Post Prom/Post Grad Beach Rentals?? (Wildwood, Seaside Heights: student loan, high school, colleges)

[BarbaraNJ]

Yankeemom I want you to know I was responding to your comment as to why parent's let their children go to the shore. I am not suggesting you rent your home to teenagers. I wouldn't if I had one.

[regarese]

Originally Posted by BarbaraNJ

I feel and have seen that those kids with such tight restraints are the ones who do go wild when they are finally free of their parents.

LOL-I guess I'm just the odd ball all around because part of the reason I didn't go wild was because I knew that if I got caught doing what I knew my mother did not allow or want me doing and she had to be called by anybody to come get me, well I had just better pray to be left in a cell somewhere to rot. LOL. She would have killed me if I got drunk and wrecked that hotel room prom weekend. I'd probably still be locked in a darkened part of our house.

[yankeemom]

I understand Barbara. I also think even good, smart kids can get themselves in way over their heads. they didn't have roofies when we were kids, and even kids not drinking alcohol can be taken advantage of when things like that are out there.

[Alex07860]

All you have to do is to think back at your own experiences when you were a teenager, I'm sure we all been in trouble one way or another. No matter how mature, intelligent and "good" we may think our kids are, when they're among their peers it's totally different as to when they're around us. I wonder what your legal liabilities will be say something goes wrong in your property/rental. Are they liable or are you? so if the answer is "I don't know" I rather be on the side of caution instead of regret.

[hrjersey]

I agree. Do not rent out your home to teenagers. I am another Jersey Girl that did Prom Weekend at the shore and would never have contemplated damaging property but there are plenty of kids that will drink and not think. Let them do it somewhere else.

[yankeemom]

Oh, I have no intention to knowingly rent to teenagers. I did not grow up in NJ (did live there for span in the late 80-early 90s) and am more curious about why parents will sign these leases, and aren't they concerned about this practice?

[apvbguy]

Originally Posted by yankeemom

Oh, I have no intention to knowingly rent to teenagers. I did not grow up in NJ (did live there for span in the late 80-early 90s) and am more curious about why parents will sign these leases, and aren't they concerned about this practice?

because some parents are Aholes!

[regarese]

Originally Posted by apvbguy

because some parents are Aholes!

Yes, but some also know that they have good kids that can be trusted. Yes, some good kids go crazy, but there are others that can handle the responsibility and there are no issues. My parents did it for me, but not my sister. They knew I would be fine with my bunch of friends and they knew my sister could not be trusted. There are some parents out there who have good kids who they know they can trust. It may be rare, but it happens. LOL.

[AJGIANTS]

Originally Posted by regarese

Not necessarily the case with all teens, but a believable stereotype, especially if you don't know the kids who will be staying at your house. When we went to wildwood for prom weekend my senior year (15 years ago-OMG has it been that long already???) my group of friends chose wildwood crest because everybody else in our class was going to seaside and we didn't want to be around the alcohol drug scene. There were about 10-15 of us, those of us with serious boyfriends had our own rooms (yes I did have sex with my boyfriend on prom weekend-he's now my husband, LOL). There was NO alcohol and NO drugs. I remember making a joke that nobody would ever believe us that a group of teenagers would be down the shore on prom weekend buying orange juice and eggs at WAWA and unloading cases of soda from the truck instead of bootleg booze. We had a great time, and actually are able to remember the whole weekend. LOL. I always feel bad for the teens who do think and act this way and are lumped in with the binging stereotype.

Originally Posted by regarese

Yes, but some also know that they have good kids that can be trusted. Yes, some good kids go crazy, but there are others that can handle the responsibility and there are no issues. My parents did it for me, but not my sister. They knew I would be fine with my bunch of friends and they knew my sister could not be trusted. There are some parents out there who have good kids who they know they can trust. It may be rare, but it happens. LOL.

Some parents have kids they can trust but not every one of their peers can be trusted. Parents who over shelter their kids are not correct and those that pay no attention and let their kids run wild are incorrect. You have to pick and choose your spots. These are TEENagers! They have not been to college yet. They do not know how to make wise decisions and the Post prom Jersey Shore Weekend is not a way to teach them.
This is learned once they are away at college and realize they need to go to class and be responsible for their grades. There will be consequences if they are not.. take it from me : I am in my 30s and just finishing undergrad at night with a full time career on wall st and a mountain of student loans because I was not responsible when I first left for college.
There is not one instance I can think of that would come up on a post prom weekend where they will have to think responsibly. If they wanted to be responsible they would stay at home for the weekend and hang out with their friends there. The Naive Parents signing the leases for these kids basically give them a blank check to act in a manner where there are no consequences and responsibilities.

[yankeemom]

Regarese, I am honestly just curious if you think its okay to lay all that responsibility onto a rental property owner. As a property owner and a mom, the number of scenerios that go through my mind just boggles me, even assuming "good kids", and I know alot of parents who think they have "good" kids, and from the outside they seem "good"-- honor roll, into good colleges etc, yet I know they drink like fish and have experimented with drugs and sex.