{"product_id":"apartment-renting-basics-apartment-renting-for-the-novice-9781440128875","title":"Apartment Renting Basics: Apartment renting for the novice","description":"Before signing an agreement: \u003cp\u003e Are you ready to move and can you make your lease payments?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Is it worth having a roommate, or should you live by yourself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e If you can't qualify for the community where you want to live, could you have a co-signer or a guarantor?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ask lots of questions. A leasing agent isn't a mind reader. They need to know what your needs and price ranges are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Always check with your Community Management Team to make sure whether pets are allowed. What kind of pets you can have, what weight and how many? What extra costs and regulations are involved? Remember, if you use a Certified Service Animal, there are special provisions for this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Read your lease from front to back. Take your time and seek legal help if you do not understand anything in it. (Don't take the agent's word for anything questionable. Get an actual legal opinion!) The lease agreement is a legally binding contract.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Purchase a Carbon Monoxide Detector if gas is used in your apartment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Get renters' insurance to cover any losses from unforeseen emergencies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Connecting and disconnecting your utilities is your responsibility. If you fail to do so, someone else will reap the rewards of your failure to be responsible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Make your own leasing file and keep all copies and pictures in that folder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Always cover yourself by making copies of your contract, move-in checklist, any checks or money orders, handwritten work orders, complaints against other residents and, most of all, your Notice to Vacate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Make sure you get a time, date and signature of the leasing agent of everything you give them. Do not assume the items you give them will make it into your files with them. Things do get misplaced; to error is human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Do not think you are above the rules of the Community. This could cost you a non- renewal or eviction. 7 years is a long time before qualifying for another apartment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Always do a walk-through checklist when you move in and do a walk-through with your management team when moving out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ame Penn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440128875\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44715338170483,"sku":"9781440128875","price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e1378430-b868-4685-a6ba-b477a3366207.jpg?v=1775842174","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/apartment-renting-basics-apartment-renting-for-the-novice-9781440128875","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}