Today I learned to never trust a landlord.
If you have seen my house (or, just trust me on this), you would know that what we were paying yesterday was still too much. But now we have to pay utilities... well, in someone else's mind, we were always going to, but no one told us. So now this situation is a huge rip-off.
I have never personally hated on something on this blog before, and this is an excellent opportunity to do so, but there may be consequences involved that I don't want to add on to this mess I already have. Let me just say that so far, this whole leasing experience has been awful, and if it wouldn't look terrible on my credit score, I would probably back out; I'm paying way too much for a little room, air conditioning (maybe?), a broken water heater, leaky faucets, beat up walls and old appliances.
If you're not in my situation, here are some things you should do before leasing:
1. Read your lease.
2. Read it again. You skipped it, right?
3. If your agent seems shady, uninformed, or unavailable, find someone else.
4. Make sure you know what you're responsible for before you become responsible for it.
5. Walk-through your property with your agent to see if anything isn't how it should be before you can't contact him.
6. Read the lease again. Make sure you have a copy on you.
Not musical information, but still very necessary.
M
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