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Calling ATOT landlords - is rent typically negotiable?

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Redfraggle said:
If the market is slow up there, you might be able to negotiate a better price for a decent home. Renting for that much is insane, unless you plan to move states in a bit. I assume prices for almost anything are negotiable, it never hurts to try.
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Welcome to NH, where the people from MA came up and drove our housing prices through the roof. 😛

Property taxes alone on this house are $6586/yr. After the owner pays property taxes, they're only getting 850 bucks a month. Assuming a mortgage at half of the current listed price, they would still be in the red.
 
A trailer wouldn't be a bad idea. I've always been very against them, but as I get older, I think fuck houses. They're money pits, and ground rent(taxes) go up too fast. I'd seriously consider a trailer, or building a non traditional house. If you got out in the country some, taxes might not increase so bad, and the land should be cheaper.
 
lxskllr said:
A trailer wouldn't be a bad idea. I've always been very against them, but as I get older, I think fuck houses. They're money pits, and ground rent(taxes) go up too fast. I'd seriously consider a trailer, or building a non traditional house. If you got out in the country some, taxes might not increase so bad, and the land should be cheaper.
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I don't want to live here forever, so I'm not too keen on buying. I can rent a trailer for $775/mo (with nothing included) but I'll have a 20mi commute instead of less than 5mi (and no garage). I refuse to live in a trailer park (which would be about $50k).
 
jlee said:
I don't want to live here forever, so I'm not too keen on buying. I can rent a trailer for $775/mo (with nothing included) but I'll have a 20mi commute instead of less than 5mi (and no garage). I refuse to live in a trailer park (which would be about $50k).
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I'm with you on the trailer park. I'd only have one if I was deep in the country. I wouldn't want to rent one for more than 2 years or so either. You can make trailers pretty homey, but not someone elses.

How long do you expect to stay in your area, and where do you want to go?
 
lxskllr said:
I'm with you on the trailer park. I'd only have one if I was deep in the country. I wouldn't want to rent one for more than 2 years or so either. You can make trailers pretty homey, but not someone elses.

How long do you expect to stay in your area, and where do you want to go?
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I had decided on Arizona, but now I am re-thinking it...so I have no idea. I'm guessing I will be here at least three years. I can't afford to buy a house worth buying unless I have someone else helping to pay for it, and I'm not going to back myself into that financial corner.

There are seven listings under 130k on homes.com for my zip code. The first one is the shithole I mentioned earlier. The second is a condo. Then we have four lots and the aforementiond trailer.

I searched up to 150k just for kicks. Three results - two are unfinished 2/1.5 condo's and the other is a vacant lot.
 
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sharing a house is asking for a trouble.
beyond maintenance u are going to have to lock it down with contracts in case it goes south
 
Most landlords will negotiate. They rather have a tenant than an empty place. However you gotta be reasonable. Often the landlord is a multi-national conglomerate and the "property manager" can only move so much, or is guided by corporate.

The worst they can say is no....
 
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