HELLO. OUR ALAMOGORDO HOME IS NOT ANY MORE AVAILABLE FOR LEASE OR PURCHASE. YOU ARE TOO LATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST IN IT - ESPECIALLY TO MANY PEOPLE WHO CONTACTED US AND VISITED IT AND PROVIDED THEIR RENT/BUY APPLICATION FORMS. IF IT BECOMES AVAILABLE AGAIN IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL TELL YOU ON THIS WEBPAGE, AND YOU SHOULD AVAIL YOURSELF OF IT JUST AS FAST AS YOU CAN TO NOT LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY.

Hello! Welcome to our Alamogordo Home for Rent webpage. Interested in renting a spacious, quality, primo location, loaded-with-extras home which also has great commercial potential? You are on the right webpage - see below! Or how about your family, friends and associates? Tell them about this webpage so that they don't lose this terrific opportunity. Our great home has features and advantages found in few or no other homes. - John J. Williams, owner

Alamogordo, New Mexico
Home for Lease (or Home for Sale or Area Photos)
RENTAL APPLICATION RENTAL AGREEMENT (or call or email us for the forms)
4-Bedroom, 2,000 sqft, 1-3/4 Baths, Big Greatroom + Many Extras!
Buena Vista School District! Near NMSU-A, Hospital, Clinics, Gym!
Our home is clean, unoccupied - ready for you to move into it within days of approval!
Summary: Rent only $850/mnth (Security Deposit = 1 month rent), Renter pays all utilities.
Some Pets OK, some Home Businesses and Related Changes OK, 3-12 Month Lease,
Military PCS Clause, non-HUD or HUD (Section 8), Non-Smoking Home, more below!
Hotlinks to Rental Forms are above & below

NOW AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE LEASING!
NOTE: If our home Sells first, then we will no longer Lease it.
If our home Leases first, then we will no longer Sell it (except possibly to Renter).

        

Our large, primo location home in Alamogordo, New Mexico, has special advantages and features - it clearly beats all other known 4-bedroom homes in the Alamogordo area hands down in location, size and its many other advantages and features! Consider:

Large Home - 2,000 Square Feet, 4-Bedroom, 1-3/4 Bath. While Alamogordo usually offers a quantity of 3-Bedroom homes to lease, 4-Bedroom homes within the City limits of Alamogordo are relatively rare, hard-to-find, and expensive. Most 4-Bedroom homes in the general Alamogordo area appear to be located in Boles Acres (not considered to be a desirable location by many), in the desert (great if you love isolation, possibly non-potable well water, lack of many facilities and conveniences, and long gas-guzzling and time-consuming commutes), and up in the mountains (sometimes treacherous winter driving). And most of these we've seen are much more expensive than ours - some nearly double.

Buena Vista School District - Your school district will be Buena Vista Elementary School. Always independently verify for yourself which is the best school district in Alamogordo because not all Alamogordo schools are created alike. If you have children or grand children living with you, you of course want to send them to the most superior elementary school in the area because we live in a highly competitive world. As for us, we sent all of our children to Buena Vista Elementary School and they all graduated from universities!

Near the College, Imax Theater, Planetarium, International Space Hall of Fame, Regional Hospital, Huge Gym, various fine medical/dental facilities - Walking or biking to NMSUA (about a half-mile), the new Alamogordo/Holloman Combined Hospital (Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center, about a mile), several other Medical Facilities/Dental Facilities (next door and within about a quarter-mile), The Planetarium (about a half-mile), The International Space Hall of Fame (about a half-mile), and a huge, 2-story Gym (Premier Fitness & Health Spa, about a quarter-mile) are all much faster and easier to reach from our home than from 99+% of all other homes in Alamogordo. Our home is right on the edge of the Rocky Mountains where they are all located. The closer you are to high-quality medical care, the more likely you and your family members will get there faster, and in medical emergencies, seconds can literally mean the difference between life and death!! And gas is already high and skyrocketing - every mile you save in travel is money in your pocket!

• Property values typically increase the closer a property is to a major regional college or university - particularly one that's advancing at the great rate that NMSUA is expanding and improving. Walking and biking to school is much preferred by many people - when you are making it to classes, you don't want to have to worry about finding a parking space. You know what they say about property values: "The three most important factors that affect the value of the property are LOCATION, LOCATION and LOCATION!" Our home is ideal for a college professor, administrator, student, medical professional, or medical patient.

Near New Mexico State University, Alamogordo (NMSUA) - NMSUA, a high-quality full-time University and with night classes also, is ever-expanding and always improving - having recently erected a large Performing Arts Center. NMSUA has one of the best Nursing Schools in the State!

Near the New Alamogordo / Holloman AFB Combined Hospital - This is the major hospital in the Otero County region. The closer you are to a major hospital when a medical emergency strikes, often the greater the probability of your survival and complete recovery. When it comes to medical emergencies, minutes often make the difference between life and death of yourself and loved ones.

Near the New Women's Health Center and other Medical Clinics (some under construction) - The women's health care center is within about a quarter-mile! AND RIGHT NEXT DOOR is one of the medical offices (another is about a 1/4-mile away) - if this is a place where you might work at or you regularly need for medical services, WE ARE THE CLOSEST HOME TO IT!

