All Forum Posts by: Tim Allen

thank you for this advice.  that is about the number i had in my head but it seemed like a lot to add on to the rent,  plus the utilities, made it seem ridiculous. i know they are trying to save money on hotels as that is what they are currently having to do for the guys.  hopefully it will work out. 

the furniture is the only thing i'm really worried about. i have a bunch of extra dishes and things like that so those costs will be very small.  im just wondering what my time frame should be in terms of getting my money back from cost of the furniture??  i'm just wondering if i should factor in $300 or $500 into the monthly rent to make sure i recoup the costs from buying and maintaining the furniture.  the guy i'm dealing with to get the lease set up seems like a pretty straight forward guy so i'm sure we can agree on something, i just dont want to short change myself and end up losing on this.

there really isn't an extended stay market where i am.  it's a smaller town. i talked to a friend of mine in town that works for a company that probably has the largest rental business in town and he said they dont offer any properties furnished so he didnt have any idea what i could get. so i dont really have anything to compare

i have been approached by a large construction company about leasing my home for the next couple years while they are doing work around town.  they are going to sign a yearly lease.  i have to furnish the house.  my question is how do i go about working the numbers to adjust the rent to cover my expense of buying the furniture?? i know of several places that i can get cheap furniture that will save some money but i have no idea how to figure a fair price.  they are currently putting their workers up in hotels so anything i tell them will be a huge savings but i want to make sure im asking a fair price.  any insight on this would be very helpful