When Should I Submit Maintenance Or Upgrade Requirements? Desires?
That information must be included as part of your application acceptance process.
If for example you require the owner to paint the entire home, the rent would be a hundred or more dollars higher per month so that demand would be a crucial condition to decide on before lease signing.
Most importantly, if it was not agreed upon in writing before you sign the lease, it may not get done unless required by law.
Why? Not because our company doesn't want to, but because it's 100% the owners decision and once they have you locked into a lease, their motivation to invest in the home instantly plummets.
If you're up front with us at the early stages, we can start this process with the lease negotiation, when the owner is highly motivated to get someone in long term. That's the proper time to nail down those issues. After that, they probably will not be resolved to your satisfaction.
Most importantly, if it was not agreed upon in writing before you sign the lease, it may not get done unless required by law.
Why? Not because our company doesn't want to, but because it's 100% the owners decision and once they have you locked into a lease, their motivation to invest in the home instantly plummets.
If you're up front with us at the early stages, we can start this process with the lease negotiation, when the owner is highly motivated to get someone in long term. That's the proper time to nail down those issues. After that, they probably will not be resolved to your satisfaction.