Great Views of Rocky Mountains, Western Sunsets & Desert - At last - Rocky Mountain living! Right on the edge of the Rocky Mountains, you wake up and come home to stunning views of the Rocky Mountains, Western sunsets and the desert. From the front and back of our home, you get a great views of the majestic Rocky Mountains - less than 1/2 mile away. And off to your left at the base of the Rocky Mountains is the New Mexico State University-Alamogordo campus. From the backyard, you get a great view of our Western Sunsets. And the Rocky Mountains nearness allows you to take quiet nature walks, jogs, nature-filled hikes (as challenging as virtually everyone would want if you are into challenging hikes or mountain climbing), and bicycle rides without having to first drive to a location. And included in your challenging walk/jog/bike experience, you have the steep paved road to the nearby International Space Hall of Fame, Planetarium and IMax Theater all located just up the mountain from NMSU-A (many people start their hikes from the parking lot of the International Space Hall of Fame). With many retired people coming to our area from less desirable areas for enjoying these activities, this is a real plus. Often near sunset, we would drive up to the International Space Hall of Fame, park and romantically gaze at the City from way high up, often experiencing breathtaking and practically unrivaled sunsets (see middle image at top - photo we took from there). And NMSUA, The Planetarium, the IMax Theater, and The International Space Hall of Fame are all major sites for exciting community and cultural events year around, ranging from July 4th Fireworks displays to live performances and concerts. In fact, right from our corner, you can watch the big Alamogordo fireworks display at the International Space Hall of Fame every 4th. of July - one of the best seats in town - from the comfort of your home.

• If the great convenience and added value of being in this right LOCATION is one thing you can't do without, your choices are limited to about 1% of all of the homes in Alamogordo, which includes ours!

Large Corner Lot - Easier to come and go, and YOU get the "Command Position" of your entire neighborhood. Because our home is on the corner, our lot is about 1/3rd larger than the great majority of others within blocks of us, and larger than about 90% of the lots within one mile in all directions.

Very Large, near-Level Concrete Driveway - Take a look at the images above and below, each which shows only a part of this very large nearly-level driveway. We've been able to park as many as 10 vehicles at the same time on this driveway! No other home in the immediate area has even a comparable driveway. Great for a small-to-medium sized RV or pickup truck, and for those larger projects you might get involved in! Just consider how much easier your move into our home will be! And delivery of furniture and appliances to the home. Great for entertaining, large family, church, social, class and club get-togethers and for various business and recreational activities (spacious near-level driveway includes a basketball goal). And because our driveway is level or with small incline, vehicles can be parked, gotten into and out of more easily, worked on with less probability that the vehicle will roll or fall than on an inclined driveway, and with greater efficiency, and the concern of accidentally rolling into the street after you park is less. And our driveway is of the drive-through type - you don't have to back out of it into oncoming traffic. And if you still require even more parking, we used to park inside the triangular piece of land north of our home, between it and Indian Wells Rd.

• If you need an exceptionally large, near-level driveway, you MUST lease our home!

Large Backyard with Separate Permanent Cinder Block Storage Shed, Fruit and Pecan Trees - Because our home is a corner lot, the backyard is extra large compared to our neighbors. Our large backyard is divided by a chain link fence into two sections. Ideal for your pets, and outdoor activities, such as barbecuing. The backyard also contains a permanent cinder block lawn storage shed for your various lawn and home tools, and supplies. And it also has a large fig tree in the backyard, and pecan trees in the front north side, all established trees.

Several Large Shade Trees, Front & Back - Our big shade trees (see photo at top) are nonbearing, so they don't leave a fruity mess on vehicles and driveway. Large shade trees keep both home and vehicles cooler (especially in Alamogordo where Summer temperatures can soar to nearly 120 degrees F), and thus save energy costs. In addition to saving energy costs, large shade trees add to your overall physical comfort by keeping temperatures lower (especially in parked vehicles), are very nice to look at, and produce oxygen for your environment.

High Fencing - The backyard is surrounded by a cinderblock wall topped off with an attractive and durable 3-feet high cedar plank fence extension for greater privacy and security. Fence height is 8+ feet in some places, averaging about 7 feet. Great for privacy, security and and safety. Further, the fence has a large gate in the back for doing large yard projects that require much loading/unloading, landscaping, etc.

Large Greatroom - About 2-car garage in size and shape! Ideal for large entertainment, family, business, hobby, club, etc. activities. Big enough even to hold classes, club meetings and workshops! The Greatroom additionally features many large built-in storage shelves. Virtually an ideal family room.

Large Covered & Enclosed Back Porch - Our back porch is completely enclosed with high-quality cedar, and has several windows. It's access to the backyard is through a set of full-length swinging Western-style bi-directional "saloon-type" swinging doors that allow hands-free opening in either direction (once released, they close automatically). A barring mechanism on this gate allows you to bar the doors closed for additional security. Not counted as part of the 2,000 square foot living space of our home, the large covered back porch is about 500 square feet (about 33' 3" and 15' 5" wide). The back porch is ideal for barbecuing in the backyard and then bringing the food into the back porch area for dining. The back porch is ideal for near-outdoor dining and social activities, as a game room, as a family room, as a work area or workshop, as a hobby shop, for "camping out" without needing a tent, for protecting pets, and/or for additional storage.

