<prompt> Human: I am not sure if this is the correct place for this, but I am looking to rent a home and the landlord expressed a requirement to have a portion of the rent deducted directly from each paycheck by the employer and be direct deposited into their account. On months with 3 paychecks, the landlord would write a check for the difference and mail it back to me. This feels very invasive to me and I have never heard of this being done before, is this even possible? Is this common for rentals?  <response>: No, this is not common, and might not even legal, though it depends where you live. 