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Rent requirements in the US are nuts (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago by trexman@sh.itjust.works to c/unethicallifeprotips@lemmy.world

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[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Experian offers a service called "theworknumber" that will sell you income data to anyone for $60.

You cant opt out because fuck american laws, but you can demand they "freeze" it like credit, so any inquiry is just rejected.

[-] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

That may solve who’s texting me if I’d like to sell a property. They keep asking me about properties i haven’t owned for years but I use to live at.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

At least you get texted about properties you once owned. I get texted about some dude's properties across the country even though this hasn't been his number for a good decade now

[-] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Haha it’s just weird to get a txt asking if I want to sell x property I haven’t owned for twenty years.

It has to be a credit report thing as my gf gets txt about the properties and she has never been on the loans or titles. The properties are always in my name.

[-] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is where you can request a form to freeze this BS:

https://employees.theworknumber.com/employee-data-freeze

Notably it's not as easy as freezing your credit. Probably because there aren't as many laws around it.

this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2023

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