Renting tactics question

I read the other thread on renting in general, and how it makes more sense than buying, and with the servers being the way they are I am being more and more persuaded to go the rental route.

My question is what do you rent? That is do you rent a house and storefront together or seperately? Do you rent multiple storefronts or advertise and keep one store

Also do you rent by the week or do you drop the lump sum month+ in advance rentals. I'm always afraid of dropping such a large amount of money on a property.

This is more a question of how you maximize your rental dollars.

My question is what do you rent? That is do you rent a house and storefront together or seperately?


A: You can rent them either way. I know someone who rents storefronts, but there are far more people who just rent houses or land rather.


Do you rent multiple storefronts or advertise and keep one store

A: This is your choice. I'd recommend advertising regardless of which route you go -- that small fee you pay to be listed in the classifieds just may be the best investment you'll ever make. As for the number of storefronts that would depend on the size of your business and the amount of land you're renting in those locations. If you have small lots -- say 2048sqm, then yes you may need many of them if your business is large as you don't want things to be overly cluttered and putting to many prims in a small area will cause it to lag more. If your lot was 4096sqm or larger, it will likely suffice unless your business is quite large. Just type in a word like "clothes" in the classifieds for example and take a look at how much room the big guys (ones paying L100k a week for advertising) have compared to the smaller guys paying L30 a week.

Also do you rent by the week or do you drop the lump sum month+ in advance rentals. I'm always afraid of dropping such a large amount of money on a property.

A: I would be afraid also unless the person I was renting from had a very good reputation. If you can find a reasonably priced weekly in a location you'd consider acceptable, I'd always recommend that. Otherwise I'd recommend 'shopping' around and going with someone who owns several sims. Send them an IM before purchasing the land and clear up any questions you have. Also, who could tell you better if they're enjoying their experience or not better than the actual residents of that sim? Why not ask them how their renting experience has been?


Good Luck and I agree with you. Seeing as LL will be intentionally bringing mainland prices down to more reasonable levels, it certainly is sensible to rent for the time being

I rent because owning mainland is dicey at best, and is more commonly completely worthless. I have owned a fairly good amount of mainland at various points, and *all* of it became absolutely worthless eventually. Either because of newly-introduced new clubs, casinos, or various sex-related enterprises, it always got to the point where performance was crap.

When I rent now, I only rent island land where the island owner has explicit policies about what is and is not allowed on the island, and I strongly prefer themed areas.



I always pay by the month when that is an option, and only rent from people I either have known and trusted for a while, or that have a good reputation. Renting has no intrinsic safeguards, and you can get robbed of all of your money for any number of reasons (or none at all), so you have to decide whether you feel comfortable doing so.

Perhaps you might consider buying some land and trying that, you may have a great experience where I did not. Then again, with land prices being as high as they are, you might try renting.

Wish I could give you a solid list of bullet points about the pros and cons of each, but I only have my own experience to go on, which is entirely subjective.

Best wishes, whichever way you go

thanks. I've looked at the prices and they are climbing daily. A buddy purchased 512m2 at 3000 ish a week ago and now they are almost 9000 for the same kind of spot. I posted a wish for some reasonably priced land in the hope that someone with land might like a quiet neighbor to sell to, but renting is looking better every moment.

I'll go the classified route and maybe look around in areas i might like a house and see if there is anything with a decent price to rent.

so far renting on islands seems to be a good bet since they are more likely to kick trouble makers off the property than waiting for LL to change things.