Given that agency-hopping is pretty standard in our industry, do you prefer month-to-month rental agreements if you can get them, even if it means higher rent? (Continued)

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If you can avoid commitment without costing yourself anything, it’s a nice option. But I’ve learned to stop planning life around advertising. Who knows when the next offer will come? Who knows if it’ll be in another city? When I got an offer to move from NYC to SF, it wasn’t hard to find someone to sublet.

In summary, it’s a flaky business. Make whatever decision works best in your life, but don’t let “maybes” from ad agencies impact your decision making. If an offer comes, you’ll figure it out.

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My lease is ending, and MTM tenancy is an option (landlord’s discretion). I’ll have to discuss with him to see how that’d affect rent. If I sign another year lease, there’s no rent increase. I like the idea of flexibility, but it also gives HIM flexibility to end the rental agreement w/ 30 days’ notice, so it’s a double-edged sword. Alternative would be sign year lease, and just sublet if I were to end up getting an opportunity in a new city. Just curious to hear others’ experiences. Thanks!

I usually do a one-year lease, then if I start getting the itch to move I go to a month-to-month afterwards. It sucks because of the rent increase but you gain flexibility. Because I'm usually looking before my lease ends, I've stayed no longer than a couple of months on month-to-month.

If you’re in a big city like NYC with many other shops, then there’s no reason not to go by year.

I’m in Chicago

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