Nit-picking and unrealistic expectations can be the cause of a lot of useless grief. There will be noise when you least want it. The manager will have bad breath. The realities here include not getting what you thought you were paying for, not having any control and experiencing results or effects that are disagreeable or even harmful. One reason for taking care in selecting your rental unit is to avoid some of these types of problems, but no one can always confidently predict when a problem situation will arise.
Reasonable expectations lead to reasonable solutions.
Ed Sacks, author of The Savvy Renter's Kit , is the resident renting guru for BrassRing Campus . As a general rule, this number includes the basics of your lease, usually just the apartment and cold water. Sometimes hot water, heat, air-conditioning or electricity are part of the package. The net rent is just the starting point in figuring what it will really cost to take a particular unit.