HI Kayla. Gone gif you and everybody a very usefull tip... If you rent a house or an apartment in the DR do check in advance before you seign the contract that it does NOT HAVE a clause / a paragraph mentioning that they're going to raise the rent anually with ten (10) procent... a practise that is used frequently but is NOT legally obligated... so depends totally on the goodwill of the landlord and/or the lawyer. Personally I refuse to accept that line in my renting contract for obvious reasons you mentioned... I don't want to relocate every two or three years because the rent is becoming unaffordable. Not every landlord or lawyer is putting the anual raise of 10% in their contacts neither... and if they do and don't want to get it out of the contract I look for another house or apartment. My rent is 14000 pesos for a solitary house on a plot of 600 m2 and is not anually going up... that way you have at least some years of stability in the same place. Greetings from La Caleta - Boca Chica
They raise because they want's more money for no reasons, the concept of economy and market strategy is very far from the Dominicans. If I have a person who pays punctually, then they should appreciate that and readjust the rent every five years instead.
I do understand the desire to want more money. But at the same time, I see many apartment owners lose good renters because they move to avoid paying more. We hope to buy a house one day and avoid this altogether. For now we will just keep moving 😅
Do you rent these places furnished? What service do you use to move your stuff every time you move since you only have a motorbike? Also, due to the humidity, does it take a long time for your clothes to dry? How common are wash and fold places where you can pay someone to do it,? Thanks for the free content!🎉
@Mmmmkaaay We rent empty apartments and bring all our own stuff. Even the screens on the windows. We have friends who help us and we have the number of a guy who owns a moving truck. I have never seen any place in San Pedro who does laundry or dry cleaning or anything. We hang our clothes in the sun and they dry in a few hours because it is always windy here.
Hello! I teach at a bilingual high school here and that just covers the cost of living. I also tutor math online through the state of Florida and that's $15 an hour.
We had to drive around and look ourselves. Most apartments here are listed for rent in a sign in the window. Facebook marketplace has a lot of apartments but I have never heard of anyone getting a reply.
@@MrJoseTiger We live in San Pedro de Macoris which is cheaper than Santo Domingo. It depends how you want to live and what you want to buy. If you want to get air conditioning, to eat out at restaurants, to go on trips to other cities, and buy a car then you may need more than $1000 a month. But here are our monthly expenses: ua-cam.com/video/-2rF1k6FG_Y/v-deo.htmlsi=RktVC2NK3m3OpRgV
@@MrJoseTiger If you have to rent this is only OK to SURVIVE not to live... In my opinion and my experience I live next to Santo Domingo close to the airport, you need minimum 1500 US$ to have some life... and this is not for living in a big city.
He wanted it under your name because your From America #1 and automatically think you have money that's why price is going up every year because they look at you as you can pay it🤷🏾
HI Kayla. Gone gif you and everybody a very usefull tip... If you rent a house or an apartment in the DR do check in advance before you seign the contract that it does NOT HAVE a clause / a paragraph mentioning that they're going to raise the rent anually with ten (10) procent... a practise that is used frequently but is NOT legally obligated... so depends totally on the goodwill of the landlord and/or the lawyer. Personally I refuse to accept that line in my renting contract for obvious reasons you mentioned... I don't want to relocate every two or three years because the rent is becoming unaffordable. Not every landlord or lawyer is putting the anual raise of 10% in their contacts neither... and if they do and don't want to get it out of the contract I look for another house or apartment. My rent is 14000 pesos for a solitary house on a plot of 600 m2 and is not anually going up... that way you have at least some years of stability in the same place. Greetings from La Caleta - Boca Chica
That's a good deal for a house! And that's so helpful to know for the future. I didn't know some landlords do that...
Really good info, thank you for sharing..
Thank you for watching! I hope it helps!
They raise because they want's more money for no reasons, the concept of economy and market strategy is very far from the Dominicans. If I have a person who pays punctually, then they should appreciate that and readjust the rent every five years instead.
I do understand the desire to want more money. But at the same time, I see many apartment owners lose good renters because they move to avoid paying more. We hope to buy a house one day and avoid this altogether. For now we will just keep moving 😅
Do you rent these places furnished? What service do you use to move your stuff every time you move since you only have a motorbike? Also, due to the humidity, does it take a long time for your clothes to dry? How common are wash and fold places where you can pay someone to do it,?
Thanks for the free content!🎉
@Mmmmkaaay We rent empty apartments and bring all our own stuff. Even the screens on the windows. We have friends who help us and we have the number of a guy who owns a moving truck. I have never seen any place in San Pedro who does laundry or dry cleaning or anything. We hang our clothes in the sun and they dry in a few hours because it is always windy here.
May God bless you in the name of Jesus Christ
Oh that is no bad
Did you sell the screens from the old apt
We sold some of them. We still have two huge ones left... Sitting in our closet haha
What do you do for work?
I teach at a private bilingual high school and it is the best job I have ever had.
@@yonnyandkaylacan you work without a visa there?
Hello, good afternoon. I have a question, what kind of job do you have in the Dominican Republic, what do you do there and how much do you earn?
Hello! I teach at a bilingual high school here and that just covers the cost of living. I also tutor math online through the state of Florida and that's $15 an hour.
God is good amen
@@samueldejesusministrando1320 Amen!
Im tutor online of spanish:)
@@RANDOMPOLAND85 That's awesome!
Show me where to look for an apartment.
We had to drive around and look ourselves. Most apartments here are listed for rent in a sign in the window. Facebook marketplace has a lot of apartments but I have never heard of anyone getting a reply.
Is it realistic for a single person to live on a 1000.00 dollar budget in santo domingo?
@@MrJoseTiger We live in San Pedro de Macoris which is cheaper than Santo Domingo. It depends how you want to live and what you want to buy. If you want to get air conditioning, to eat out at restaurants, to go on trips to other cities, and buy a car then you may need more than $1000 a month. But here are our monthly expenses: ua-cam.com/video/-2rF1k6FG_Y/v-deo.htmlsi=RktVC2NK3m3OpRgV
@@MrJoseTiger If you have to rent this is only OK to SURVIVE not to live... In my opinion and my experience I live next to Santo Domingo close to the airport, you need minimum 1500 US$ to have some life... and this is not for living in a big city.
He wanted it under your name because your From America #1 and automatically think you have money that's why price is going up every year because they look at you as you can pay it🤷🏾
I guess so... And if anyone ever tried to rob us because they thought we had money, they would be truly disappointed 😂