A homeless influencer has disclosed her method of avoiding rent while residing in comfortable apartments, but her controversial approach has not gained widespread approval.
Emily Webb, a 25-year-old from Australia, shared her money-saving hack on TikTok, which has sparked mixed reactions as some criticize her for potentially putting herself in risky situations.
Known as @emwebbily on TikTok, the influencer with 66,000 followers revealed that she sidesteps rent payments by dating men and staying at their homes instead of renting her own place.
The model explained she uses dating apps to meet men and then tries to stay at their for as long as possible but did admit that she can only manage a couple of days at a time.
In a video filmed in lovely-seeming apartment, the blonde beauty, holding a drink, said: ‘If you’re new here I’m homeless. This is one of my boyfriends’ places, he’s in the other room.
‘But I can’t believe I was wasting my money on rent all this time.
‘Life hack, if you’re hot do not ever pay rent. You can literally just go on Hinge and stay at different guys’ places for free every single night and nothing bad has happened to me yet but I’ll let you know how long I can keep going with this until I’m sleeping in my car.
‘Because they do only last a few nights and then they break up with me because they realise I’m using them, but, so far so good.’
Emily Webb, 25, from Australia took to TikTok to share her hack for saving money but it has divided opinions with some suggesting she’s putting herself in a dangerous situation
The social media star, who also has a successful OnlyFans page, has previously spoken about the reason why she is homeless despite bringing in thousands of dollars making online content.
Emily who has more than 100,000 followers on the online adult platform, revealed last June she has applied for multiple rentals but due to the nationwide housing crisis, she’s been unable to secure a home.
The blonde beauty, who is based on the Gold Coast, is currently living in her car, ‘couchsurfing’ with friends or sleeping over with men who take her out on dates.
‘I’ve offered to pay rent six and 12 months in advance and still had no luck,’ she told news.com.au, revealing she is willing to pay around $1000 a week.
But despite these setbacks, the social media star is quite comfortable being without a home.
She admitted on Instagram: ‘I can’t believe I’ve been wasting my money on rent all this time. Life hack: If you’re hot, don’t ever pay rent.’
She also gave fans an update while driving her car, which she lives in: ‘I just left one of my boyfriend’s places because he has “s**t to do”, whatever that means.
‘[Dating app] Hinge is just kind of drying up for me, everyone’s pissing me off, they’re being rude about the fact that I’m homeless.’
The TikToker, who goes by @emwebbily explained to her 66,000 followers that she never pays rent and instead ‘uses men’ by going on dates with them and then sleeping at their houses
She then said that to get herself another date, she had done her make-up and hair, and was going to go for a ‘hot girl walk’ at Burleigh to try to pick up a new man to stay with.
The influencer went on: ‘I’m going to go ask every hot guy for their number and then see if I can find a place to sleep tonight.’
‘Otherwise, I’m sleeping in my car. Which is fine, this is comfy as f**k. Not complaining at all.’
Emily said she has been using her ‘pretty privilege’ to convince men to let her stay with them to avoid paying rent for the last fortnight.
She also revealed she usually stays with friends four times a week and goes on dates about three times a week.
Emily said she is still hoping to find a place soon, and is waiting to hear back on a few applications.
But not everyone was convinced by her methods and followers commented underneath her post that they hoped she was staying safe
The blonde beauty is currently living in her car, ‘couchsurfing’ with friends or sleeping with men she dates because she is struggling to get on the property ladder in the Gold Coast area
But not everyone was convinced by her methods and followers commented underneath her post that they hoped she was staying safe.
One user wrote: ‘This is a very dangerous game you’re playing…’ while another commented ‘Hope you’re ok. If you’re in Melbourne you’re welcome to come and stay with me’.
A third said: ‘Go and get a job! You r sending all the wrong messages to viewers stop sponging off nice people!’.
And another commented: ‘Looks fade so quickly so I hope you have a good savings and a backup plan for the future. Pls be so safe out there’.
