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Tenant
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What do you call a person who lives in a rental?
A tenant is a person who occupies a property, often an apartment, from another person, often known as a landlord. The tenant often pays rent for the property the tenant occupies. Who pays car rental on vacationing?
What do you call a person who owns a house?
The owner is called the lessor. someone who allows another person to pay to use their land or property under a lease (=a legal agreement). The person who uses the land or property is the lessee. someone who pays to live in a house with the person who owns it. The usual American word is roomer.
What is it called when you rent a room from someone else?
If you own a house and rent a room out to someone else, you are the landlord, the landlady, the deedholder, the owner, the property owner, the proprietor, the rentier ( not the renter), and the lessor. At the same time, if you also live in the house you are a room-mate or a house-mate. The person who is renting the room from you is…
What is the difference between a renter and a tenant?
If they own the property and rent out a room they are a landlord. The person who collect the rent is the rentor (landlord) and the person who pays the rent is the renter. Edit: they are both housemates or roommates. You are called the Tenant; the person subleasing from you is the Subtenant.