# RENTING OUT

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I get the feeling that people do not want to rent out their properties in Spain regardless as to how badly they need the money. We have been looking for a long time for a place to rent long term and for another place for friends that want to come for 2 weeks this summer, and we have had no luck. Yes there are some out there but not a lot. We have started to try to contact some owners of empty properties as the estate agents seem to have nothing to offer but this has been no good. Most owners seem to have just walked away from the place.
 
 But I think that the main reason that no one wants to rent out is because of the danger of tenets from hell, I have heard some terrible stories, running up bills into the thousands and then steeling the contense of the home. It does not take long before these stories get round.
 I have seen that some rental agents in the area are now asking for 2 months rent in advance as a deposit as well as the first months rent up front, this is a lot of money to find and will prevent a lot from renting, but the agents are doing it for a reason.