{"id":227884,"date":"2010-01-25T18:53:24","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T23:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/is-renting-out-a-room-right-for-your-family\/"},"modified":"2010-01-25T18:53:24","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T23:53:24","slug":"is-renting-out-a-room-right-for-your-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/227884","title":{"rendered":"Is Renting Out a Room Right for Your Family?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019re struggling to make ends meet and you have a spare room and bath in the basement. There\u2019s even an outside entrance down there. You\u2019re thinking that renting out the spare room might be a great way to add some much needed cash to the family coffers. But is it really the right choice for you? Before you start advertising for a roommate, make sure you can handle all the possible issues involved in renting out a room:<\/p>\n

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  1. Is everyone on board with the decision? Renting a room to someone could mean a lot of changes. The kids might have to be quiet during the day to allow a renter working the nightshift to sleep. They might resent giving up a former playroom. Your spouse might be frustrated by feeling like you have a permanent houseguest.<\/li>\n
  2. Do you know your future renter? Even people who have rented rooms to younger brothers and sisters may find that they are very different from the fun childhood playmates they recall. One might be incredibly messy and never clean up after herself. Another might find howling at the moon at 1 a.m. as he or she staggers home after a wild party to be absolutely hilarious.<\/li>\n
  3. Do you have a plan for screening possible renters you don\u2019t know? Renting to someone you don\u2019t know can be more than annoying. It can prove deadly.<\/li>\n
  4. Can you deal with the hassle of evicting non-paying renters? It can be just as tough to kick someone out of a room as it is to kick him or her out of a rental unit, especially in states where handing someone a key is a binding contract.<\/li>\n
  5. Is it legal? I know in my area, there are several towns that are angry about negligent landlords. They are enacting some pretty tough regulations that will end up affecting anyone who rents, not just the people that don\u2019t care about their properties.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Once you know what you are up against, you can make an informed decision about whether you want to rent out a room. For some people, it turns out to be the best thing that ever happened. The kids end up with an honorary grandparent, aunt, or big brother and no one can believe the new roommate was once a stranger. For others, it turns out to be a disaster. (Or at least a bit annoying when the tenant keeps forgetting to clean up after his dog!)<\/p>\n

    Have you rented out a room? Was it a good decision for your family?<\/p>\n

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    Post from: Blisstree<\/a><\/p>\n

    Is Renting Out a Room Right for Your Family?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    You\u2019re struggling to make ends meet and you have a spare room and bath in the basement. There\u2019s even an outside entrance down there. You\u2019re thinking that renting out the spare room might be a great way to add some much needed cash to the family coffers. But is it really the right choice for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}