š¹Early to RISA š§Anon needs to pay the rent
archonIs it normal to pay cash for rent in the US? Iāve always done it by bank transfer, set up to pay automatically on the agreed dateā¦
Seems like a great way to perform tax fraud.
I'm back on my BS š¤ŖAmerican here. I have never paid rent in cash to a landlord I had a lease with. Only times I have paid in cash was when I was either living with a friend or giving a roommate my part of the rent. Itās possible some people pay in cash, but I would say it is not common.
š¾šššš šæšššMaybe Iāll take it as a sign of my age that only one of my rentals had a payment portal. College apartment? Paid by check. First apartment? Check. Rent houses afterward? Yep. Check in the mail. When I moved in with my then girlfriend, the apartment we shared had a payment portal. And that was the only one. And we rented a house afterward. Landlord was an older lady who asked for (you guessed it) a check in the mail.
Now that we have a mortgage that automatically drafts payments on the 1st, we donāt really write checks anymore.
Same. I might have paid an application fee in cash or something (for background check), but thatās really it in the past 15 years. If I was a landlord, I would highly discourage paying in cash, because nobody wants to handle thousands of dollars in cash every monthā¦
I paid for the registration for my car in cash because I didnāt feel like buying checks to write a $25 bill.
MFers apparently charge a fee for cash transactions and never told me. Since I mailed it out and the state of Misery is awful it took 8 months before someone finally told me what I needed to do (send $26) and finally I got my plates.
Wow, thatās dumb. My local emissions place charges a 3% āservice charge,ā which is waived if I pay in cash, but since thatās pretty close to the rewards I get with my card (2%), I just paid by card since the difference is like $1. I donāt remember my DMV charging any fees for credit though (i.e. when I get plates).
If youāre buying from a dealership, you could probably go to the DMV directly to get the plates, and maybe they donāt charge a fee. Idk though, each state is different, and Iāve never bought a car at a dealership.