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I might add that many vacation rentals may state that "full payment expected 90 days prior to arrival" or similar, but on a multi-month rental I'd agree only to paying one month in advance and then subsequent months paid after arrival. I don't mind paying in advance on a week's rental, but when a monthly fee is in the thousands of dollars that's a whole lot of money to tie up.