[quote=FlyerInHi]It’s not silly to care about looks over function. Apple proved that.
I betcha people who say that a plain white fridge is fine would not drive a car with a dent.
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Well funny, because I do have a plain white fridge in my primary house, and at the same time I do have a problem with the newer cars (the two that <2 years old with a dent, I don't care about the other two that are older than 5 )...
But that said, I sure don't mind if I RENT a car and it has a dent in it...In fact, if I had to rent a car with a dent that was $20/day cheaper or a car that doesn't have a dent but is functionally fine/safe, sign me up for the dented car...It's not my car, and I don't care about being vain in something that isn't mine.
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I think is kind cheesy to have ugly appliances like a mismatched pair washer dryer. And I don't want to be such a landlord and $500 expense doesn't bother me.
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And that's your decision as a landlord and I'm sure you're tenants appreciate you paying extra, perhaps they are more picky of appearances versus the cost of their rent... That's fine....
I'm sure my tenants, who are much more cost concern care more about having the lowest possible rent that I'm willing to give them while maintaining a safe, clean, healthy environment to live in, and don't want to spend on stuff that doesn't belong to them... And in return, I expect a fussy-less tenant that pay rent on time, that's it....
Personally, I would rather take my sort of tenant versus your sort of tenant, because to me, your sort of tenant runs the risk of being the pain in the ass tenant that will argue over every little thing..But that's just my opinion...
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In super strong markets like the Bay Area or NYC, you can rent out anything in the right location.
San Diego is pretty strong. But as a small landlord, for example in Mira Mesa, you're competing against the brand new "luxury apartment homes" complexes. If your place looks good you can charge a little more.[/quote]
Funny you should mention that...
In MM, my rent is around $1200-50.. And I'm allowing them to do month to month. And I haven't jacked up their rent in over 1.5 years... Those brand new luxury apartment homes are around $1300-1450 with a minimum of a 1 year lease, about 150-200 more if you do a 6month lease, and even more ridiculous if you want to do month to month...Even a not-so luxury, standard run of the mill apartment complex like Summerset in MM is around $1300/month for a 6 month lease give or take $50 for a 1 year lease.
Again, I'm sure there's some tenants that's willing to pay more and willing to be more finicky... Me personally, I'd rather take less rent and have less picky.
