Advantages: not responsible for maintenance, still have resident access to all amenities, owner responsible for amenity fees.
Disadvantages: owners have a tendency to sell so be prepared to move every few years, ID card is paper, which must be replaced every lease-end, many Villagers don't like renters, regardless of length of stay, owner may not be as quick to repair something as you might like.
Also, odds are you are paying as much monthly, if not more, than if you owned the property, even with a mortgage.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention
Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay)
"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
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