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I don’t get leases. In Europe I can get out of my apartment any time. In the US I’m stuck with my place for a year.
by baby 5y ago
I don’t get leases. In Europe I can get out of my apartment any time. In the US I’m stuck with my place for a year.
- EricE 5y agoIf you want to get out at any time look for month to month rentals. You will likely pay more for the flexibility...
- baby 5y agoI never had the luxury to limit my research to these places only. Actually I ran into one of these places once in 5 moves and it was a coliving space. I’m convinced they don’t even exist or you’d be looking at 1-2 places for an absurd price.
- EricE 5y agoNot surprising. The biggest expense for a landlord is finding reliable tenants. Churn is HIGHLY undesirable, and thus the market adjusts accordingly. I may need something temporary - at this point I'll just stay in an extended stay hotel vs. trying to find a place to rent. Anything under a year is, as you note, problematic.
- baby 5y agoBless airbnb for that, no idea how I would have managed when I was looking for apartments
- gfxgirl 5y agoA lease is also a plus for the renter that the rent will not change for the duration of the lease. Some places rent month to month but they may up the rent every month if the market suggests they can. Of course that could be solved by regulation I guess if a landlord was only allowed to change the rent between tenants and or once a year or so.
- baby 5y agoYeah I guess rent control is bad enough in the US that not having a lease could be worse.