Re: Leasing an apartment

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

That's a good point.

If your one of your 3 close friends have wealthy parents, you could sublet
from that close friend rather than being a proper renter.  That's, of
couse, assuming that the rental contract permits subletting.  (So
complicated!)

 > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 09:56:27 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > Do you have any friends who are renting now, and could you ask them what 
 > their experiences have been?
 > Have you looked into subletting? I did that for many years. There are 
 > likely large houses in the area with people already renting who need 
 > sublettors. Communal living(like our friend Kathryn in  in that big 
 > Victorian house)! 
 > Just some other options to look into... 
 > 
 > On Sun, 30 Oct 2016, Flora  wrote:
 >  > 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?