Recently been working with real estate agents in Dubai for my next lease, and here are some tips for first-time renters: - For a 100k annual lease, your closing costs, including all kinds of deposit is around 20%, and of course, your first check amount. Agent fee is a flat 5%, VAT 5%, furnished unit deposit 10%, unfurnished 5%. This is a rough number to work with. - You cannot expect to work with one agent to view all properties (unlike some other countries). The structure here is Building/lan