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Practical, no-fluff notes for owners and guests — how furnished rentals really work here, and how we run them.
The fiador is the wall most foreigners hit in Colombia. The deposit is the thing almost everyone gets wrong. What the law actually says, what the market actually does, and where the two don't match.
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On a residential lease you can raise the rent once a year, and no further than last year's IPC. What that means over five years, and why a furnished home is priced on a different clock entirely.
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The rent is rarely the whole bill. What EPM actually charges for, what the administración buys, and why the estrato number on a building changes what you pay for water.
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Two listings both say furnished and one of them has four forks. What a genuinely move-in-ready home includes, and why the inventory is the most useful document you'll sign.
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Self-managing on Airbnb vs handing your Medellín apartment to a manager — the real work, the real costs, and how to decide what your place and your time are worth.
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Nightly looks cheaper by the night and isn't by the month. A clear-eyed comparison of furnished monthly rentals and Airbnb-style stays in Medellín, for renters.
Read Where to live in Medellín if you work online — the trade-offs between El Poblado, Laureles, Envigado, Bello and beyond, on wifi, walkability, cost and calm.
Read Honest monthly ranges by neighborhood — from El Poblado to Bello — plus what's included and why three- and six-month stays cost less.
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What it takes to run a furnished rental in Medellín well — monthly vs nightly, what management really covers, how managers charge, and how to pick one that earns its keep.
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