Re: Leasing an apartment

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

This may have already been answered, but I'll ask anyway: if the cost is
the same and you have to tolerate roommates, what is the advantage here?

 > From: Flora  <http://www.gmail.com/~flora>
 > Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 09:07:00 -0400
 >
 > I'm going to fill out the paperwork anyway. We'll see what happens. Do you
 > know the apartment number and start date of the lease? The paperwork asks
 > for this. I won't be able to get my pay subs until Monday.
 > 
 > They will probably think that it's going to be a hassle to rent to us given
 > that I'm not going to give my SSN and DOB. Like I said in my previous email
 > to you, I'll let them know about the Transunion service where I don't have
 > to give the landlord my SSN, but the landlord can still check my credit.
 > 
 > Did the potential roommates talk about what happens if one of you is late
 > on the rent, doesn't pay their portion of the utilities, and who is
 > responsible for cleaning up when you move out? What happens if one of you
 > moves out mid-lease? How are the cleaning duties divvied up? If these
 > haven't already been discussed, they need to be.
 > 
 > Who collects the funds or does each person pay the landlord directly?
 > 
 > How is it going to work during the summer months? Will everyone prepay
 > those?
 > 
 > On Oct 29, 2016 7:44 PM, "Alex " <http://www.gmail.com/~alex.> wrote:
 > > So 3 close friends and I have been planning on leasing out an apartment
 > > instead of dorm housing for senior year. The cost is the same as living on
 > > campus, so it's reasonable cost-wise. However, when going over the
 > > paperwork, they have a "guarantor minimum annual income requirement" of
 > > $80,250. In other words, regardless of whether you can pay rent, each
 > > tenant's guarantors have to make that much per year. My mom doesn't make
 > > that much, so we're trying to think of ideas as to how to solve this. Mom
 > > had the idea of paying all the rent at once but I'm not sure how that would
 > > work.