Possible Business Use & Traditional Commercial Use - We've used our home continuously as our mail-order, phone-order, and Internet business for almost two decades. We licensed our home business / family business with the City of Alamogordo with no problems listing it with the City and State as our official business headquarters address, and using it for professional consulting services, desktop publishing, and Online sales (e.g. eBay business). Very few landlords - especially property managers - will permit the operation of ANY business whatsoever on their residential properties - at any time they find you operating any business on their property, they can immediately and easily terminate your lease, evict you and charge you the lease balance! In view of today's economy, many people today operate a home business or will consider doing so in the future, and it is not realistic or fair to renters to assume otherwise. Home-based businesses are now the rage - many people find that it is the very best method to start and develop a new or small business with maximum convenience, minimum overhead costs and some very substantial tax advantages - especially during these harder times - to help ends meet. And certainly, our home is large enough to accommodate a family with a small business. Therefore, we permit the use of our Premises for many types of home-operated businesses. Basically, if the business is legal, licensed and OK with the government, doesn't bother the neighbors, doesn't involve animals or heavy/loud vehicles coming to the Premises, doesn't create pollution/loud noises, and the renters assume all risks and liabilities for their business, we will very likely OK the use of our home for your home-type business. Note that this property is zoned as Residential - not as Commercial. While we have not had any problems from anyone because we operated our legally licensed business from this property for decades, and while as its owners/landlords it is OK with us for you to operate some types of businesses from our property (you describe in your Rental Application Form all of your home-based business activities you would like to use our property for, they must be pre-approved by us in writing, and you assume all risks and liabilities associated with your business activities), our approval and experience are neither the same as government approval of your business nor a guarantee that should you want to operate a home-based business on our property that you will be able to do so trouble-free from the government or from anyone else. Please note that we are NOT renting our Alamogordo home as a business or part of any non-real estate business interest we have, nor are we offering or implying any kind of employment, partnership, joint venture, franchise, dealership or any other business offer or relationship (other than the normal business relationship that exist between lessors and lessees relevant to the leasing by home owners of their personal home to another party for that party's use of the owner's home as their personal home based on the Rental Application and Rental Agreement forms).

Same Ownership for Decades - We raised our three children in our home - all university graduates - and have derived great joy and convenience from our home over these years.

Carpeting & much Painting - Shortly after we moved out, we replaced all the carpeting throughout the living portion of our home, and have repainted most of the inside of our home - all light, neutral colors.

Renovated Bathrooms Area - We have just installed new bathroom floors in both bathrooms. We have also recently replaced the sinks and faucets in both bathrooms, the bathroom mirrors and lights and the bathroom cabinets in about the last three years. All faucets are maintenance-free washerless type. The bathroom mirrors are large ones that allow greater viewing and storage.

Renovated Kitchen Sink Area - We have replaced the sink and faucet in the kitchen, and the kitchen sink top. As well as the disposal within the last few years. All faucets are maintenance-free washerless type.

Roof Ventilator Turbines & Soffit Vents - If you are tired of high energy costs, please read this: Unlike most homes in Alamogordo, our home has three Roof Ventilator Turbines - each one is a large 17" - 18" high-capacity ventilator turbine (Note: The vents and air conditioner are covered in the Winter to minimize the escape of warm air to conserve heat; a little attic ventilation must always occur in all buildings with attics, even during Winter, to prevent attic buildup of humidity)! Few Alamogordo homes even have more than two roof turbine ventilators, and the vast majority of those that do have them appear to use the anemic 12" - 14" roof ventilators - which produces about 1/2 the air flow of hot attic air of our robust 17" - 18" roof ventilators. Further, our home has dozens of Soffit Vents (eave vents located underneath the eaves that draw cooler shaded air into the attic) - twice as many as typical because we installed ourselves many extra vents - virtually unheard of in Alamogordo regardless of home size or price! Verify for yourself! This combination provides for maximum summer attic ventilation in which the hot air from our attic is whisked up and out the roof turbines and replaced by the cooler shaded air under the eaves! Roof turbines and soffit vents translate into a home much cooler and energy-efficient to operate. Alamogordo homes that don't use multiple roof turbines and have few soffit vents will typically experience summer attic temperatures 30 - 50 degrees F above outside temperatures - hot and stale attic air roasting the house - which of course conducts right through the ceiling into the home's living spaces, making the home miserable and very expensive to cool. This rapid and continuous exchange of summer attic air in our home not only keeps the attic air much cooler, drier and fresher but also prevents mildew and mold during those occasional wet periods Alamogordo gets, thereby much improving your comfort. Because utility costs are already very high and in fact skyrocketing beyond what many people can now afford to pay, you absolutely must consider energy conservation as we did long before it became fashionable.
           Be advised that the plastic insulation and jacketing usually used for attic wiring is rated to withstand upto 194 degrees F, but one is well-advised to stay as far below that limit as possible (even short durations of very high attic temperatures should be avoided). Current running through the wire also heats up the wire due to what is known as wire "resistive losses" - especially if the current is near the wire's rated current. Thus, in an Alamogordo, NM home with poor attic ventilation, summer attic temperatures can be in the 170 degree F range. Add to that the additional temperature due to resistive losses and you come perilously close to the 194-degree F limit. Furthermore, as wire heats up it becomes even more resistive resulting in even higher resistive losses and resultant wire overheating, attic overheating, wasted energy dollars, and excessive wear and tear on appliances and equipment due to the lower voltages delivered to them. It is even possible that what is known as "thermal runaway" can occur due to attic wire operating at near current limits aided by an extremely hot attic, and the result is insulation failure and wire burnout and possibly the home burning down. If you lease or buy a home in Alamogordo, NM - ours or anyone else's - we strongly advise you to insist on a high level of attic ventilation.
           Additionally, we also have three large shade trees that help keep home and vehicle summer temperatures way down, and add some humidity and oxygen to the air. Furthermore, our swamp cooler (swamp coolers are standard for homes in the Alamogordo, NM, area because of the very low humidity) uses a 1.0 HP motor. And unlike many Alamogordo homes, our roof is also pitched.
           Believe me, when the outside temperatures in Alamogordo soar to the 110+ degrees region day-after-day during the sizzling summer months, you'll thank your lucky stars that you live in this home as compared to some other lesser-cooled home. When you look at other homes in the Alamogordo, NM, area to rent - even those much more expensive than ours - compare their Roof Turbines and Eaves Vents with ours before you plunk down your money!

