I'm looking in to renting a house, possibly a townhouse, and starting a grow op in the basement or a spare bedroom.

What kind of contact with the landlord should i expect?

I'd pay my rent on time and would not cause an problems with the neighbors.

Any input would be appreciated.

There is always the ""what if "" happens ...


What if ,,,,
the water heater breaks ,
he is a nosey landlord,
neighbors smell your garden
Im sure i could go on for a while .. but I'd rather get laid and go to bed ,, so Good luck.. I would not do it .. but I aint doing your time if you get caught ..Peace

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Yep, all depends. Does he live across the street and is unemployed or is he a doctor who live miles away?

Aside from that it is very random man. If the landlord has a mortgage on the property the bank may come through once a year, insurance reasons, routine maintenance. You need some stealth.

I'm not sure about all the property I'm looking at, i know one is owned by a real estate agency that buys foreclosures.

They would have to tell me before they want to enter the house, correct?

Before i started the op i would feel out the landlord for a few months and see how he is about stopping by.

If you set up a grow op that takes up a whole room you might have to toss out a lot of plants. When you rent it is absolutely paramount that anyone that shows up be able to walk through every room without noticing anything. Even if you ask your landlord point blank and he/she says no problem you are not safe. I couldn't think of an easier way get a bunch of free weed. "Give me half or I will report you!" Stealth like Picasso said.

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technically in most places they will have to give you 24hrs notie before entering, but that doesnt mean that you landlord will. Also if there is any sort of emergency; fire, flooding, they will be in without notice. If you do decide to grow in a rental I would recommend you obviously be as stealth as possible, and try to stay as small as you can. I wouldn't use a whole bedroom, you may however have a decent storage space in the basement that may be utilized. Also try to find a place where you are payng for your own electricity if you are planning on doing any major lighting.

So my best bet would be to try and find a place that has a decent amount of closet space i can utilize?

I'm guessing they wouldn't want to look in the closets unless there is something that looks fishy.

Also i would most likely be paying for all the utilities in the places i was looking at.

If you rent under your own real name & info. then the house can be traced back to you just as easily as if you were growing in your own home. You have to pay for rent and utilities... are you going to pay cash or write a check? A check ties you to it further and I doubt a landlord is going to want you showing up at their house once a month with a wad of cash. Money orders maybe???

Still there is the issue with renting under your real name. Most landlords will want to run a credit check so you can't get away with just giving them some false name & info.

Lastly... like the others said.... there are MANY reasons a landlord could show up and enter without 24 hour notice.

I think maybe you've seen too many episodes of WEEDS

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Why would it matter if i have it in my real name?

I'm not a felon, nor do i have an drug related priors.

Many people pay bills with money orders, it would hardly be strange for me to pay rent with one.

With the input I've got here I've deceived to go the stealth closet route, if i can control the odor i think it will be relatively safe.

As entertaining as weeds is i don't think i will be taking any pointers on any aspect of the industry from it.

If you keep it to a closet sized grow and pay your own utilities i don't think you run too much more risk than anyone growing in their own home. Just make sure you are very safe and don't burn someone elses house down Good luck and good growing.