For anyone who has been unemployed while renting, the idea that renting is comfortable and that the only thing stopping you heading out of the door and securing a job is your tenancy type is ludicrous.
It is a constant reminder that this is not your home, you just rent the idea of it from a faceless landlord/landlady.
One mall manager, who asked to remain anonymous, revealed that some of the high-end designer stores pay minimal or no rent; the idea being that their presence imbues the mall with glamour and prestige.
(Strictly speaking, you are receiving a Paretian rent, an idea which, strictly strictly speaking, may owe more to G.F. Shove and D.A. Worcester than to Vilfredo Pareto).On July 1st Australia imposed a controversial tax on mining profits, known as the Mineral Resource Rent Tax MRRTT).
For those looking to rent, the idea is that you'll need to be first, and fast, grabbing a place before others know about it.
With these 13 genius renter upgrade ideas, you too, fellow renter, can totally remake your space, without breaking the bank or your walls! 1. Paint Your (Wall-Papered) Walls!
He and his wife have decided to try to buy a new house and to offer their condo for rent, with the idea of waiting out the downturn before selling it.
So entrepreneur and conference organizer Francisco Dao has a more immediately feasible idea: Rent out a hotel in Monterey, sign up for the TED live feed, get a bunch of huge screen TVs and bean bags and invite fifty of the most interesting people he can find to virtually attend the conference together.
But nobody could fault the seriousness of my travelling companions, who raised enough in a whip-round to pay two months' rent for the Ideas Partnership project.
Another inspired idea: renting space on the third floor to Wilhelmina Models, guaranteeing a flow of gorgeous people through the lobby.
