Apartments And Free Rent
Posted: Tuesday, October 26, 2004
by Memories
MarioGiordani.com/
So you find yourself in a bind, jobless and going to be late in your rent payments...so what are you to do?
Essentially, you can put yourself in a rent-free scenario by try to create a position for yourself as:
a) The Apartment Manager. Many apartment complexes have a reserved unit for the manager to live in with his family. I had a friend from Argentina who put himself through medical school as a manager for the University campus apartment complex.
Winter? Instead of renting, he or she might want to have someone reliable house-sit his apartment for him and you could live there rent-free for 3-6 months. A Temporary measure that could work for you until you can re-establish your situation.
c) You could also try to exchange work around the build in exchange for free rent. The work could be maintaining the grounds, cleaning, snow removal, general maintenance or janitorial work. The owner might want to replace expensive maintenance services.
You could also volunteer to collect rents, showings and doing repairs.
Check out your newspaper for classifieds that might be seeking for house-sitters or maintenance people. You may be able to negotiate a nice set up for yourself which can include free rent. Also do searches under "house sitters" on Google for the same purpose.
You can also check with your friends and family and see if any distant relative might need a house-sitter for a while. Remember, most people will expect something in return such as labor in exchange for free rent. You may also need to show yourself as trustworthy before you can be trusted with the keys! One way to do that is by having verifiable references with names and phone numbers of people whom they can call.
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Top-level comments on this article: (2 total)what great ideas! for just about anyone!
I would like to know if I can do the work you are refering to in order to live in texarcana for a few months. I am 57 years of age and I have experience in janitor work. I think it would be a great idea to look after the appartments which would give me the chance to live and work in texarcana for a while. I am male but I do have a lady friend who might like to accompany me working for a while.I am not sure about work permit regulations and I would be very greatful if you could help me with them because I am a british national living in Scotland. I am very interested in cosmology and science of any kind but it would not need to be a university but any kind of sharted residence where the work of a janitor is needed.I am considering attending the european southern observatory public meetings and workshops and this would be my golden opportunity to take the chance to go to these places.The european southern observatory is in chile and I would be greatful if I could be helped to find work that makes a contribution of any kind whether cosmological, scientific or even social to any community of any kind which can help to pay my living expences.
I am interested in computers, telescopes, electronics and optics but I like sports and physical fitness. I would like to live in texarcana or some area of texas where I can work for a while. I am also a keen musician and I like violin music. I think the article has been helpful and it has given good advice.
Thanks,
Edwin Goodall
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