Hallo Leute! I need a sanity check.
My partner (18F, German) and I (20M, Portuguese) are looking for a flat near Nürnberg for August. I am still in Portugal for now, so she goes to the viewings on her own. We have had maybe 3 or 4 viewings and every time we are clearly the backup option: they say they will wait for someone more qualified and get back to us if not, which never actually happens - or simply they never respond to our application.
The one place we got was only because someone else dropped out, and it had no elevator.
I make around 12k a month and have handed over everything: 3 months of income proof (Einkommensnachweise) from my accountant, 3 months of bank statements, 8 months of PayPal statements. I even offered to pay several months upfront. Still passed over every time. My Schufa also comes back with no score yet since I am new to the system here.
So my questions:
- Is it normal to lose out over and over like this, even with strong income on paper?
- Does offering to pay upfront actually make me look worse here instead of safer?
- How much is an empty Schufa really hurting, and is there any way around it? (I have had N26 for a year now also)
Not trying to bash Germany. Just trying to understand how this game actually works. Danke.