A "fiador" is a property owner living in the city who's willing to guarantee that you will pay the rent in a timely fashion. From Wordnik.com. [~~> Mexico City Information Needed] Reference
Think about it ... the landlord has no way of checking you out, and needs some kind of guarantee, and a fiador is a perfectly legitimate business solution ... just a bonding agent, or insurance policy on the lease. From Wordnik.com. [Semi-Scheming Way to TJ] Reference
Mercy: fiador is a person who lents money to someone without a warranty that he'll pay back. From Wordnik.com. [Please help - difference between aval and fiador!] Reference
I could not read an apartment lease, nor find a fiador, that is, someone who would cosign for me. From Wordnik.com. [no Spanish? What difficulties have you experienced?] Reference
But there is the little problem of needing a "fiador" when you go to sign the lease. From Wordnik.com. [~~> Mexico City Information Needed] Reference
I think you mean "fiador" not "firmador", Joshua (though maybe TJ uses a different word). From Wordnik.com. [Semi-Scheming Way to TJ] Reference
I never paid much attention because I haven't needed a fiador yet. From Wordnik.com. [Semi-Scheming Way to TJ] Reference
I put down a double deposit because I knew no one here who could act as fiador. From Wordnik.com. [breaking a lease] Reference
During my stint as an illegal, I got around using a fiador by offering two months rent up front. From Wordnik.com. [Semi-Scheming Way to TJ] Reference
Example: salir fiador por alguien (to stand surety for somebody, to act as guarantor for somebody). From Wordnik.com. [Please help - difference between aval and fiador!] Reference
MexConnect. com Forums: Specific Focus: Learning Spanish: Please help - difference between aval and fiador!. From Wordnik.com. [Please help - difference between aval and fiador!] Reference
A deposit, first and last, and a “fiador,” a cosigner of someone local that can be held responsible for the non-payment or damage to the property. From Wordnik.com. [Ensenada Info] Reference
I live in Mexico City because that's where my friends are and where I have a furnished place to live without having to do any apartment searching or to find a fiador. From Wordnik.com. [Why Do You Live Where You Do in Mexico?] Reference
"For a few dollars," he tells Mr Brandram (2nd May), "I procured a fiador or person who engaged THAT THE CHESTS should be carried down the river and embarked at San Lucar for a foreign land. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of George Borrow]
Yes it is fiador, thank you for the correction. From Wordnik.com. [Semi-Scheming Way to TJ] Reference
Please help - difference between aval and fiador!. From Wordnik.com. [Please help - difference between aval and fiador!] Reference
= fiador =, surety. From Wordnik.com. [Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.)] Reference
= surety =, fiador. From Wordnik.com. [Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.)] Reference
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