• Energy Conservation important to you? Then compare what we offer to the others - then lease ours!

Extensive use of Ceiling Fans - Ceiling fans are a cost-effective way of saving cooling and heating costs in any building. Our home has about 8 Ceiling Fans. Combine our Ceiling Fans with our Roof Turbines & Soffit Vents and shade trees, and you know that our home is virtually optimized for temperature comfort.

• Energy Conservation important to you? Then compare what we offer to the others - then lease ours!

Fireplace - Our home has a very nice brick Fireplace, which adds to your comfort and romance, and should reduce your energy prices for the winter.

• Energy Conservation important to you? Then compare what we offer to the others - then lease ours!

Front Security Gates & Window Bars - While we have never experienced a significant crime problem with our property and generally the crime rates are low in Alamogordo due to very good police presence and the generally high quality of its people (many Air Force personnel stationed at nearby legendary Holloman, AFB, where I was once employed as a guidance system electronics engineer), still security gates and window bars help keep it that way. And as you know, the world is not getting any safer by the day. These security gates and window bars give you that peace of mind when you are on vacation or travel, or just out for an evening, or tucked into your cozy beds.

We have two front wrought iron gates - the main one to the foyer of our home (2-section), and a second one protecting the large glass sliding door that leads directly to the Greatroom. All gates use high-security, high-quality, double-key deadbolt locks. The main gate system keeps callers far enough from your front door that you can more safely decide whether or not you want them into the foyer space that buffers the front door. This innovative 2-section design serves many additional purposes than to keep strangers at a distance. This divided gate system has a top section and bottom section, about 6" apart from each other, and they can be opened or closed together or independently of each other. This very useful and versatile design offers these advantages over most single front gates: (A) The space between them can be used as a mail and package drop while you are away - more secure than most home mail boxes. (B) By swinging open the top section, the bottom section can be used to secure a toddler or pet, and it can even be used as a "saw horse" for light jobs, or as "two legs" for a bench top for light loads. (C) By opening only the bottom section, you can use the foyer area for temporary storage of an oversized object, such as a wagon or bike, while maintaining more security than a single gate that would have to be all the way open for convenience purposes. Of course, the gates can fairly easily be permanently joined together if you prefer a single-gate operation.

Quality Culligan Water Softener - The fact is that Alamogordo water is very hard. Hard water makes clothes, skin and hair very hard to clean and dull and mousy, dishes and glasses spotty, and some people suffer from rashes, itchy skin, and other skin irritations and digestive and other ailments due to hard water. A good water softener is pretty much a necessity in Alamogordo, and in our view, Culligan systems are the best.

Quality Culligan Reverse Osmosis System (RO), Kitchen Sink - Located at the kitchen sink, and it provides reverse osmosis water and ice to the refrigerator as well. Again, as a fact of Alamogordo life, City water is so hard (high levels of caliche) that few health-conscious people drink City water directly out of the tap anywhere in the Alamogordo area. Or allow their families to drink tap water, use it in their cooking or give it to their pets (and we watered our indoor plants only with reverse osmosis water). Go into any grocery store in Alamogordo, and you'll see how brisk the "pure water" business is here. Buying bottled water is usually an inconvenience and very expensive over time, and may not be as healthy as implied. This quality reverse osmosis water purification unit will provide you and your family with reverse osmosis-pure water. If you don't think there is a big difference between Alamogordo's very hard water and RO water then make yourself a cup a coffee using both. To us, the hard water coffee looks like a cup of mud and tastes about as bad, while the RO water coffee looks and tastes like quality coffee.

Greatroom Deep Basin Sink - A Deep Basin sink with hot and cold running water and drain next to the washer and dryer is really a major convenience. Great for rinsing out mops, and for hand washing or pre-washing clothes that either need special attention or that are small quantity and would needlessly waste water and energy if washed as a washer load. Also great for washing up after doing chores, hobbies, etc. How many times have you dirtied up your hands working on your car, the yard, or just general chores, and then dreaded to have to use the kitchen or a bathroom sink to clean up with? Believe me, you'll use and love this feature! And because you no longer have to wash up at the kitchen sink or in a bathroom, this extra sink saves traffic, congestion and time in those areas also. Even if you don't rent our home, we can't recommend enough that you find a home with an Deep Basin sink in the garage, laundry or work room.

