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...year. The web site Rent.com, which helps renters find places to live, has rolled out a new option for small-time landlords and is adding 1,000 properties a month. "We're finding that a lot of people have houses that they would have sold and now need to rent," says Rent.com president Peggy Abkemeier. "The demand is there. One out of every three renters who come to our site is [seriously] interested in this new inventory." (Read "Is Owning a Home Better Than Renting...
That's good news for folks like Marie and Sal Latella who had their four-bedroom Colonial on and off the market for nearly three years before deciding to rent it out this summer. Now, settled in a rental of their own just 15 minutes away, the Latellas' sons are in a better school district (a big reason for the move), and the family is still close enough to swing by their old place every so often to keep...
...find themselves in a cash crunch, the idea can seem like a godsend. When the recession and other circumstances put a squeeze on the finances of Brian Feehan and his partner David and they couldn't find a buyer for their 18th-century farm house, the couple decided to rent it out and move to the guest cottage next door. A brilliant solution - until the first tenants they found were a complete nightmare, calling and e-mailing every day with a string of complaints and demands. "We definitely did things differently the second time around," says Feehan. Word...
...month and has only reeled in 537 disaffected Taliban in nearly two years. "We can only offer them $20 for their weapon. They can get far more than that in the bazaar," says Kandahar director Haji Agha Lalai. "We should be able to give them a job, rent money, but we can't." This paltry offering cannot compete with the wages and benefits that a Taliban fighter collects from his commanders who, Afghan officials allege, are bankrolled by Pakistani intelligence services covertly helping the Taliban regain ground...
Tragic news broke today that Harvard Square has completed its slow turn toward gentrification with the impending shuttering of Herrell's ice-cream store on Dunster street. The Crimson's Athena Jiang reports that the owner cited rising food costs, sky high rent, and of course, JP Licks for their mounting financial woes...