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More Families Turn to Rental HousingDigested From "Family-Friendly Rentals"
Las Vegas Review-Journal (04/17/12) byMarilyn Kennedy Melia
Breaking with tradition, more families are choosing to rent rather than buy. These families, including some who used to own, place a priority on neighborhood and the quality of the school system. In selecting between renting a single-family house and an apartment, they consider safety, education, and affordability.

NAR Outlook Predicts Apartment Vacancy DeclineDigested From "Commercial Real Estate Forecasted to Improve"
Realty Times (04/12/12) byCarla Hill
Fundamentals are improving across the commercial property industry, according to the most recent quarterly outlook from the National Association of Realtors. "Sustained job creation is benefiting commercial real estate sectors by increasing demand for space," explains NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun. The group expects vacancies to shrink even more over the next year, by 0.

 

The Number #1 reason to rent an apartment and not a home, townhome or privately owned condo! Whenyou rent an apartment that is owned and managed by a well established management company - they must run "criminal history-background checks" on every occupant that is of age! This is very important to you - WHY? You don't want to be living across the hall or next door to a Registered Sex Offender or violent offender of any kind!

The Case for Continuing to RentDigested From "The Case for Remaining a Renter"
SmartMoney (04/04/12) byQuentin Fottrell
Though super-low house prices and rising rents might seem to increase the appeal of homeownership for some, renting still has numerous benefits. Two things to keep in mind are that people in most other prosperous countries often rent, and that the main benefit most say was an incentive to own -- the mortgage deduction on taxes -- is useless if a taxpayer does not itemize the deductions on the annual income tax returns.

 

 

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Apartment Rents are continuing to climb across the Clear Lake, and Houston, Texas areas, and as long as the market will bear it, they will continue to rise. We are having a tough time keeping up with demand, so that's why there are 39 new apartment rental properties under construction in the area, just in Houston, Texas alone!  See more about this topic here and daily as I continue to keep my blog current for my customers and future customers. This was taken from the National Apartment Association, (