Life Difficult for Apartment Owners, Tenants
When Jennifer and Terry Balvin first met, Terry owned a house. But after they married, the Balvins chose to live in her apartment at Martin’s Landing in South Lakeland.
“He is always telling me of the costs and hassles of just going through the purchase of the house — let alone the costs afterward,” Jennifer Balvin said. “With renting, if something breaks, someone else comes to fix it and they (management) pay for the repair . . .”