You can tell your landlord your a porn star and he can verify that with his wife! http://www.gifmix.net/smileys/
DO you work in biofuels/alternative energy? because if you dont know shit about that kinda work, as soon as he asks about you doing solar for discount on rent, you're screwed. Gotta know all kinds of shit so it at least sounds like you're tellin the truth.
I like the inheritance idea because you're young in a shitty economy yet still flush, plus if they start getting nosey about specifics, you can tell em that you sure as fuck aint telling them what you're worth nor the specifics about where its kept....
pay a couple months ahead of time and they'll stfu.
I make my own paycheck stubs and use my google voice # for my employer.