how does renting an apartment usually work?
I bought a house in 2006 that came with renters. They’re moving out for the first time, and I’m wondering what to do! (In lots of things — getting a broker or not, renovating or not). However, my main question is how things normally work. Say my apartment was in good shape, but needed painting,…
I bought a house in 2006 that came with renters. They’re moving out for the first time, and I’m wondering what to do! (In lots of things — getting a broker or not, renovating or not).
However, my main question is how things normally work. Say my apartment was in good shape, but needed painting, how does a landlord normally do it? Renters want to move in/out on the 1st, right? How does the apartment get painted in time? Or cleaned up? Or do landlords generally just bite the bullet and go a month without tenants? Seems painful just for a couple minor fixups.
Thanks in advance for any advice! (Or if you want an apartment 🙂 …
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Yeah, some people actually want a few days overlap – makes the move out and clean up in one day less intense. Gives you time to clean out the new place well, spread out the moving tasks over a few days.
Don’t let the putz bother you.
It’s easy to see how with all the myriad of issues one needs to worry about when purchasing a new place, the nuts & bolts of landlording wouldn’t be at the forefront of your to do list.
12:03 is obviously a person who likes to vent pent up hostilities online, probably because real life has been a series of crushing disappointments.
Many people will accept a new apartment on a day other than the 1st of the month. Happens a lot.
I’m not sure what homework I was supposed to do, but that’s really no matter. This isn’t rocket science! We’ve been a landlord for 1.5 years and have learned a lot, and been fine so far.
Anyhow, thanks for all your advice. I think we’ll just end up doing the renovations as soon as the tenants move out, and rent it out starting the 15th or earlier.
It’s a 2 bedroom 1 bath floor in a building in park slope. W/D, DW, etc.
I think we’ll end up going with a rental company just to avoid the headaches of credit checks and showings and stuff. But thanks for everyone’s advice. If you have any interest, contact bstnr at vireo dot org.
we’re looking for a temporary sublet as our new construction condo that we’re soon to close on is waiting for its C of O (probably around 2 or 3 months). any info about the apartment would be great…
People who need a place, or who really want a particular place, are often open to renting on any date – you just prorate the rent for whatever portion of the first month they live there. And, you (and they) probably want to tack any portion of the month that doesn’t start on the 15th to the lease – so the ending date of the lease is still the 1st (or 15th). And if you let them have 3 or 4 days first without rent, if that’s the amount of time you are talking about, that’s a nice gesture of good will on your part that your new tenant will appreciate.
to 12:18: this is 12:03 I didn’t say you should know this already but I did say they should have done their homework BEFORE purchasing something that inherited a renter. Mostly to avoid the headaches being a landlord brings. take a deep breath.
hey 12:18, your name should read PUTZnamdenizen
bite me 12:18.