<prompt> Human: Curious as to why this is Required and if the broker stands to make any money from running my credit. He charged me 150.EDIT - Sorry about that, re-reading the title that makes me feel very stupid.It was a Real Estate Broker. I was applying for a lease in a 1 Bedroom Apartment in NYC. I have no details as to who processed the application. Seems pretty standard in NYC that you have to pay some kind of fee to get your application processed. I liked the apartment so I agreed.  <response>: I think you win for the least amount of details provided when asking a question you want help with. We should probably guess what kind of broker, what kind of application, who the other application was being processed by, whenhowwhy you agreed to pay 150 ... Help is only possible with the details needed to give help. 