How To Rent Smarter

Life Kit

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🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Whether it's an apartment or a house, finding a place to rent can be taxing. It takes research, a disciplined budget and a strong sense of your priorities to find a place where you can feel like yourself.

In this episode, we're giving you the ultimate checklist of things to consider as you're looking for your next place to live, including a detailed list of questions to ask the property manager.

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0:00.0	Hi, Life Kit listeners.
0:03.8	We're looking to make Life Kit even more useful and enjoyable for you.
0:07.4	And to do that, we need your help.
0:09.8	Please consider completing a short anonymous survey at NPR.org slash Life Kit Survey.
0:15.4	It will help us out so much and will give you a chance to tell us more about what you
0:19.2	like or don't like about the show.
0:21.4	Again, you can take the survey at NPR.org slash Life Kit Survey.
0:26.2	Thanks.
0:31.7	This is NPR's Life Kit.
0:33.1	I'm Ruth Tam.
0:38.0	Searching for a place to rent is not easy.
0:41.0	And I would know.
0:42.1	My landlord says he wants to move into my apartment, so I've been looking for a new place
0:46.2	to live.
0:47.4	And that means lots and lots of tours.
0:50.4	Do you know what the square footage of this place is?
0:53.4	I can definitely find that out for you.
0:55.1	Let me just reference the listing.
0:58.4	So it's listed on the tax record, 489 square feet.
1:02.1	I know.
1:03.1	Small.
1:04.1	And weirdly, it had a working fireplace.
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