Lots of Storage - In addition to the fact that this is a big home that also includes a 500 sqft covered back porch (not counted in the 2,000 sqft of home space) that permits much storage, the Greatroom has numerous large storage shelves, the kitchen has 4 large drawers (drawer mechanisms use bearings for ease of opening and closing), there are 3 hall closets, there is substantial storage space in each bathroom, and the home comes with an outdoor shed for storing lawn tools and supplies away from the home.

Some Pets are OK - Many people - especially property managers - who rent private homes absolutely will not permit any animal on their property whatsoever (other than proven medically assistive animals which they must allow by law). To the contrary, we realize that many families have beloved pets, so we allow for some types of animals. Note that some types of animals we allow require an additional nonrefundable Pet Deposit, and applicants assume full responsibility for their animals.

Nonsmoking Home - For safety and health reasons, we do not permit smoking inside of our home. Safe smoking is permitted on our property outside of our home, in the carport area, and in the covered back porch. If you have children or pets, or you yourselves prefer a home that people don't smoke inside of, then our home is ideal for you. If you are a nonsmoker and you have ever stayed in a motel, apartment or home where smoking was permitted, you probably already know how bad that experience was for you and your loved ones.

Maximum Occupancy - Our home has 4 bedrooms. We allow no more than 2 people per bedroom average, or a total of no more than 8 residents in our home at any time (8 resident limit does not apply to temporary guests and visitors or to children born/legally adopted to Applicants while they are renting our home). Maximum occupancy, including ALL persons, is 10 people. Because our property is currently zoned as a "Single Family Dwelling," all residents must be immediate family members and all occupants must reside within the living space of the home itself and not in an RV, mobile home, back porch, tent, etc.

More Extras - Except for the items described herein, our home comes unfurnished. We can remove most non-fixture appliances described herein if you wish to use your own instead. Here is what we are also including if you lease our Alamogordo home:

• Large Refrigerator/Freezer (dispenses Reverse Osmosis water and ice).
• Washer*.
• Dryer*.
• Gas (or Electric) Range*.
• Built-in Microwave Oven.
• Dishwasher.
• Disposal.
• *If you already have any or all of these appliances you would like to use instead of ours, we will remove our appliances so you can install and use your appliances should we lease our home to you.

ITEMS WE LEAVE IN OUR HOME: What appliances listed above we leave in our home will largely depend on what you want us to leave. We want to work with you on trying to provide the items you prefer to be left in our home for your use when we rent it to you, and in removing those items you don't need to help you get the best use of our home as reasonably possible. Unless stated otherwise, the rent we state includes and is limited to all of the above items being left in our home for your use for the rental period (removal of any of these items does not lower rent). In addition, for the renters use during the rental period (should the renters want to use these items), we will also leave on our property a few items of furniture (e.g. kitchen table and chairs, work table, some lamps), tools (e.g. lawn tools) and/or equipment; and for the washer and dryer and these extra items, if any, a slightly higher rent will apply depending on what the renter wants us to leave. A list will be made of all items you want to be included in the Rental Agreement Form. None of these items are new, but all are tested to be in good working condition. Normal wear and tear is acceptable to us resulting from normal and modest uses. However, for all items damaged because of uses beyond normal and modest uses or that become unaccounted for, renters pay for the repairs/replacements. No furniture, appliances, tools, equipment or fixtures left in our home become the property of the renters or of anyone else except the owners, or disposed of in any manner except by the owners or by the renters after written permission from the owners. If you no longer need an item we left in our home or you find any item of value in our home that is not on the list, you are required to promptly notify us via email, mail or fax as to what the item is and for us to come and pick it up. It may take us as much as 30 days to pick up an item, and you are responsible for it until we can pick it up or have it picked up, or permit you in writing to deliver to us or someone else as mutually agreed upon, sell, give away or throw away the item. Once an item is picked up, we won't bring it back again, and no item picked up will impact the rent. If it is an item that we left in our home for you to use, you must return it to us in at least as good of condition as it was when you occupied the home, less any normal wear and tear from your normal use.

