Bengaluru landlords demand LinkedIn profiles, CIBIL scores, write-ups from tenants

Young professionals are struggling to rent flats in Bengaluru as landlords ask them for their Linkedin profiles, CIBIL scores and only want IIT, IIM, ISB graduates and CAs A few Twitter users said that landlords in Bengaluru asking for Linkedin profiles of the tenant is quite a common practice Bengaluru landlords are making it difficult for young professionals hunting to rent an  apartment in India’s IT capital. It is fast turning out to be more challenging than landing a job in a leading MNC or software company in the city. Not only do flat-hunters have to contend with a sharp hike in rentals post the pandemic (one property portal report mid-last year claimed rents increased by 16.7 per cent in Bengaluru), potential tenants are also grilled about their jobs, education and family background and are made to submit three month salary slips. And, now, Bengaluru landlords in sync with the times have taken to asking tenants to submit their LinkedIn profiles and write-up about themselves, before signing the rent agreement. Last week, a Twitter user who has been hunting for a flat in Bengaluru for 12 days, shared a screenshot of his conversation with his broker, who asked him for
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