What's a creative way to come up with a security deposit?

Question

What's a creative way to come up with a security deposit?

Answer 1

Best way is to save it up but occasionally a landlord will let you put part down up front and then pay the balance over a couple of months.  That only works if your income is high enough that you can afford to do it that way and the landlord REALLY wants you as a tenant.

Answer 2

The only way I know of is to work and earn it.

Answer 3

.   An  IOU.   or you pay the deposit 1/12th each month.  By the time you vacate, the landlord has a deposit.