<prompt> Human: Were newly married and we have a rental unit that I had from before we were married. Weve been renting it out as a short term rental and weve been making pretty good money from it but it will still be years before I earn back what I invested in building it. Without talking to me about it first, my wife offered it to her brother and his wife. I dont like to rent to family and friends because mixing money with personal relationships is a bad idea. But the other issue that has been nagging at me a bit is she offered it to them at a discounted rate a couple hundreds dollars less than what we had been renting it for. In her mind, shes happy to offer it to them at a discounted rate because theyre family. My perspective is that I would definitely give them a discount if they were in financial troubles, but theyre employed with college degrees and earn a decent income. Our income varies dramatically from year to year depending on how my business is going, but currently we can afford to lose some income without it being a big deal. So should it bother me that were giving them a discount on rent, or is that just what you do when theyre family?Edit: I know she should have talked to me about it first. Weve worked through that part of the issue. At this point Im more curious about opinions about renting to family and whether we should be giving them a discount.  <response>: I think your wife should have talked to you first about offering the apartment to her brother, and also gained your agreement about the price. It wasnt fair for her to make that decision for you both, especially considering over a 12 month lease a discount of a few hundred dollars is a hefty amount of money.I wouldnt turn this into a fight--but you should have a conversation about what kinds of decisions you should make as a couple rather than as an individual. Maybe make a rule for you both to follow--that any financial decision or purchase above 200 needs to get the okay from your spouse, for instance. 