[Just trying to get the opinons of anyone who rents an apartment in SL.]

Here's an early look (obviously no where near done, still need to add various plants, pool, cafe/hub, etc). The idea is that there is alot of open space, a central hub such as a cafe, bar (can't have a club or something as this isn't an adult rated lot), and a port to make have that 'island resort' feel. Note that each building holds two residents (each resident will have 2 floors and half of each building). The first floor will be the living room/kitchen/dining area, and the second floor will be bedrooms/bathrooms.

[Just trying to get the opinons of anyone who rents an apartment in SL.]

Also, in reguards to amentities, I have enough space to provide a pool, boat dock, and some kind of business.

[Just trying to get the opinons of anyone who rents an apartment in SL.]

What i've managed to do is reduce the total prims for all structual entities (the apartments and amentities) to under 150 with 8 apartments (I had to omit one apartment in order to make it an even number as each building holds 2 residents). Therefore, I can provide each resident with approx. 92 prims before furnature. If furnature is added, it would bring that down to about 75. There are further optimizations I can do, so if I can provide 92 addtl. prims after furnature, and charge rent of $200ls per week, i'm now making a L$ 300 per week profit before any discounts. The apartments themselves are extremely spacious, and are available in 1 or 2 floor options (2 floor costing l$400 per month). As for the sailing, I could just provide a dock with space to rez a boat, as my apartments are located near a bay/inlet providing ample space to boat around. 

[Just trying to get the opinons of anyone who rents an apartment in SL.]

My best option then would be to reduce the amount of prims the actual building takes up (from 400+ to 100 something via meshes), resulting in the possibility of giving out 100 prims + furnature to each resident for $175ls, which on 9 apartments, would result in me making a 100ls surplus weekly. Of course, i'd have to then upsell users with some kind of convience store or onsite cafe which would make a profit, because I cannot rely on 100% occupancy. As you said, there's only one way I can compete with the land barons, and that is to match the prices and exploit a niche.

[Just trying to get the opinons of anyone who rents an apartment in SL.]

I will most likely offer both furnished and non-firnished options, as my complex has 9 apartments on the lot. Furnished will of course reduce the available amount of prims even farther, but if anything, i'll be using meshed furnature which wouldn't bring it down much more then about 25 prims.

[Just trying to get the opinons of anyone who rents an apartment in SL.]

I'm working on opening up a new apartment complex in SL and was looking to get the opinons of some of the people who might be renting with me and using the facilities  I will be offering.

 

Which would you rather have?

1) an apartment complex on an island with water access, etc. Extremely high-end and fitting to the island it is located on - with palm trees, a spanish style of architecture on the building, a pool, free private boat, etc. For this reason, the amentities will use alot of my prims, retracting from the amount that I can offer each individual unit. (75 prims per unit, rent would be L$300 per week)

2) an apartment that is extremely basic, just four walls and one bedroom, but allows market price of 150+ prims for $300 per week, but has absolutely no amentities or services.

Thank you for your opinion,

Kevin