My rental experience is that owners want too much, deliver little, then cheat renters out of their security deposits. I have no sympathy for landlords.
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Just image my scenario where the renter is out $7200 (6 months security deposit) or so from extremely questionable charges at move out time.
Start with second house rental restrictions and it will soon spread the all housing, the small landlord with just 5 units, for example, then 10, then ???
Only place that would work is military off-base housing where the housing office conducts the pre-move in and post-move out inspections. Seen this in Germany. A landlord loves holding back deposits and he soon becomes blackballed from renting to the military.
we were military and housing only did pre and post inspections on BASE housing, not out in town.
“Just image my scenario where the renter is out $7200 (6 months security deposit) or so from extremely questionable charges at move out time.”
You could take lots of picture at move in time and e-mail them to yourself.