[bubblethink]

I was looking for rentals last weekend in ATL , and i noticed the administrative fee too. I don't remember seeing it last time around (couple of years ago), which makes me wonder if it's a recent phenomenon. The adminstrative fee, usually $250 or so, was in addition to the application fee. This makes no sense. What are they charging this for ? I didn't ask if it's after the application is approved or before. I'm guessing that it's after, but it's still a straight up cash grab. Another shitty thing that stood out was some sort of mandatory comcast fees. That is $85 for Comcast's most basic package, which is much higher than the price on Comcast's website.

[Bartweiss]

In keeping with this (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11986307), cable companies frequently pay for lock-in deals with apartment complexes. Spectacularly shitty, but I suspect related to you getting worse-than-listed rates.