Apartment owners: would you rent your home?  

hell0!
well, i don't have an apartment, but
I guess that if i have some someday
I would never rent it, because I actually
don't like when someone is in my property and
do what he/she or his/her family wants, because
i have bought this apartment with my own money and
the rentners can ruin it, and here in my country
people really don't like to keep that's what isn't
theirs :( and they just move out when they want
without any notifications!
so that's why I won't rent my apartment/house
if I have some, but maybe if I really need some money
and there is no other choice then I would]
probably rent it, but only till I have the money I need
and then will just stop renting it to strangers!!
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In my case, I am the one who is always renting a house or an apartment. I may be delayed a couple of months in the rent but that is the longest. I try to pay my rent on time. If I own many houses or apartments, yes, I will rent it out for extra income but maybe it is necessary to screen those who want to rent.

Thank god i had a home since 1999. i do not own property

Well renting a primary home in Florida would put you at risk of losing your homestead exemption if you should have it, so I would look at the income versus the tax liability. The I would also be afraid of potential damages to the property, or the tenant not paying and having to still pay all the bills while I file eviction papers and get them put legally. It is a hassle for short term in my opinion.

I've lived in a rented apartment, and I had to make a contract with my signature down. I don't think someone will dare not pay the owner because then he'll be wanted from the police. Even When I was undersigning I had to pay the half of the first payment for the month. So if I had other houses/ apartments in addition, I would rent them all.

My husband and i were only on about this a few months ago and we were saying that perhaps in a few years we may rent our house out and either rent a smaller one or even buy another house.This way there would be extra income aswell as we could down size and become owners of two houses.

if i own an apartment or house ,i may be very pleased to live with the one that likes my house.but the one must be match my condition.and so we can decorate our house together according to our own favour.That will be a dwelling place with fine sweet.

I have never leased or rented out my homes. I have my home on the market to sell right now. I thought for a moment of renting it out but I have heard to many horrible stories. You have to remember a tenant will never take care of an apartment as good as the owner. They don't care because it doesn't belong to them. The other thing is if something happens that they stop paying rent and you try to get them out they will trash the apartment. I have seen picture of diasters and have heard the stories. Holes in the walls, garbage and their belongs thrown all over the apartment. Its just not worth it to me. Unless you know the people family or friends I would never rent or lease my home or apartment.

We live in an apartment type of house and we already tried to have it rented for extra income. It was a hassle because the price that was actually not enough for their consumption especially the water. They also tend to modify whatever we have in the kitchen such as our stove. We were very dismayed because we really had no choice at that time because my and my partner does not have work. So when they paid their rent in advance, I started to work already and after 4 months, we informed them that we will increase the price, they decided to leave. We were not affected at all. In fact, we felt very relieved.

I don't own property but I am friends with some people that do own. The lack of payment is only a small part of the problem. My friend rented an apartment to one couple who not only did not pay their rent and it cost him money to evict them, they totally trashed the place. They were there for maybe 6 months. It cost him a lot of money but he went in and re-painted and put in new carpets and repaired all the damage. It was a really cute apartment. He rented it to a young couple whom he did a background check on. They had decent jobs and seemed to be reputable. They broke up within a couple of weeks after moving in. They guy stayed on and held parties and completely destroyed the place...holes in the walls, burn holes in the carpets, graffitti drawn on the the walls in magic marker all throughout the place. It was beyond belief. It took him weeks and weeks and much money to fix the damage done. The money put into it was far greater than the rent. Of course, he took the kid to court which cost him money and the kid was ordered to pay restitution. Still, that doesn't mean the kid will pay and even if he does, it will be very slow in coming. No consideration was ever given to my friend's financial ability to put the place back up to standard but every consideration was given to this kid's ability to pay back the damage that he deliberatly caused.