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re: I got a close look today at how people treat rentals they vacate.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 9:34 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Posted on 9/20/20 at 9:34 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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I know the OT is mostly homeowners but I didn’t think it was this out of touch with the rental market
You’re ridiculous with this. The rental market varies by region. A 3bd room townhome in DC goes between $2500-$3500 that will not be considered luxury.
In Chicago, depending on the area, it’s $2000-2800 depending on the area. Less if you go out towards Naperville.
Saint Louis, it’s absolutely dog cheap. $1300-$1800.
New Orleans nowadays is mirroring Chicago pricing depending on location.
Baton Rouge is about $1600-2000 for middle of the road, non luxury.
Lake Charles, a working class town, townhomes will go between $1100 to $1600 on the high end.
I’ve been around, I understand the market for this region. NYC and San Fran are extreme outliers and you can’t compare that to frickin podunk Louisiana
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Posted on 9/20/20 at 9:49 am to Spankum
"You would be surprised how people live in their own houses, let alone rental properties"
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You are so correct.
That's why I don't tell them to take care of it as if it was their own.
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You are so correct.
That's why I don't tell them to take care of it as if it was their own.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 9:50 am to DiamondDog
The first few years we were married my wife and I managed an apartment complex. Our rent was free depending on how occupied we kept the place, percent occupied, percent off our rent. We did all the cleaning and pool maintenance, cut the grass, it was a sweet deal for a young couple saving up for a house.
He learned quickly that you have to do the background checks, you can't tell by appearance what kind of tenant someone will be. Four college kids sharing were great tenants, a nice young couple with a baby were pigs.
One bad tenant will ruin everything, so we got picky, it was worth paying a little more rent to keep the trash out. Categorically, the worst tenants were single mothers, they got very territorial with other single mothers, the kids would have a spat, then the mothers would go at it.
One guy lived by himself, he owned a bar in the FQ. One day the cops came for him and he was gone, he left behind an apartment full of nice furniture including a washer and dryer. It all looked very nice in our new house when we moved out.
He learned quickly that you have to do the background checks, you can't tell by appearance what kind of tenant someone will be. Four college kids sharing were great tenants, a nice young couple with a baby were pigs.
One bad tenant will ruin everything, so we got picky, it was worth paying a little more rent to keep the trash out. Categorically, the worst tenants were single mothers, they got very territorial with other single mothers, the kids would have a spat, then the mothers would go at it.
One guy lived by himself, he owned a bar in the FQ. One day the cops came for him and he was gone, he left behind an apartment full of nice furniture including a washer and dryer. It all looked very nice in our new house when we moved out.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 9:51 am to DiamondDog
Trash gonna trash......
It's why I hate that my hometown is building these cookie cutter homes & apartments that attract less than desirable tenants.
Maddening
It's why I hate that my hometown is building these cookie cutter homes & apartments that attract less than desirable tenants.
Maddening
Posted on 9/20/20 at 9:53 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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I know the OT is mostly homeowners but I didn’t think it was this out of touch with the rental market
It would seem that most of us are looking at you and thinking along the same lines.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 9:56 am to DiamondDog
College gf's mother owned some properties in Shreveport.
She told about 1 couple with kids leaving a rotting dog corpse under the kids bed.
Another property the toilet stopped working so the tenants crapped in every corner, closet, etc.. Smell so bad the tenant broke out windows. That one she had the SFD come out and literally hose out the house using their pumper truck.
Another she had the SFD hose out as it was just so filthy dirty and smelly she ripped the carpet up and said it was like a cartoon of roaches and other bugs scattering.
This was back in the early 80's so I'm sure S'port has vastly improved since then.
She told about 1 couple with kids leaving a rotting dog corpse under the kids bed.
Another property the toilet stopped working so the tenants crapped in every corner, closet, etc.. Smell so bad the tenant broke out windows. That one she had the SFD come out and literally hose out the house using their pumper truck.
Another she had the SFD hose out as it was just so filthy dirty and smelly she ripped the carpet up and said it was like a cartoon of roaches and other bugs scattering.
This was back in the early 80's so I'm sure S'port has vastly improved since then.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 9:56 am to tgrbaitn08
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2 college girls with 2 cats
That’s called biology.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 10:04 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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but the op mentioned kids, which means multiple bedrooms... 1.5k for a 2+ bedroom rental is going to be trashy
It’s funny how stupid you’re making yourself look
Posted on 9/20/20 at 10:05 am to andouille
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He learned quickly that you have to do the background checks, you can't tell by appearance what kind of tenant someone will be. Four college kids sharing were great tenants, a nice young couple with a baby were pigs.
