Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Then go for it. My own caution is that when you rent a condo you have to deal with many more property owners than a SFH. My stepson and three roommates are renting a DC condo this summer. All four young men are law students clerking or interning at great firms. The condo owners claims she gets 4-5 complaints about them every week. She acknowledges that the complaints are almost always BS, but she has to follow up on each one or the condo board will come after her.
I doubt the complaints are bs, with a number that high. Lemme guess, white frat bros?
My stepson is AA. His roommates are AA, Afro-Caribbean, and Nigerian.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Then go for it. My own caution is that when you rent a condo you have to deal with many more property owners than a SFH. My stepson and three roommates are renting a DC condo this summer. All four young men are law students clerking or interning at great firms. The condo owners claims she gets 4-5 complaints about them every week. She acknowledges that the complaints are almost always BS, but she has to follow up on each one or the condo board will come after her.
Hmm. That's strange that is happening to your stepson (although law students love to get trashed) but it's a good point.
The complaints are things like:
—held the elevator for someone locking their unit door
—held the elevator to load groceries from their Costco run
—took bicycles or garbage in the regular elevator rather than the service elevator
—talking on cellphone in lobby
—eating in lobby or elevator
—too many deliveries
None of these things are against the condo rules or their lease
It sounds like they are getting on the nerves of a crazy person. Probably a racist crazy person.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Then go for it. My own caution is that when you rent a condo you have to deal with many more property owners than a SFH. My stepson and three roommates are renting a DC condo this summer. All four young men are law students clerking or interning at great firms. The condo owners claims she gets 4-5 complaints about them every week. She acknowledges that the complaints are almost always BS, but she has to follow up on each one or the condo board will come after her.
Hmm. That's strange that is happening to your stepson (although law students love to get trashed) but it's a good point.
The complaints are things like:
—held the elevator for someone locking their unit door
—held the elevator to load groceries from their Costco run
—took bicycles or garbage in the regular elevator rather than the service elevator
—talking on cellphone in lobby
—eating in lobby or elevator
—too many deliveries
None of these things are against the condo rules or their lease
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Then go for it. My own caution is that when you rent a condo you have to deal with many more property owners than a SFH. My stepson and three roommates are renting a DC condo this summer. All four young men are law students clerking or interning at great firms. The condo owners claims she gets 4-5 complaints about them every week. She acknowledges that the complaints are almost always BS, but she has to follow up on each one or the condo board will come after her.
Hmm. That's strange that is happening to your stepson (although law students love to get trashed) but it's a good point.
Anonymous wrote:Then go for it. My own caution is that when you rent a condo you have to deal with many more property owners than a SFH. My stepson and three roommates are renting a DC condo this summer. All four young men are law students clerking or interning at great firms. The condo owners claims she gets 4-5 complaints about them every week. She acknowledges that the complaints are almost always BS, but she has to follow up on each one or the condo board will come after her.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Then go for it. My own caution is that when you rent a condo you have to deal with many more property owners than a SFH. My stepson and three roommates are renting a DC condo this summer. All four young men are law students clerking or interning at great firms. The condo owners claims she gets 4-5 complaints about them every week. She acknowledges that the complaints are almost always BS, but she has to follow up on each one or the condo board will come after her.
I doubt the complaints are bs, with a number that high. Lemme guess, white frat bros?
Anonymous wrote:Then go for it. My own caution is that when you rent a condo you have to deal with many more property owners than a SFH. My stepson and three roommates are renting a DC condo this summer. All four young men are law students clerking or interning at great firms. The condo owners claims she gets 4-5 complaints about them every week. She acknowledges that the complaints are almost always BS, but she has to follow up on each one or the condo board will come after her.
Anonymous wrote:Think about the kind of person who is going to live in a cheap rental. Is that the type of tenant you want?
Anonymous wrote:Are you taking into account the condo fees/HOA?
Anonymous wrote:Recently I’ve noticed that some condos in Montgomery county are priced low enough that they could be decent rentals. Is this a very stupid idea?