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by Kathy Gigliotti on April 7th, 2005

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How does rent with option to buy work?

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  • by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on April 8th, 2005

    Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony

    Usually what that means is you have first right of refusal. In other words, if the landlord decides to sell the property they have to allow you to accept or decline the option to buy the property from them.

    I have also seen apartment complexes that have deals with local builders. Basically, they take a small portion of your rent every month and it accrues a bit of interest while you are renting. If you decide to trade up to a house, that money is then transfered to the builder to help with a downpayment. If you just move, the money with interest is returned to you. It's not much, I lived in a place for a year that had this deal and all I got back was about $100.

    I think though that the question you asked refers to the first paragraph of my answer since that is far more common. You should ask your landord what they mean by "rent with option to buy" to get an accurate answer.

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  • by Rent2BuyinSpain on June 25th, 2008

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    A Rent-2-Buy contract is a contractual agreement between a tenant and a property owner, where the tenant has the right to buy the property after residing in it for a specified period of time. This period is determined in the contract and normally varies between 1 and 5 years. The tenant will have the right to exercise their option to purchase the property at any given time throughout the rental period, without any actual obligation to do so. In addition, if the tenant chooses to buy the property, they will have a percentage of the rent that they have already paid deducted from the purchase price.

    For more detailed information and advice on this and a selection of Spanish properties available to rent-2-buy go to www.rent2buyinspain.com, Spain’s number 1 specialist rent-2-buy portal.

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