Anonymous wrote:My diplomat friend says never ever rent to diplomats

Why so? Is it because they entertain too much? Or is it because they normally cannot afford such nice housing in their own country so are inexperienced in taking care of large properties? I know some European and Asian diplomats could only afford to live in tiny apartments in their own cities, so can be very neglective of normal maintenance required by American houses. Plus they normally have too many children (the more children the more benefits and wife normally don't work)

Anonymous wrote:The rent gets paid

That really depends on what country the diplomat represents.

Anonymous wrote:A off-shoot question: could renting to foreign diplomat/embassy (say, from a friendly W.European country) cause any issues for security clearances?

Another respondent saying the same thing - no, it did not cause a problem for security clearances. However, we have always been sure to have an up-to-date lease in case the income was questioned. We also use a property management company.

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Anonymous wrote:Do your homework carefully.

This. FWIW we have had better experiences when our lease is directly with the embassy rather than with an individual diplomat.

It will typically be through the embassy if they are diplomats.

No, not typically. We've been doing this for over 30 years. We have always had better experiences when we've made the agreement with the embassy and not the diplomat.

Yes, the payee varies - some embassies contract directly with landlords, and some countries just give their diplomats housing allowances; they can then find their own rental. Agree that contracting directly with an embassy is a safer move. I would generally do this, but do beware that, if a diplomat causes significant damage, it will be difficult-to-impossible to take them to court to recover. You might want to ask to a larger security deposit to cover this contingency.

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Anonymous wrote:Do your homework carefully.

This. FWIW we have had better experiences when our lease is directly with the embassy rather than with an individual diplomat.

It will typically be through the embassy if they are diplomats.

We have only rented to diplomats through their embassy. I wasn’t aware they could do it any other way. The embassy has to approve the property for many reasons.

They have been the best tenants by far, OP.

Not always the case. Sometimes the embassy procures the rental and other times the employee has to figure it out.

The holy grail is to rent to a navy attaché. They're tidy, clean, and will take care of the place.

My diplomat friend says never ever rent to diplomats

It can be great or awful. I have a family member who rented to an embassy and the house was trashed. They had a live-in housekeeper, and the house was still filthy after they moved out.

I’d do a search on this forum, I think there was a thread before where people had posted their experiences.

Anonymous wrote:A off-shoot question: could renting to foreign diplomat/embassy (say, from a friendly W.European country) cause any issues for security clearances?

No. The rent gets paid.

Anonymous wrote:A off-shoot question: could renting to foreign diplomat/embassy (say, from a friendly W.European country) cause any issues for security clearances?

It did not for us.

Anonymous wrote:A off-shoot question: could renting to foreign diplomat/embassy (say, from a friendly W.European country) cause any issues for security clearances?

You would have to state it.

Anonymous wrote:The rent gets paid

Unless it doesn't then you're SOL

A off-shoot question: could renting to foreign diplomat/embassy (say, from a friendly W.European country) cause any issues for security clearances?

Have them pay the entire lease at once