Pros and cCons of Renting Townhouses

[Drew W.]

Why is it that I never hear anyone ever talk about renting out townhouses? Are their pitfalls that I’m not able to see?

[Jody Sperling]

Townhouses are built like duplexes but where you get both doors when you buy a duplex, townhouses sell as individual properties. So you share a wall but no equity. That's my reason for not even considering Townhouses. If I needed a second reason, I'd point to the challenge of selling a townhouse, especially in an economic downturn. People who want houses prefer privacy, so you have a smaller pool of potential buyers.