fishpen0 t1_jdm9re1 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:24 PM

The one time I will ever suggest this: A broker makes their income off you signing a lease. They go way the fuck out of their way to find you a roommate to close the deal. Some of the bigger firms have a fucking database of clients looking for roommates and basically are a matchmaking service masquerading as a broker service.

You should never have to pay a broker fee just because some landlord is a lazy piece of shit who can’t post on Craigslist themselves. But if you actually need the full services of one they do actually provide value.

Twice I have used a broker to find me a roommate. I had a list of requirements like general income, job class, gender, etc. and both times they found me one or two people I was signing a lease with in less than a couple weeks

f1Ynoeld3TRCRaw t1_jdmcuyn wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:50 PM

no brokers are a fuckin scam. don't use them or perpetuate the system of a glorified email writers taking a month of rent from students who dont know better.

IDCFFSGTFO t1_jdmahbk wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:30 PM

>job class

Fucking snob.

inoeth t1_jdmdtgu wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:58 PM

I think it’s more likely the poster was asking for someone who makes enough money that they don’t have to worry about them paying their part of the rent and perhaps aren’t on such an odd schedule that there becomes the potential for interpersonal issues.

fishpen0 t1_jdmfkz3 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 2:12 PM

You jumped to some extreme conclusions here.

Wanting to live with someone purposely on the same schedule or purposely on a shifted schedule both have to do with job class.

Same if you care about if they will be working from home or not. Having someone around literally all the time can be really great or really awful depending on your personality

Filtering out students or non students is also extremely reasonable and is related to job class (full time/part time)