Previous Occupants & Our Rental Philosophy - The previous occupants of our home were married medical professionals of no personal relationship to us. They contracted for our home for 11.5 months while their new home was being built, and once built, moved out. WHAT KIND OF OWNERS WERE WE TO OUR RENTERS? During their entire nearly one year occupancy of our home, neither we nor our property manager (at that time) ever bothered them with even a single inspection of our home. Our general leasing philosophy is that we don't like to bother our renters (as most people take great pride in their home and take good care of the property) - unless we believe we have good reason to inspect our home or take some other action (e.g. because of an excessive, unusual or intentional-damage number or type of repair complaints, City complaints, or other unusual activity, and certainly we may require access to our home for our maintenance and repairs and inspection of maintenance and repairs done by contractors). Having been renters ourselves much of our lives, we know how very good renters appreciate minimal bother from their landlords. While we never inspected these renters because our general philosophy is to not bother people we believe are taking good care of our property, please note that this is in no way a promise that we won't inspect our home in the case of other renters. Take good care of our property, and our bothering you about home inspections will much more likely be nonexistent or at least minimal. Another factor is that we screen all applicants; which also helps protect you from living in a home where the previous renters did not take good care of the property.
           INTERESTED IN OUR HOME? PLEASE LET US KNOW RIGHT AWAY AND AVOID THE PROPERTY MANAGER SITUATION: Please note that currently we do not have a property manager and certainly wish to avoid having to hire one again. Heed the experience of our previous renters: They called us prior to us hiring a property manager based on our own "For Rent" sign, but failed to follow up with us to view or lease our home. Unfortunately, unknown to them, when they called us again a few days later to try to lease our home, it was shortly after we had hired a property manager (because we live in Albuquerque, NM, and can't usually immediately show our home in Alamogordo when a prospective renter calls). The result was that because we had hired a property manager, we no longer were in a position to negotiate with them for a smaller rental price. The result was that they ended up paying a higher rent as well as seriously risking not getting our home at all because of the interest of others in it (who did view our home) but who acted even less promptly than they did (and who also expressed regrets for losing out). So, word of advice: Should you be interested in our home - please act immediately to explicitly show us your sincere interest before someone else leases our home as you won't be the only one who appreciates the many great advantages of our home and its modest rent, or we may again be forced to list it with an Alamogordo, NM, property manager and our hands are tied again, or we decide to sell it, or we rent it to a relative, or we use it for other uses. IF you are considering renting any Alamogordo, NM, home from any property manager, the owner will more likely charge you more rent and be less negotiable on rent because many owners with property managers pass on their PM fees to renters in the form of higher rents. Worse yet, according to a major Alamogordo, NM, property manager, a standard Alamogordo property manager practice is to lend out rental home keys to prospective renters and to NOT accompany them to the viewing of the property! This means that a criminal "prospective renter" can easily secretly make copies of the keys and return to the home at any time later when it is rented (unless all locks are actually changed - not just lied about being changed). This is not some theory - in a recent case, an Alamogordo, NM, "professional Property Manager" from a major Alamogordo real estate firm lent out home keys to a known convicted felon and daughter whose 'estranged husband' is a meth addict and alcoholic! Consider that with all of the security issues we have today, it is incredible that this 1950s-era naive lending-of-keys practice is still permitted to legally exist in Alamogordo, New Mexico! Furthermore, these are the very same people you would be entrusting your personal data to!

RENT & DEPOSIT AMOUNTS & UTILITIES: Please contact us by email (wizguru@jjwill.com), or by telephone at 505-332-0846 (landline), or 505-321-1034 or 505-321-1033 (cellphones) for scheduling viewing, questions, suggestions and/or comments. Serious potential renters only. Currently, in Alamogordo, NM, large 4-bedroom homes in our primo location are rare - ours is truly unique because of all of its great features described above. The current rental market in ALL of Alamogordo - including some very undesirable areas - for all 4-bedroom homes is about $900 - $1200* per month - verify for yourself. Rent is only $850**/mnth (Security Deposit** = 1 mnth rent) (For 1-year lease, higher if lease is for a shorter period***; compare to other quality, large 4-bedroom homes in the Buena Vista School District; I recently called a quality apartments in Alamogordo - NOT in the Buena Vista School District and NOT in a primo location - they charge $1,120/mnth for only a 3-bedroom apartment (no 4-bedroom apartment could be found), and the Security Deposit equals the rent in most rentals I checked!). Minimum Rental Agreement Term is 3 months and maximum is 1 year (Note: For good Tenant(s), future rent increase, if any, resulting from the expiration and then renewal of a new Rental Agreement will be limited to being small at most as described in the Rental Agreement, which assures that IF there is a rental increase at renewal of lease (there may not be), it will be relatively low and reasonable - beware of landlords who refuse to provide you written assurances about future rent increases as some of these will gouge you big time in subsequent lease renewals). We will also seriously consider a Lease-With-Option-To-Buy agreement. We sincerely want to work with you to try to get you into our home (we will honor the rental and deposit amounts stated on this webpage for you on the day of our receipt of your Rental Application form and we do approve you (evaluation process takes 2-5 work days) and if you sign and return to us the Rental Agreement form within 30 days of our receipt of your Rental Application form; however, if you do not lock in these amounts by providing us your Rental Application form, the rental and deposit amounts may change without prior notice from us or liability to us, and primarily because of inflation, the change is more likely to be to higher amounts). Unlike many landlords, some pets are OK, and some (but not all) of the OK pets require a nonrefundable Pet Deposit of $150 per pet. And unlike many landlords, some home-based businesses are also OK, as well as some above-ground swimming pools and some RVs/trailers (prior approval by us for pets, home business use, swimming pools and heavier vehicles (e.g. some RVs and trailers) are required). Renter pays all of his/her utilities. Ask us to set up an appointment to view our home. Rental Application form => RENTAL APPLICATION (or call or email us for the forms).
           *AREA RENTAL COMPARISONS: We compared the monthly cost per estimated square foot of 10 other 4-bedroom homes being offered in the Alamogordo area. Our home comes to about 45 cents per square foot per month. All of the other 4-bedroom homes - few in the Buena Vista School District - are higher cost - some ALMOST DOUBLE our 45 cent cost! They come to: 46, 54, 60, 67, 78, 79, 79, 83, 88 and 88 cents per square foot (the approx. square feet of the 10 was 1300 - 2000, 1848 avg.) (all with Security Deposits = 1 month rent).
           **SECURITY DEPOSIT & FIRST MONTH'S RENT: For example, if the monthly rent is $900, then the Security Deposit is $900. Security Deposit may be paid for all at once or in two separate equal payments over two months. Short of money? We will consider instead accepting items of value to us instead of cash in trade for part or all of your first month's rent. For the types of items we are looking for, see => www.consumertronics.net/items4trade.htm (mostly computer, electronic, industrial and scientific parts and equipment) as part or full payment for your first month's rent. You must first describe in detail to us in writing what items you own and wish us to apply towards your first month's rent, and you must receive back from us in writing stating that we accept your items and the value they are to us (we are willing to negotiate on item value). At the signing of the Rental Agreement form, you must provide us all of the agreed upon items in the quantity and quality agreed upon and the cash balance of first month rent, if any, that is not covered by the mutually agreed upon value of your items of trade. This trade offer does not apply to the Security Deposit - only to the first month's rent.
           ***LEASES FOR LESS THAN ONE YEAR (sub-year leases): Some folks don't need a home for an entire year (e.g. people involved in movie making, building contractors, students, Military TDY, people building their own homes, winter vacationers, Mexico vacationers, business people, scientific and other research projects, balloon fiesta, medical care, etc.). We can rent for as short as a 3-month period (your actual stay can be less than 3 months, but 3 months of rent is the least amount of rent we will accept for any one stay ). Just like in the motel business but to a less degree, if the contracted-for lease period is less than one year, than your monthly rent will of course be more than the monthly rent for a 1-year lease stated above. We increase the monthly rent by 6% (0.06) for each month the lease is for that is less than 12 months. For example, if you need our home for 7 months than the amount of your monthly rent will be 1.30 times that stated above (1.0 + [12-7] x 0.06) - but still far cheaper than local motel rates plus you get far more room and privacy than motels generally provide. If you are repeat short term renters and we consider you to be very good renters, then we will lower your future rents more towards the current 1-year rate above, and we will even consider reserving our home for you for your next stay(s). Deposit will be the same amount stated above, and all provisions of the Rental Application and Rental Agreement will apply unless explicitly excepted to in writing.

