The rules of the Florida Rental

The rules in Florida on vacation are:

- Leases are up to 1 year and renewable annually.

- When you find an apartment, you sign first that is called a "contract to lease " that is to say an offer to the owner , then once accepted this offer, you and the landlord sign a " lease" be the final contract of lease.

- In all cases the owner will be asked to pay : 1st months rent / / last month 's rent and / / 1 month deposit .
You will have to pay the amount of your monthly rent X 3 ( for example, if your rent is $ 1000 , must therefore be paid $ 3,000 in advance) .
These conditions are standard and required for all rentals.

* Note: The owners are unfortunately chilly screw opinion "foreigners" without reference to tenants Usa .
We suggest our foreign clients to pay 1 or 2 months rent in advance (plus 1 month of deposit and last month ) to reassure the owner and thus facilitate the transaction.
You should know that the rental market is very strong in Miami and rented apartments do not stay vacant .

- As a real estate agent representing you we will negotiate your lease with "listing agents " ( agents representing the owners). We never have any direct contact with the owners. The ads are sometimes lacking details and pictures due to the lack of professionalism of some listing agents.

He takes on average 15 days to secure an apartment. At the time of signing the lease, it will pay one month's rent (deposit ) to the owner , in an escrow account ( or that of a lawyer or the agency ) and especially not , nor the owner nor staff realtor account.

- Why averaged 15 days ? Because soon sign the lease ( in the case of renting an apartment or a house in a community) , you must complete an application form by "condo association" ( trustee condominium ) and wait for approval which may take a few days. You also need to accept and sign the rules of the condominium. At the same time as the filing of this form will generally combines small fee ranging from $ 100 to $ 200.

- The date of taking possession of your villa or apartment make an inventory of what the property is movable or not it should be done meticulously . . Each issue notices, default, should be carefully noted , photos in support . This inventory should then be signed by you and the landlord. If you notice another negative element few days after your entry into the premises , immediately notify your estate agent by email and save your email the inventory document. A more detailed inventory will be done seriously and less problems igloos have the output .

- You need to worry about renewing your lease, at least 1 month before the end of your agent by notifying your decision that you stay within the premises or not . If you stay you expect a small increase in rent. If you go do not forget to make an inventory of output . The owner has 15 days to three weeks after the date of your departure to make your deposit .