It seems there would be a place for a reputable third party to provide "property management". By reputable I mean a real life real estate business such as manages apartment complexes. They would provide a written lease, collect payments, hold sufficient funds in escrow, pay Linden Lab, and hire one or more "property managers" to do the day-to-day in-world contacts with residents.
The problem has been that most SL estate tenants have no real life contact information on the estate owner, and no contract with them that can be enforced. And you have little information on whether that estate owner is solidly financed or about to go broke, or just may change their minds. ----------- I don't know if you rent from someone else if you can do a restore of your region to the new location. But seems like there are ways to make this better if not just let people rent homesteads which to me I believe would be a huge market. > >> This is a problem that LL should have addressed already, yes. One way >> it can be addressed by providing resellers, or those that purchase >> land from resellers, with more information. Suggesting a contract >> template between renter and reseller to protect each with some level >> of protection might also be a good idea. A legal recourse to follow >> when someone breaks their contract, either landlord or renter, is >> better than impotence. >> _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
