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[...] July 12: Cash Back Rewards for Paying Rent [...]

By: John Koontz

John Koontz — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:12:10 +0000

Have you thought about getting a Discover Card? No annual fees and the cash back can be doubled at certain stores.

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fivecentnickel.com — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 02:05:08 +0000

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By: Greling

Greling — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:05:23 +0000

There is a way to sneak and pay your rent with a credit card and get cash back without really using “plastic”. Use a cashback card that has no-fee, personalized convenience checks that use the purchase APR. Even if you pay it off in full at the end of month, you’ll still have a minimum finance charge of $0.50 to $1 tacked on, but for an extra $50-$150 bucks coming back that’s small change.

Just be sure it’s a **no-fee** convenience check and it uses the **purchase APR**, because some checks come with fees attached and some are taken out as cash advances (which tend to have a higher interest rate).

By: traineeinvestor

traineeinvestor — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:39:58 +0000

Credit cards can be useful tool to pick up some free gifts, cash back (not available in Hong Kong alas), air points, discounts or whatever. One trick I have picked up is to put all my employment related expenses on my personal credit card so I get the extra points. If I use the credit card my employer provides, I would not get the benefit of the points. (My employer is fine with this.)

I have not been able to get either the mortgage payments or airfares payable on my credit card.

As a landlord, I would not accept payment of rent by credit card as (i) it costs me money and (ii) it takes extra effort on my part to arrange – I understand that dealing with Visa etc can be a real pain.

By: Dus10

Dus10 — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:07:27 +0000

I wish that I could pay my mortgage with a credit card without having to pay an extra $35. The only thing that really pushes my rewards along is school. I defer my payments until the classes are over, then I keep my reibursement in the bank and pay the balance with a rewards card… It works out okay.

By: powen

powen — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:52:41 +0000

Is there anyway to pay rent by credit card to a non-complex-type land lord? Say you’re subletting or something?

Maybe through paypal or something?