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Well, they have been over to my house many times and really love it, especially the view.

It's a large house with two floors that make it like two apartments . Downstairs has it's own bathroom, living room, bedroom, kitchen and the only reason I would ever need to go down there is the laundry room is at the bottom of the stairs (We would need to share that).

My downstairs is about 3x as large as their current appartment. In addition, I shared the upstairs living room and dinning room with my last roomate (and we probably would as well as an entertainment area for watching shows together, playing video games etc). The downstairs living room has a wood burning fireplace (The upstairs has a gas fireplace). It's a small kitchen downstairs, but the upstairs one is a really nice kitchen with a skylight (nice big open skylight where you can hear the rain hit the glass).

I also have 2 unused bedrooms upstairs (Well one is an office but could be used as a bedroom), another unused bathroom all at the top of the stairs that go down, which they could use as well (That is besides having a huge basement area for storage).

I also have a very expensive air conditioning unit I put in last year ($10k), which costs pretty much nothing to run (hence the expense) but keeps it a nice 69 degrees all the time (they have a little portable air conditioner but yeah, not nearly the same).

So yeah, they "probably" get free rent, or at least reduced, but it's a tiny apartment, which fits in one of my living rooms (the whole apartment). It would be a massive upgrade for them. That is not even counting the view of pugent sound with the lights on it at night etc (Everyone mentions the view when they come here).

Man worry I have is this is all expensive, and I would like whoever moves in to at least be able to help a bit with the expenses. I spend over $2k a month between mortgate/taxes/HOA and utilities.

I wouldn't need them to pay half, but I'd like them to be able to at least pay like the utilities + HoA (so like $700 a month) or something. I could rent the downstairs alone for $1500, but I didn't even charge that much for the friend that is just moving out (I charged her $1000).

So yeah, it's certainly not something I think anyone would just turn down. They would still have privacy, their bedroom would be almost as big as their current bedroom + living room, and their living room would be bigger then their whole current apartment. Their kitchen would be...about the same size. They would have a nice big balcony with a great view, air conditioning, their own washer and dryer (don't have one right now, although they would need to share with me). Larger/better bathroom, and that is just saying what they would have downstairs.

I just freaking live in my room pretty much, I have 2 TV's in here (one I use for a monitor for my laptop sometimes, or for my ps4 etc, the other is for watching actual TV), my bed which is electric, so it turns into a seat if I want etc. I have my own bathroom in here, and a walk in closet. I literally only go out into the rest of the house if I'm socializing, or cooking in the kitchen.

So yeah, I'm pretty sure I could make an offer they would accept, but the question is, do I really want to have someone else live here (Even if I really like them), and if so, do I want to charge so much less then I could? I'm not rich, and not working right now, so even $1000 less a month is a big deal right now.
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