Ain’t that the truth. When my wife and I first married, I had been in my duplex for about a year or so prior on my own. Right about the time she moved in, we had a single dad and his daughter, great neighbors to that point, who moved out. Older black lady shows up to see the place with the landlord, very nice, claimed she was a pastor (we didn’t really buy that one, but whatever). What she didn’t tell the landlord about and who she didn’t bring to the viewing was her boyfriend/baby daddy. He shows up, trashy as could be, and proceeds to chain up a clearly-abused pit bull in the back yard. Went downhill from there, though they didn’t stay long. Walked through the place after they left and man......you’d have have been better off to burn it down. People who live like that have learned how to game the system and appear as something they are not when they need to. Being a landlord is not something I would entertain again.
Fun fact, though.....the teenage daughter that lived by us before this went on to become a PA for one of my docs. It was good to see her grow up and do so well for herself.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 10:06 am to S1C EM
You said “high end” “1500” and New Orleans and
Baton Rouge
You obviously have zero idea what you’re talking about
Baton Rouge
You obviously have zero idea what you’re talking about
Posted on 9/20/20 at 10:11 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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lake charles has a lot of jobs. so yeah, 1.5k is going to be trashy
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You obviously have zero idea what you’re talking about
Posted on 9/20/20 at 10:19 am to GreatLakesTiger24
You’re the one who originally said “trashy” 
Glancing at Zillow there are several around the LSU lakes for around $1500/month. Not a trashy hood around there.
Glancing at Zillow there are several around the LSU lakes for around $1500/month. Not a trashy hood around there.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 10:40 am to cubsfan5150
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Aren't you the guy that claims to make over $300k a year, yet you're living in a townhouse in Lake Chuck?
Not sure, but he is the guy who wished for the rest of the state to get hit by a hurricane because we didn't "care enough" about Lake Charles.
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After going through Laura and seeing how little anybody in this state besides SWLA even cares, I hope it punches the rest of LA right in the mouth. Get y’all some.
LINK
Get fricked, OP.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 11:05 am to DiamondDog
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I live in a pretty nice area of Lake Charles
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live in a pretty nice area of Lake Charles
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in a pretty nice area of Lake Charles
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a pretty nice area of Lake Charle
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pretty nice area of Lake Charles
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nice area of Lake Charles
Posted on 9/20/20 at 11:10 am to DiamondDog
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I know the OT is mostly homeowners but I didn’t think it was this out of touch with the rental market
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You’re ridiculous with this. The rental market varies by region. A 3bd room townhome in DC goes between $2500-$3500 that will not be considered luxury.
In Chicago, depending on the area, it’s $2000-2800 depending on the area. Less if you go out towards Naperville.
Saint Louis, it’s absolutely dog cheap. $1300-$1800.
New Orleans nowadays is mirroring Chicago pricing depending on location.
Baton Rouge is about $1600-2000 for middle of the road, non luxury.
Lake Charles, a working class town, townhomes will go between $1100 to $1600 on the high end.
I’ve been around, I understand the market for this region. NYC and San Fran are extreme outliers and you can’t compare that to frickin podunk Louisiana
Yea GLT is wait out of left field on this. LC still has an abundance of land available in the metro area so most people that can afford 1500+ are going to building unless they are looking for short term.
With the upscale condo offerings downtown, most that are looking for a smaller town home that is more than $1500, are renting there.
Being from the area, unless you are some form of management in the plants that gets transferred here and renting a home in Greywood or one of the other really nice neighborhoods, you arent going to pay more that 1500-1600 a month.
Example of what I am talking about, this single family home in greywood, which is top 2-3 subdivisions in LC (this is a very low end house for there)
rent is $2600 LINK
The reason why, is because you can pay less than that by buying a house down the street LINK LINK
In other words TLDR: DiamonDog is correct and Greatlakestiger is full of shite.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 11:10 am to SuperSaint
There are nice parts of LC. We just stick the criminals like you in the north part
Posted on 9/20/20 at 11:11 am to DiamondDog
All single moms are like that brother
Posted on 9/20/20 at 11:17 am to DiamondDog
I’m trying to say that your braggadocious shtick screams “new money” and “cheese ball” at the same time. Take it down a few notches there, Mr. Bezos.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 11:19 am to SuperSaint
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SuperSaint
If you dont think there are nice areas of LC then you don't know what you are talking about. Ever been to SLC? Greywood? Lakeshore/Port area?
Thats like saying BR has no nice areas. SLC is just a smaller BR with a little less crime per capita.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 11:20 am to lsu777
you people probably just have a very different definition of trashy
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