Would you rent an apartment from a friend

I would rent from a friend, I would be hesitant to rent to a friend. How's that for an answer.

What a tricky question. If the savings were good, I probably would. But if it was market-rate, probably not. Not worth tge risk.

What if the A/C goes out? Will they blame you for not changing filters? If the toilet leaks, will they blame you for bumping into it? That is what destroys friendships: people who are quick to blame rather than be reasonable. Even if a toilet were obviously your fault, I as a friend would value my friendship over said toilet, and just pay for the repairs. But would they?

It depends on the friends and on the apartment. If the friends were someone I trusted and thought would to be able to separate friendship from business, and the apartment was in good shape, I'd rent from them.

I would, however, insist on a very detailed written lease agreement.

Not if I valued the friendship. There are too many ways that that type of business relationship could damage the relationship to risk losing a friendship that means a lot to me.

If it were more of an acquaintance-type friendship that I could live without in my future if something went awry, and it was a good deal, then yes.

My two sons in the Navy share a house in Norfolk. They rent that house from a friend. He served on the same ship and was deployed with one of my boys so that's how they met and became fast friends. It has worked really well for all of them.

I think it really depends on the personalities of all involved. If you have any hesitation about it, I'd say listen to your gut and don't do it.

When I was a young newlywed, we rented our first apartment from my best friend’s father who managed the complex but did not own it.  I never had any issues with him, but discovered that his live-in girlfriend was letting herself in to our apartment when we were not there.  I realized this when she commented about a ceiling light fixture that my husband had broken.  She commented that we needed to replace it.  It had been broken the day prior to her making this comment and we had every intention of finding one as close to the original as possible and replacing it.  I would never have left it bare.

After she made this comment, I went outside to see if it was noticeable from the street at all.  It wasn’t.  Then I began paying very close attention to everything in the apartment and began to realize she had been coming in often.  I would find the bedroom clothes closet had been opened (I actually taped one of my long blond hairs to the inside of the sliding closet door so that I would know if the hair was broken that the door had been opened when I was gone.  Yeah, I was getting paranoid.) Our mail was not in the same place on the counter and I even noticed that she had been through our refrigerator and a few items such the maple syrup and catsup levels were going down.  

I knew that management was only supposed to enter without our knowledge if there was an emergency reason such as a water leak or fire or something.  I confronted her and she said she was allowed to enter all of the apartments any time she wanted to because she was a manager and was entitled to make sure the tenants were not doing anything harmful to the apartments. She said she was borrowing an occasional item from our refrigerator because she thought I wouldn’t mind.  She wasn’t a manager, she was just living with him.  I didn’t make any formal complaint to the owners because I didn’t want to cause a problem for BFF’s father.  We just moved. I didn’t tell my best friend until her father broke up with this woman.  She was horrified and wished I had said something to her at the time.  It didn’t harm our relationship or mine with her dad, but it was weird.  Now as an adult, I know I should have told BFF’s father because this woman was endangering his job.

I would rent from a friend again because I know that I am an excellent tenant and I doubt there would be a repeat of the weird situation we found ourselves in those many years ago.

No, I wouldn't. It could put the friendship at risk.

Aren't you having a hard time finding a good apartment where you live?

If so, I would absolutely do it.

I rented from my friends mom. She owned the 4-plex I lived in for 8years. Said I was one of the best tennants she ever had in any of their rentals the owned.

It depends entirely on the friend, how long they've been landlords and the condition of the apartment. 

I won't rent from a first time landlord who is a friend. WIth someone who has been a longterm landlord and/or has multiple rentals, I wouldn't hesitate.

Knowing how hard it's been for you to find a place, YES. Hoping it works out

My DH and I own an apartment style condo and rented to a co-worker of his. It was great for both of us, if she had concerns she was not shy about asking him stuff. And we knew where she was if we had any concerns. 
I think if you know your friends and you know you are a good tenant it would be fine. We have renters in our unit now but if they move out we have the son of a friend who is interested and we will be happy to rent to him. 

Only if I was desperate. Landlord/tenant dynamics can be very different from friendship.

Probably not unless I just had to be in that neighborhood or was in love with the house/apartment.