Adrianna TanMy new property manager has started charging a fee for the convenience of paying them my rent (!) so I am petty enough to go stand at a bank, request checks, write them and walk two blocks to pay rent just as a matter of principle.
The state of financial technology in America is that checks are still the best thing for most things, and the best thing your bank does is the online bill pay where they, get this, print out a check and mail it for you to a payee
In fact when I was at the bank the teller said, oh good your landlord accepts personal checks! Confused, I asked.. as opposed to what? He said many landlords now demand cashier’s / secure checks (basically money that’s already been withdrawn), and that those cost a lot of money for people with personal accounts. Truly the worst timeline (and people)
karaboondi@skinnylatte Back in 2013 , my apartment management in Connecticut only took cashier’s check . No online bill pay or personal check or online portal . I moved there because I needed something cheaper and safer until I moved to Wisconsin.
@skinnylatte Wisconsin and Arizona landlords were so helpful in comparison.
@skinnylatte back then it was either locked into a 2 year lease , paying $1450 with online pay and other conviniences in safe Rocky Hill with a lease breakage fee of 4 months or do the cashiers check , $1200 in rent and no lease breakage in somewhat safe Manchester . Given that me and friend who co-signed the lease were looking at an out of state move ASAP , we opted for the latter . I still look back to those days and think oh you clueless child .