Wait why don't they want to rent out to single young male?
Just totally curious.
Out of curiosity, why were the reluctant to rent to a single young male? Is there an Australian stigma against renting to that demographic?
From my experience in Melbourne and in the major EU cities, the primary reasons for this I learned from landlords are:
- They prefer tenants willing to lease for longer time-frames, single young males are very likely to relocate rather quick.
- Single young males are less likely to take good care of the apartment.
- A working couple has a better financial stability.
Hmm, that makes sense. Unfortunate though.
In the US there are supposed to be equal opportunity housing and landlords aren't supposed to discriminate like that, but of course it's hard to prove or enforce and many do anyway...
Yeah, familiar with this phenomenon.
I'm curious about the party story
Went to a houseparty with classmates from my MBA. Somebody kthere was going home and leaving Australia after graduation. So his room was available. Little sis I know that the appartment housed two gorgeous Colombian girls whom I had an absolute ball with the coming year.
The situation went from shitty to really good.
I don't think I could replicate that again.
University was no help either. Got Lucky and met some hosts at a party.