RENTAL PROCESS IS AS SIMPLE AS 1, 2, 3: Before you can lease our home and move in as our renter(s), there are a few simple and fairly standard steps for renters of residential property in New Mexico that must first be completed (do not send us any money or attempt to move in until this process is successfully completed, and please note that we do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, disability, family situation, or in any other way not permitted by law):
           (1) VIEW OUR HOME: You must make an appointment to view our home. We will not rent our home to anyone sight unseen. This viewing by you also gives us all a chance to meet each other. Please note that we usually require identity verification before we can schedule anyone to view our home. The RENTAL APPLICATION FORM (does not obligate you to rent, see below) is usually adequate, and we highly encourage you to obtain and provide us this Form first. However, in certain cases we may require additional identity verification, such as a copy of your driver's license, last rental/mortgage payment, and/or utility bill, which you can fax or mail to us upon our request. We may refuse without liability to allow anyone to view or rent our home if we cannot verify his/her identity to our satisfaction or we feel unsafe with him/her.

VIEWING: We are generally in Alamogordo about every two weeks, and we would love to schedule you for a viewing during any of our visits. We can also usually make ourselves available in a special trip to show you our home in between our usual visits for those who have read this webpage, at least viewed our home from the outside, are in a rush to move in, and have provided us your Rental Application form. If you wish to send us an email, card or letter (ATTN: John or Laurie or to our Property Manager (none at this time); if email, put in SUBJECT Line: "Alamogordo home lease inquiry") asking us to contact you for these expected visit dates, please do so, and when we schedule them, we will make a reasonable effort to reach you. Our home is clean and unoccupied, and ready for you to move into it within days of our approval!

