I did a lot of searching around before I found a place. What I learned through the process is that you are in the drivers seat at the moment as there are not a lot of people moving around at this point in the year. If they don’t rent the place now they could likely be holding the property until April or May.
Professional management companies understand this and that is why they offer incentives and discounts like 1 month of rent free, no down payment etc. Individual owners are not always as bright and sometimes will sptie themselves by not renting even though it is too their disadvantage.
If you are going to offer 1700 a month you may want to present the offer as $20400 for the year divided into monthly payment of $1700. It might help the owner understand that the property is about yield and if he forgoes 1 month of yrent holding out for a higher price it could potentially work against him.
12*1700=$20400
Miss 2 months rent waiting
10*1975=$19750
This does not even factor good credit reisk and rental history vs bad credit and rental history.
