So I am moving out of my parents house for the first time next month, and some of my experiences with my new landlord don't really match what I assumed was the normal process for moving into a place. I've been to the house and talked with the property owner and my new roommates a number of times and they all seem fairly on the level, but when he told me today that I was approved to move in on the 1st, and I asked about signing a lease, he told me that the lease agreement is month to month and that he prefers to have a informal agreement with all his tenants rather than signed documentation. He also told me that due to bad experiences with venmo and PayPal he prefers for the rent to be paid with cash. I asked if cashier's checks would be acceptable and he told me that he is fine with me paying the security deposit and first month's rent with cashier's checks, but that going forward he would prefer that I just pay him with cash.
Is this a fairly common arrangement between landlords and tenants? I have basically zero experience with this sort of thing, and I'm worried about the lack of a paper trail. On the other hand this house setup is kind of the goldilocks zone for my needs and I would hate to get cold feet and back out of a good opportunity due to a fear that isn't really rational.
Submitted August 19, 2020 at 07:00PM by BlaxicanX https://ift.tt/3aNk56Q
