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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, get a signed lease.[/quote]

Also make sure the owner has a rental license and that the basement meets the requirements for light, ventilation and emergency egress.[/quote]

Not in Montgomery County.  Montgomery County rarely cracks down on illegal rentals.  We have several on our street, and they have not been shut down, even though the owners have no rental license. [/quote]

"Rarely" =/= never. Would you want to risk it? Especially if something goes wrong and someone gets hurt? I sure wouldn't.[/quote]

I don't do this.  But, many people do.  It's an easy way to make money.  Like it or not, Montgomery County looks the other way on housing code violations, because there is a push for 'affordable housing' for recent arrivals.

Landlords recognize the opportunity, and take full advantage of it.  [/quote]

Are you posting on the correct thread? This thread is about somebody in the DCUM demographic who wants to know about fraudulently renting a basement in a house presumably zoned for a "good" (i.e., affluent) school cluster.[/quote]

Was responding to the PP who said that if someone wanted to rent out his basement, that he would need to make that basement apartment up to code.

I was only commenting that in MoCo, housing code enforcement is rather lax.  [/quote]

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