@Matt N.Agree with @Steve Babiak and @Paulette Midgette that you should try to find out if there was a valid landlord-tenant relationship in the past. I

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We lend on construction loans and this is a prohibitive arrangement for us.Not that you would do this, but what banks have seen in the past is that the builder family member will charge more than necessary to inflate the price of the home and then cut the money back to the homeowner.

Listen I am a Bully owner I understand the challenges of renting but I am not naïve either that said in the past I have lived in buildings with nightmare other breeds that are considered ideal and NOT so that is why I choose to take it case by case PERSONALLY.  

Someone who responds to an ad on the Internet is an unknown in terms of their character, even though they fill out an application and undergo a background check of some sort.In the past, I would get a discount on a month's rent if I renewed my lease by a certain date.

There are deals around as you mentioned, they just arne't as easy to spot as they have been in the past.  I

In the past I would offer higher interest rates and sellers would get scared thinking it was to good to be true.

Any suggestions as to how any of you have approached this in the past. I

What I have done in the past is purchased blinds thinking the renter will appreciate it.

Anybody else out there that I  have talked to in the past? I