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In article <318A6388.167EB0E7@lolita.colorado.edu>, David Knapp
<david@lolita.colorado.edu> wrote:


> Instead, I find that the people showing me the apartment have 
> conveniently forgotten that they told me there were not students living
> in the building.

Did you ask?



> This means that even though I have 6 months to go on my lease, if I
> do not sign next years' lease, they will start showing my apartment
> for lease *6 months* ahead of the end of my lease!

This should be in the lease.



> So much for clean, quiet and private. And this kind of treatment is not
> unusual in Boulder.

It is not unusual in any city with a low vacancy rate.



> I think the only reason this is happening is because Joe Tenant (you
> and me) don't expect them to hold high professional standards.

I think this is a fair part of the reason, but not the only reason.


> -Get *everything* in writing. Any detail that you think would be
>   trivial, is subject to simply being forgotton by the management
>    company.

If you are dealing one on one with the owner, then MAYBE you don't need a
detailed written agreement.  If you are dealing with a management company,
you are asking for trouble if you don't have a detailed lease.




Chris Murphy