           (2) RENTAL APPLICATION FORM (does not obligate you to rent) ( RENTAL APPLICATION (or call or email us for the forms)): This form is for us to get to know you better and to determine whether or not you are likely to be a good renters. Again, the Rental Application form neither legally obligates you to lease our home nor legally obligates us to lease our home to you (only the Rental Agreement form obligates both you and us). The information about you that the Rental Application form provides us and authorizes us to obtain is pretty much the same standard information that any property manager would require. This Form is a legal document that gives us your permission to do the necessary background checks on your credit history, prior rental/mortgage experience, employment history, and your character to assure us that you will take good care of our property, reliably pay your rents on time, and we know who and what will occupy our property (Understandably, people don't like to disclose personal data, but realistically no one is going to rent anybody valuable real estate these days without obtaining personal data and checking background with or without the applicant's knowledge or permission (you probably wouldn't either!). Do you prefer to divulge your personal data to a huge, multinational real estate conglomerate with 1,000s of faceless global employees and various unknown 'global partners' (especially since 9/11) or to a semi-retired American electrical engineer (Holloman, AFB, retiree) and his wife simply trying to find and objectively evaluate qualified renters to rent out their private home? Please note that unlike many corporations, we do NOT sell or trade your personal data, and most people don't realize that if a large corporation compromises or abuses their personal data they will likely never know what really happened or have any kind of real recourse against the corporation - not to mention massive theft losses in recent years of personal data. Can you even trust big corporations with your personal data at all?). Please note that we cannot approve you if we cannot verify your information, or we can verify it but it is not favorable enough for us to approve you. You do not have to be perfect to be approved, but that in our view your overall record clearly shows that you are an honest, reliable, responsible and dependable person or people. As early as possible - even before you view our home - please download or ask for, complete and return the Rental Application form because it usually takes us about 3 work days to evaluate it. The order that we consider an applicant is based on the order we received his/her completed Rental Application form, and we will offer to rent to the first Applicant we feel is qualified - please request this Form today! Please note that this Form is valid for 30 calendar days from the time that we receive it. If you let your Rental Application form expire, you cancel it, or if you made a substantial error on this Form or your situation has substantially changed, then you must submit a fresh new Rental Application form to us to be reconsidered.
           (3) RENTAL AGREEMENT FORM ( RENTAL AGREEMENT) ( PROPERTY-LEFT-WITH-RENTAL) (or call or email us for the forms): The Rental Agreement Form is a required written legal leasing contract between us for you to lease our home for the stated period of time, for the stated monthly rent and deposit, and under the stated conditions. Should we approve you based on your Rental Application Form, we will then provide you our Rental Agreement Form. If we provide you our Rental Agreement Form, you have 5 calendar days from your receipt of this Form to return this Form to us properly signed and dated with the rent and deposit(s) (during this 5-day period, we will not process this Form from any other Applicant). If we do not receive your properly completed Rental Agreement Form within this 5 day period, then this Form is automatically null and void, and we will then process this Form from the next qualified applicant. If you then wish to be provided another Rental Agreement Form, you must request it in writing, and upon receipt of it by us, we will queue you in behind all other Applicants who have submitted the completed Rental Agreement Form before our receipt of your completed Form. Once the Rental Agreement Form is signed by all of us, based on the moving-in date you have therein specified, our receipt of the rent and deposit(s), and your transfer of all utilities to your name, we hand you the keys and you can then move in and enjoy our home as good renters. Please note that we cannot hold our home for anyone without a signed and returned Rental Agreement first.

You are on our Alamogordo Home for Rent webpage. Even if you don't want to rent, you can always buy our home from us => Alamogordo Home For Sale (we will also seriously consider a Home Owner Financing contract).

NOTE: We respond to every contact made of us about our home. If you have attempted to call us, email us, fax us or write us and we have not responded within one week, please try again by both calling us AND emailing us. If you have not heard from us, please do NOT assume that we are not interested in you.

We have sincerely tried to be comprehensive, complete and 100% accurate with all of the information we provide you herein. However, we assume no liability for errors or omissions. If you have any questions or concerns about our home or our home webpages, please feel free to email us about them.

Thank you for your time and attention. May you have the greatest of successes in all that you do. Please contact us right away about Leasing (or Selling - see our Selling webpage) our home. We await your contact. Be sure to make an appointment right away to view our home. Once we Lease (or Sell) our fine home, it will no longer be available.

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John J. Williams, M.S.E.E.

Click here to view => Many images of very nearby entities of interest

Front of home and very large, near-level concrete driveway. Images also show basketball goal.
Lower right image shows split gate concept (gates can be joined) -
really great idea for small children and pets to help keep them secure while minimizing their confinement.
And also great for temporarily placing tools, work materials, groceries, etc., and for keeping visitors
at a safer distance without obstructing your view of the outside.
Alamogordo and our neighborhood are relatively safe places to live (compared to many cities).
We put on the wrought iron bars years ago when we had our business here with much very expensive
electronic and computer equipment and inventories and our home was more remote at the time.
Today, when we are there and go out, we sometimes leave our gates and doors unlocked.
The papers you see posted describe our home for an open house.

Inside Home Entrance (view from edge of large Living Room) / Living Room (view from same position)

Hallway (view from Home Entrance area) / same Hallway (view from Master Bedroom doorway)

Hall Bathroom (from Hallway) / Master Bedroom Bathroom (from Bedroom) - new floors, both baths

Master Bedroom (view taken from doorway) / Master Bedroom (view taken from window); (15' x 11.5')

Views of the other three bedrooms (#4: 11' x 11'; #3: 11.5 x 11'; #2: 15' x 11', respectively)
Top row images taken from hall doorway; bottom row images taken from bedroom wall opposite door.
(All 4 bedrooms similar, 2 w/ 'sliding door' closets, 2 w/ regular door closets, all with ceiling fans)
(Right image of Master Bedroom above is truest in carpet, wall, door colors for all bedrooms;
backlighting and other photo anomalies caused color problems in taking these photos)

Kitchen (view from Home Entrance area) / Kitchen (view from Dining Room area)

Great Room (view from doorway) / Great Room (view from water heater area)
Great Room (view from washer/drier area) / Great Room (washer/dryer area)

Fireplace / large Breakfast Bar / Den (view from back door) / Den (view from Dining Room)

Enclosed Back Porch (500 sqft, carpet removed for cleaning, lamps removed as obsolete)

Views of the Backyard include outside view of Porch, Shed, Trees, Fencing, 2 of 3 Roof Turbines; some
new roofing (tree left of porch is fig tree; backyard is a little rough due to Alamogordo drought conditions)

Behind-the-property views (most of outside of our tall fence; on top left is stunning Rocky Mountains,
and just out of view on left are nearby NMSU-A, Planetarium, Space Hall of Fame)

Side and front views of Carport and part of Backyard (showing one Pecan Tree)

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