I rent out a prime city center apartment. I used to live in it when I worked in the town, but moved for work.
Nowadays, there are thousands of international students who come to study at the University. The Chinese and Malaysians absolutely love the block, and will sign a 1 year lease, paid in full up-front, offering 10% over asking rent without even seeing it.
I had been revamping the place after a set of tenants (students) had left, and I phoned the agent to instruct them at 2pm. At 3 pm, they phoned back, saying that they've got a couple in the office ready to sign with the conditions above.
I used to manage the place myself, and got welcome packs and stuff translated into Mandarin. But, these students were a bit needy (probably because they were super-rich where they came from, and had servants for everything). I had a pair of dudes in who were doing PhDs in electrical engineering - they phoned my for some help with the electricity. It turned out that the light bulbs had blown (regular screw-fit bulbs) and they didn't know how to change them.
These days, I can't be bothered with that, and let an agent deal with that.
Nowadays, there are thousands of international students who come to study at the University. The Chinese and Malaysians absolutely love the block, and will sign a 1 year lease, paid in full up-front, offering 10% over asking rent without even seeing it.
I had been revamping the place after a set of tenants (students) had left, and I phoned the agent to instruct them at 2pm. At 3 pm, they phoned back, saying that they've got a couple in the office ready to sign with the conditions above.
I used to manage the place myself, and got welcome packs and stuff translated into Mandarin. But, these students were a bit needy (probably because they were super-rich where they came from, and had servants for everything). I had a pair of dudes in who were doing PhDs in electrical engineering - they phoned my for some help with the electricity. It turned out that the light bulbs had blown (regular screw-fit bulbs) and they didn't know how to change them.
These days, I can't be bothered with that, and let an agent deal with that.