A friend of mine wanted to rent a place in Switzerland because he wanted to have a Swiss license plate on his car.
He did. Worked fine. Basically, he is legally sharing an apartment with some gorgeous stewardesses and paying 1/5th of the rent. I think he is getting it with benefits.
The rent needed was totally different if he only wanted his name on the mailbox (maybe E150 a month) or much more for a real place to use now & then..., In Italy, he found a place for E200 a month. The deal? For use one weekend a month. Obviously, to get an︀ apartment and leave it vacant all the time for once-in-a-while but anytime on demand use,︁ you'd need to pay the fair value of the apartment.
We did find the cheapest︂ one in Switzerland at $450 a month -a tiny studio. In the course of helping︃ him, we discovered lots of people who were willing to let their apartments be used︄ mainly as a mailing address for various purposes-- but of course, all the smart landlords︅ said they didn't want cops pounding on their doors due to their "tenant" doing illegal︆ stuff. So they wanted to know exactly what was needed and why.
There is nothing︇ illegal about renting an apartment (in person or online) and using it very little (or︈ not at all). And yes it could be done online. I'd be able to help︉ arrange it any time. A lot of landlords would welcome a tenant who paid a︊ year in advance and hardly used the apartment. The same is true for utilities. Lots︋ of people would be glad to put your name on their electric & or internet︌ accounts if you paid them, once again with a year's worth of utility up front.︍ Personally, I don't recommend faking anything if there is any chance of getting into trouble.︎
In the course of looking, we also found a really nice furnished super-view apartment with️ a pool in Manila to rent cheap and leave vacant most of the time... We took it ourselves. Good Luck with your search. Peter Taradash /
