[quote=AN]
I would think that’s the exception rather than the rule. As a landlord, I would want to have minimum amount of people living at my rental. Subleasing means you’d have to do background check on those other people too. It’s not just about paying rent on time but also what type of people they are and whether they look like those who would destroy your place. Can you picture your landlord’s face if you tell them you want to convert their house into a mini-dorm?[/quote]

I’ve found that private investors generally are o.k. with it as long as the primary renter has had a good history with them. Complexes are another matter entirely (they’re pretty set against it).

So far I’ve only been in this position 3 times, but all three times (2 as the primary renter, 1 as the sublessee) the landlords didn’t have an issue with it. In all cases the primary tenant had been there at least a year.

I think by the time a renters been there awhile you have enough of a “feel” for them to know if the type of people they’d sublet to would be good or bad – and, frankly, if they’d sublet to bad eggs, they’re probably not even the kind of folks you’d want to rent as the primary lessee to anyway.