car, don’t go with beer on your breath, and stress that you need a quiet place to negate their fears of loud stereos and wild parties. When they ask how you intend to pay the rent, casually pull a very large wad of cash from your pocket and just kind of shrug, as if it was the only possible answer.

If they mention credit check, tell them “Save the money. I don’t have any credit.” They expect you to pay for the credit report but most of the part-time rental manager / handyman types just pocket the cash, never running the report anyway.

[A_C_Slater]

What about just paying them the whole 6 month or year lease in advance? Is this allowed? I'm thinking of getting an apartment, but not in Vegas. In a place like Vegas they may be more accepting of things like professional poker. But here in Michigan it is quite different. I have enough money for about 10 months worth of rent. Can I just pay the whole thing outright with a money order?

[Glenn]

Yeah, there are ways to verify your income and things, but it is a total pain. If you are going to be playing poker for a living you should have 6 months rent saved anyways so paying it up front is the simplest.

[scalf]

/images/graemlins/smile.gif..might be easier to buy it

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[Mike Gallo]

Do you fill out a 1099 form?

[Cerril]

I gave them copies of the last few months' PT results and that was sufficient for me

[TwiceShotPhil]

"I am a freelance computer geek. And I can pay four months rent upfront in cash." Seems to work so far.

[surfdoc]

Cash has been and always will be..King.

[Mark Heide]

I was thinking of getting the apartment before I quit my job, and after they approve it, I'll move and then quit my job.

[Mark Heide]

scalf,

My plans are to rent for a year and if I like living there, I'll buy a house.

[mosta]

Pay a year in advance and ask for a discount. If you have a year or two's rent in bank accounts, that will probably get you through the process.

[n1stunnor]

Never had to tell them what I did for a living.

Upscale complex.

Just paid 1st,last,and security depo.

They never asked what I did or a for a credit check.

Paying a years worth upfront should also suffice just about anywhere without having to hassle with credit checks,references,and proof of employment.

[A_C_Slater]

[ QUOTE ]
Never had to tell them what I did for a living.

Upscale complex.

Just paid 1st,last,and security depo.

They never asked what I did or a for a credit check.

Paying a years worth upfront should also suffice just about anywhere without having to hassle with credit checks,references,and proof of employment.

[/ QUOTE ]


Good. There is nothing I hate more than bureaucracy. /images/graemlins/mad.gif