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Re:Ask HN: Where can I live off 1k USD per month? by azth on Thursday August 26, 2021 @05:25PM (#28321023)
> Basically, if you put down a huge deposit (like $90,000: 50% to 90% of the value of the property), you don't pay any monthly rent and get the entire deposit back when you move out.

So you're giving them a usurious loan basically.

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Re:Ask HN: Where can I live off 1k USD per month? by resoluteteeth on Thursday August 26, 2021 @05:50PM (#28321377)
How is a zero interest loan usurious?
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Re:Ask HN: Where can I live off 1k USD per month? by azth on Thursday August 26, 2021 @06:48PM (#28322039)
Interest doesn't have to be money, it's any benefit received for giving a loan. In this case, the benefit received is staying in the apartment unit in exchange for the loan.
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