had no idea he was on tour or stopping through here. my favorite guitarist, and i'll definitely be going

Agreed

What makes it so bad?

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There's several around, but it's more of a friend type situation. Dm me and we can discuss further

We’re coming from boston where broker fees of a month’s rent are the norm, so that’s really good to know. So when you say east, you mean the historic district / hope etc and not east providence right? I remember seeing a ton of available places in january but much less now, worried that’s why!

Just looked through craigslist — cheaper prices than zillow and apartments.com. A few realty sites had listings that weren’t on these sites but the prices weren’t nearly as great.

It's an unpaid volunteer job, and is generally regarded as one of the worse in the U.S.

In some locales (ie nyc) prospective tenants pay the broker fee / in RI the landlord does. So it’s free for folks looking to use realtors here / asking for a specific agent in the case of renting doesn’t really mean anything since the deal is what it is. I’d look at the inventory at basically all the local firms in that case since it’s not going to cost you anything. And listings aren’t shared / private either so I’d go off of the place you want rather than the realtor since they won’t be showing you multiple places they way they would with buying. Also if you are looking in PVD look on Craigslist for the small landlords who don’t want to pay a fee so advertise there instead. (Not sure about other towns but many / most east side landlords just throw things up on Craigslist. Zillow is a mess. ) Keep in mind the incoming med students and residents are about to swoop in (march) to get the June 1/July 1 places so I wouldn’t wait too long if you want east side. But calling a realtor about a place doesn’t involve a brokers fee a la NYC that’s really the point. So you shouldn’t worry about using one. Where are you coming from?

Like I said just rentals. Not sure if anything you said still applies, but when you say fee are you talking broker fee?

I work in produce and front end at Eastside Marketplace

Macera's in Cranston is my go to for soups. Eat in or take out. Bring a quart or 1/2 gallon container and they charge you less etc.

Well that’s why we think it should be managed by residents themselves not the state.

I just don’t have the faith in this state to manage it correctly, we didn’t get this way because we are well managed.

Sweet! I’ve not been to the venue either - actually haven’t been to any venues in providence yet, only Boston. Moved to providence during the pandemic so didn’t get to do too much exploring in that sense, but I’m itching to explore more of it now.

Where’d you move from. Feel free to DM me if easier

Tangentially related, I just came across AIC’s mockumentary and these guys are funny

I would say we also believe there should be massive investment in renovation / redevelopment for all housing providers, RI has the 3rd oldest housing stock in the country and a crack down on slumlords. Landlords who follow the laws and regulations shouldn’t have an issue.

Honestly we are fine with people just putting family in there, that’s often what already happens, landlords like you provide naturally existing affordable housing. Overall we are calling for expansion of public housing and sensible protections for all tenants, including your niece or nephew or grandparents.

We aren’t making you an enemy, in fact we know you are likely way different than a medium or larger landlord. But you should still have to abide by landlord and tenancy laws. And we believe these should be updated for the 21st century.

You are right, but you don’t have to abide by the rules if you just don’t rent the unit. I have one sitting, thinking about just making it a one family to avoid the hassle. Or putting family in it with an informal agreement. I think you will see a lot of that especially from people who don’t need the money to pay the mortgage.

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My 2-family home is my one and only home. If you are making me the enemy, you have a losing cause.

This is like saying that a local mom and pop pizza joint shouldn’t have to abide by the same rules as a Pizza Hut or Dominos in paying their workers a minimum wage, or they should be immune from safety regulations, etc

I'm a pretty big AiC fan and would be down! Haven't been to that venue yet, just moved here in late 2021.

What I am saying is that requiring those things will drive out smaller landlords (example, owner occupied two family), renting units will be less attractive to those small investors and will lead way to more corporate landlords with money and attorneys at their disposal.

Renting or buying? Either way you aren’t paying the fee so there’s that. I’d be wary of anyone doing dual agency (rep’ing a house and offering to be your buyer agent to boot). Kevin Fox tried to undersell my neighbors house last year so stay away. Residential properties and Sothebys mott and chace have the most boots on the ground in terms of brokerages. Don’t redfin. They tend to not pay close attention to mls listings and offer deadlines or respect posted viewing hours and when they do book showings tend to not show up so many realtors don’t take them seriously. And get pre approved asap.