All Forum Posts by: Marc Dufour

I have a potential tenant who wants to lease for 6months instead of 1 year, my standard lease.

I said the deposit is 1 month rent for 1 year. Now the potential is asking to drop the deposit by 50% (only half a month), because he wants to lease for 6 months. Is it fair???

I am looking for a form listing typical things that needs to be cleaned by the tenant once they move out. Could you please share one?

what's my liability if he happens to do drugs on the property?

he mentioned he got commissioned by the city and got paid.

What do you mean 3x rent? He is OK to pay 12 months upfront.

Why income flow is important even though he can pay for 12 months upfront for a 1 year lease?

Thanks for the update. The water source is $25K just to connect...I don't think I can build anything on it as it is zoned "open land".

I don't quite get it was community gardens are so cheap...~$20 to $30/year!

I am planning to rent a property in southern california. Here is the situation

1 - I only received 1 application after 6 open houses and dropping the price to market value

2 - the application is an artist and would come with his wife and 2 kinds.

3 - He is willing to pay 1 year lease upfront.

4 - He got convicted 3 times for drugs 10 years ago.

5 - Got commissioned now by a big city, but no other regular income employer.

Would you recommend I accept as he would pay the 1 year lease upfront? I could increase the deposit to 2 months? Other suggestions?

I receive a land zoned as open land recently. It is in an urban area in California. I don't expect we can do much with it....but typically....what are the options to monetize it? Can I place a mobile home on it even though it is not residential? community garden? art center for open air concerts or open air painting workshops? Other ideas?

I want to sell a land and the agent mentioned he would take 5% (2.5% for buyer/ 2.5% for seller). If he represents both, he would take 4%. Is it fair? Any other suggestion to negotiate the agreement with the agent commission?

The land will be a particularly difficult one to sell and I want to make sure he remains aggressive at selling it.

I would like to know how much I could rent a 10,000 sq ft land in the Bay Area for community garden? The zoning is not residential and I need to find other ways to monetize it. It is classified as "open land". Any other ideas?