Feeling Angry and I Need to Vent. Thread About What a Pain In the A** it Can be to Rent

[Enorah]

We are here, new here in North County, in a temporary furnished rental through sometime next month.

We have begun our search for more permanent living quarters to hold us for the next year or 2 until we are ready to buy.

We saw today, a house, a house in Leucadia that is renting for 5 dollars below $2000.00 a month. This house was in bad shape. This house, well you could not pay me to live in this house.

How? Why? Who owns these places and with a straight face and no feelings of shame expects someone to live there for that much money, or even expects someone to live there, period?

I am sad, sad that one would be so disrespectful of another.

The craiglist ad said “rustic”. It should have said “POS, don’t bother”.

The woman managing the property was not even there to show it, she had a stand in “helping” out, and he could not answer a single question I had.

He kept saying, “You’ll have to ask her.”

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[what_a_disasta]

I guess they are hoping for 2k, that doesnt mean they will get it. Ive seen some places festering on caigslist for many months losing the owners money.

Saying that, SD is expensive so good luck finding something suitable for the price you can afford. I would have thought a house in SD would rent for closer to 2700 for anything that doesnt stink.

[what_a_disasta]

I guess they are hoping for 2k, that doesnt mean they will get it. Ive seen some places festering on caigslist for many months losing the owners money.

Saying that, SD is expensive so good luck finding something suitable for the price you can afford. I would have thought a house in SD would rent for closer to 2700 for anything that doesnt stink.

[JJGittes]

Yup, renting is a PITA, and most folks with families in their 30’s and older know it all to well. That’s partly why prices in good areas are sticky coming down.

[JJGittes]

Yup, renting is a PITA, and most folks with families in their 30’s and older know it all to well. That’s partly why prices in good areas are sticky coming down.

[no_such_reality]

Renting is no worse a PITA than owning or even finding an appropriate home to own. More importantly, it’s much less a PITA when you have a job change.

For $2000, you can find a slew of quality rentals.

[no_such_reality]

Renting is no worse a PITA than owning or even finding an appropriate home to own. More importantly, it’s much less a PITA when you have a job change.

For $2000, you can find a slew of quality rentals.

[blue_sky]

Ha, rentals in San Diego a “Pain”? Dream on! I love the rental market here, it’s so slack. I can get a place in any area on the drop of a hat. Contrast that to where I grew up, where I had to take a crappy third floor apt right at a major railway crossing because that’s all there was!

I’m now a landlord in that same city and on a typical day there are less than 10 units for rent in the entire city! We get calls from people living on the damn street who can’t find a rental. Typically > 20 showings on every vacancy we have.

BTW, that’s what rent control gets you after a while. It’s such a broken system. We get to pick sweet tenants though.

[blue_sky]

Ha, rentals in San Diego a “Pain”? Dream on! I love the rental market here, it’s so slack. I can get a place in any area on the drop of a hat. Contrast that to where I grew up, where I had to take a crappy third floor apt right at a major railway crossing because that’s all there was!

I’m now a landlord in that same city and on a typical day there are less than 10 units for rent in the entire city! We get calls from people living on the damn street who can’t find a rental. Typically > 20 showings on every vacancy we have.

BTW, that’s what rent control gets you after a while. It’s such a broken system. We get to pick sweet tenants though.

[Tone]

Just be glad you’re not living in L.A. I sold my house and was looking for a place to rent in Westchester, just north of LAX. All the rental homes are priced over $3k a month. In fact, we looked at one property that was thrashed by three college students, and the slum lord who owned it was bemoaning the fact that he couldn’t get quality renters.

Hello?

The place had no gardener and was overgrown with weeds, the exterior paint was chipped and peeling, there was no threshold under the front door, and the washing machine run off hose was sticking out the kitchen window (all stuff that’s his responsibility!). He wanted $3k a month for this three bedroom shanty shack.

Incredulously, there were three college girls waiting outside to give him a deposit on the place. He rented it that week.

With the lack of parks, terrible public transit, bottlenecked traffic, and outrageous rents, LA seriously sucks. Once my lease is up on the house I’m renting I’m outta’ this friggin place.

[Tone]

Just be glad you’re not living in L.A. I sold my house and was looking for a place to rent in Westchester, just north of LAX. All the rental homes are priced over $3k a month. In fact, we looked at one property that was thrashed by three college students, and the slum lord who owned it was bemoaning the fact that he couldn’t get quality renters.

Hello?

The place had no gardener and was overgrown with weeds, the exterior paint was chipped and peeling, there was no threshold under the front door, and the washing machine run off hose was sticking out the kitchen window (all stuff that’s his responsibility!). He wanted $3k a month for this three bedroom shanty shack.

Incredulously, there were three college girls waiting outside to give him a deposit on the place. He rented it that week.

With the lack of parks, terrible public transit, bottlenecked traffic, and outrageous rents, LA seriously sucks. Once my lease is up on the house I’m renting I’m outta’ this friggin place.

[doublewide]

Enorah,

We feel your pain..Just went through the same thing looking at lots of crap holes every weekend for about a month. In the end we found a good place and it can be done so don’t give up hope. At one time, just to ease the tension in the car after a particularly hideous rental hunting weekend my husband actually suggested we BUY a place – we all burst out laughing in the car! When compared to buying right now, looking at crappy rentals was actually a preferred option!

Most landlords are on the crack pipe right now because it’s summer and they seem to think they can rent anything to people with kids who want to get settled before school starts – don’t get caught up in the drama if you can help it. My very un-professional opinion having only been a renter for a year now is that in a few weeks people will become more reasonable.

For what it’s worth we’re leaving our Scripps Ranch home for another one without a pool – I can put you in touch with our landlord/property manager if you want to check out this place. It will be available 9/1 – at least that’s when we’ll be out and have had the cleaning companies in to clean and do carpets. You can e-mail me at ourdoublewide at yahoo dot com and I can give you more info. as I do not believe she has listed it yet since we just gave notice yesterday.

Doublewide

[doublewide]

Enorah,

We feel your pain..Just went through the same thing looking at lots of crap holes every weekend for about a month. In the end we found a good place and it can be done so don’t give up hope. At one time, just to ease the tension in the car after a particularly hideous rental hunting weekend my husband actually suggested we BUY a place – we all burst out laughing in the car! When compared to buying right now, looking at crappy rentals was actually a preferred option!

Most landlords are on the crack pipe right now because it’s summer and they seem to think they can rent anything to people with kids who want to get settled before school starts – don’t get caught up in the drama if you can help it. My very un-professional opinion having only been a renter for a year now is that in a few weeks people will become more reasonable.

For what it’s worth we’re leaving our Scripps Ranch home for another one without a pool – I can put you in touch with our landlord/property manager if you want to check out this place. It will be available 9/1 – at least that’s when we’ll be out and have had the cleaning companies in to clean and do carpets. You can e-mail me at ourdoublewide at yahoo dot com and I can give you more info. as I do not believe she has listed it yet since we just gave notice yesterday.

Doublewide

[sdrealtor]

Welcome to Leucadia. I bet they have no problem getting the rent they want.

[sdrealtor]

Welcome to Leucadia. I bet they have no problem getting the rent they want.

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