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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 699714" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>What I say about learning. I lived in Germany for 8 years and rented an apartment there. The Army made sure that husband and I knew all we needed to about leasing laws, etc. Their attorney even reviewed our lease before husband was allowed to sign it.</p><p></p><p>When we came back stateside, we rented an apartment in Chicago and got royally screwed over by our landlord. We then bought a house, which I lost 9 years later to medical bills and bankruptcy after husband died. I moved up North and bought a mobile home, which I lived in for 11 years.</p><p></p><p>Having learned my lesson, I downloaded Milwaukee County's and surrounding town's tenant/landlord and leasing laws before even starting to look for an apartment, and studied them. By the time I actually started my apartment hunt, I was pretty well versed in tenant/landlord rights and responsibilities, as well as the various suburbs' laws that impacted renters and homeowners both.</p><p></p><p>It made a huge difference. </p><p></p><p>Now, I don't see your son doing that, but if he has access to a computer, I can see suggesting he Google leasing laws for the community and county he will be living in.</p><p></p><p>As it turns out, the complex I live in, has a pamphlet that includes the county and city laws that they give to anyone who stops by the office looking for an apartment and to anyone who asks. As part of the leasing process, you have to sign off that you have read and understand the rules. </p><p></p><p>I doubt that a complex that will rent an apartment to 2 or more menially employed barely adult males is going to provide those services, nor be willing to work with them if problems arise. My suggestion, if the landlord has direct deposit, is that they set up a special checking account for the rent, deposit into it, and have the rent $$$ automatically transferred to the landlord's bank account a few days before the due date.</p><p></p><p>The mgmt co here offers that service, but it is more aimed at late payments or last minute payments and they charge a 25 dollar fee for using it. Otherwise, I'd sign up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 699714, member: 1963"] What I say about learning. I lived in Germany for 8 years and rented an apartment there. The Army made sure that husband and I knew all we needed to about leasing laws, etc. Their attorney even reviewed our lease before husband was allowed to sign it. When we came back stateside, we rented an apartment in Chicago and got royally screwed over by our landlord. We then bought a house, which I lost 9 years later to medical bills and bankruptcy after husband died. I moved up North and bought a mobile home, which I lived in for 11 years. Having learned my lesson, I downloaded Milwaukee County's and surrounding town's tenant/landlord and leasing laws before even starting to look for an apartment, and studied them. By the time I actually started my apartment hunt, I was pretty well versed in tenant/landlord rights and responsibilities, as well as the various suburbs' laws that impacted renters and homeowners both. It made a huge difference. Now, I don't see your son doing that, but if he has access to a computer, I can see suggesting he Google leasing laws for the community and county he will be living in. As it turns out, the complex I live in, has a pamphlet that includes the county and city laws that they give to anyone who stops by the office looking for an apartment and to anyone who asks. As part of the leasing process, you have to sign off that you have read and understand the rules. I doubt that a complex that will rent an apartment to 2 or more menially employed barely adult males is going to provide those services, nor be willing to work with them if problems arise. My suggestion, if the landlord has direct deposit, is that they set up a special checking account for the rent, deposit into it, and have the rent $$$ automatically transferred to the landlord's bank account a few days before the due date. The mgmt co here offers that service, but it is more aimed at late payments or last minute payments and they charge a 25 dollar fee for using it. Otherwise, I'd sign up. [/QUOTE]
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