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[quote=Anonymous]Having rented to diplomats for many years, I will concur that they are generally ideal tenants.  (Mine have all been military people from various countries for some reason, so maybe they were just unusually disciplined.)  I had a foreign tenant all through the COVID-19 situation, and not once did I ever fear having a missed rent payment.

The issue about not having legal recourse in the same manner if there are damages to the property is valid, but I dealt with it in two ways:

1). I required a larger security deposit (two months’ rent instead of the usual one month)

2). Since you cannot do a background check in the same manner as you would for a local resident, someone high up in the embassy usually sends a letter vouching for their income, housing allowance, etc. I figured that if push came to shove, I could always threaten to send notification and pictures of the damages to their employer. I would not expect the employer to pay, but I figure that most people don’t want that kind of black mark with their employer, so they would end up just paying to avoid that conflict.

One other unrelated benefit of renting to diplomats is that you can then rent the unit as a furnished space, which increases the rent by about 20%.  Most people don’t want to buy furniture – specifically nice furniture – for a 2- to 3-year assignment.[/quote]

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