[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by DruannB

We are now thinking that we will buy an unfurnished house and rent it only long term--like a year at a time--for two years until we can retire. Can anyone tell me, if it's long-term, what is the tenant responsible for? Must we pay for their trash pickup, electricity, gas, telephone, lawn care, and cable or do they pay for some of these? We need this information to decide on rental amount. We don't need to break even, but we can't take a huge loss. So forewarned is forearmed.

You can set it up any way you want. These items can be included in the rent or you can have the renter pay for them separate of the rent.