@drewdevault Sometimes buying is easier than renting in NL. Especially it you're self-employed. You can get mortgages for up to 100% of the property value.
This rental agency is demanding, at a minimum, a copy of sourcehut's profit/loss statement, my tax return, a statement of registration (no older than 1 month) from the chamber of commerce, copies of mine and my partner's passports, three paystubs, two bank statements, a statement from our current landlord, an a copy of our debit card. Just to apply for an apartment.
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Renting a house? you? What the heck were you thinking???
And I'm sure that you are looking in a centric neighborhood?
Ohh boy!! What are they teaching to the new generations?? ........ sarcastic mode off
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@drewdevault This happens because there are no reliable credit scores in Europe.
You have a form of this everywhere. For us, it's usually in the form of demanding an affidavit from another owner / renter that they will take you in in case you're not paying the rent and have to be thrown out.
The alternative is a social housing system like the one in Stockholm, where apartments are cheap and ubiquitous, if you're willling to wait in line for 20 years. We had a similar system before the free market took hold here, with the added complication that a bribe and/or a family connection to the right officer could potentially let you bypass the queue.
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