Personally, I am the first type. I dont mind a few children around, but every experience I have had with family renters has been unpleasant. Parents are quick to complain about your noise (and we aren’t talking parties in my case), but feel you should put up with screaming, stomping, and singing toys because “kids will be kids”. I’ve put up with my things being taken off my porch, then found them in the lawn or driveway. I’ve found all manner of toys and spilled cereal/milk on my patio. And two children can quickly morph into 7 or 8 on the weekend with Janet and Bobby’s play dates.

I find it amusing that so many people on these types of sites suggest that single people like myself should “rent a house”, if we don’t want to be surrounded by children, when in reality apartments are really best suited for people in my situation. And renting a house with more space and typically a yard is best suited for families where kids CAN be kids.

DEENIS JUST MAKES US WHITE PEOPLE LOOK BAD! I HATE WHEN WHITE PEOPLE ACT LIKE THEY ARE BETTER!! I WISH I WASN’T WHITE BECAUSE WHTE PEOPLE LIKE DEENIS. BUT I GUESS IM WHITE FOR A REASON. GOD DON’T MAKE MISTAKES.

GET JESUS!!

ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT YOU ARE A DISGUSTING, SAD, AND IGNORANT WHITE INDIVIDUAL. LET ME INFORM YOU, WHITE PERSON, THAT YOU ARE IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM BETTER THAN ANY OTHER PERSON…MINORITY OR ELSE.

In terms of finding your place in a respectful, honest community- that is very important. Unless you are up to shady business yourself or wish to pretend you can avoid the community you live in. I

I’ve lived in two very different neighborhoods where the majority of people living there spoke english as their second language, yet both neighborhoods were upstanding and respectable (not well off) and neighbors respected and looked out for one another.

Community and neighbors are very important. If you are renting, one of the most important factors can be apt. management. In my neighborhood, property management companies are very bad and don’t care about tenants at all (only collecting rent and avoiding city fines) or even maintaining the property.

If you write a review about a negative apt situation, it is very helpful if you explain why your Landlord was bad. Example: “I had to ask him 5 times to change the light bulb on the main complex entrance. The walkway had no lighting for almost three months. I finally borrowed a ladder and did it myself. Also, I found out the manager never changed the lock on my unit when I moved in. I requested he change it and it is required housing law in my area, but the lock was not changed. On more than one occasion management came into my unit without notice or leaving a sign that they had been in to “inspect” This made me feel very uncomfortable and is also against Landlord-Tenant law.” You can still add your opinion but adding facts is very helpful instead of ONLY saying Management is terrible.

I feel management can be a

I was glad when I left for college and never looked back. The place was gross and no matter how many times management cleaned the hallways, it was a mess again in less than a week. A good apt complex relies mostly on the tenants taking basic care of the place where they live. I understand things break down but when someone spills things and makes a mess in the halls it brings the whole place down.

Okay here are my tips: Learn that just because the lease is written doesnt mean you cant have concessions made. Learn to ask questions if you don’t understand the terms. Its a contract folks! You have some bargaining power! Even the right to legal advise if you dont understand something in the lease. 9 out of 10 times just because its written doesnt make it legal under the tenant/landlord regulations of the state and county.
Second: Question the management- ask for perteninet data, such as average response time. How they resolve tenant issues. Any recent building damage- floods, fire…etc. Ask to see their rental license. Ask if they know the building codes and when they were last inspected.
Third: RUN! Do not walk if they tell you that YOU MUST include them as a Company of Interest on you renters policy! They just want to be a rider on your plan that YOU pay for and then make claims since they are included. This jacks up your policy rate and allows them to make repairs scot free! They are to have their own insurance for building repairs and claims. NOT YOU. They also hide under your policy ( which creates a legal conflict of interest ) if a liability suit is presented.
Fourth-Get the actual owner address and phone number in case things cannot be resolved at the local level. If they wont give you that then dont give them your info! Tell em- Tit for tat.
FIfth- Never sign an application that gives them free reign to tap into your checking account or credit report at will. They get a one time chance for background check and reference.
Six: Stay away from places that PRE determine in a contract that you are forced to use their oil company since the furnance is repaired under a maint. contract. 99% of the time you have the right to pay fair price not jacked up price in times of market upheavel. You have the right of choice for energy efficiency and fair pricing on utilities.

And implying that “Rusty with the skull & crossbones tattoo” is a shady character is just ignorant.

I know someone who pays $250 for a 5 bedroom house adn she has four children. Unfortuantely she has been on and off of assistance for over ten years. Her house is a mess. I knew someone else that paid $75 a month for a two bedroom house and they paid that mocuh because they were genuinely unable to work a normal job. The house was pretty darn clean and maintained. The landlord was the disgusting one.

Some people take advantage of the assistance others don’t. I have always tried to work but needed the assitance at the time and I was happy for it. Section 8 tenants are not all bad people. You should screen them like you screen your apartment.

I am surrounded by Section 8. Seeing a kid not much bigger than the riffle he’s running with - chasing a bigger kid. Around 10 pm.

OR, maybe the shots that get fired off - calling the police is not the best idea ‘cos it doesnt take much to be found when the police come to your door to talk to you. Around midnight. (Section 8 teens)

OR, maybe when you get rocks, and I do mean rocks, thrown at your almost new car, or a rock comes flying thru your window, or human faeces is plastered on that window. Done through out the day and night by a 2 year old with the drunk/high mother looking on. (Section
Should I keep going .. NO.

There doesnt need to be more police, there needs to be parents taking responsibility for the kids!!!!