Floor plan), tell you how many bedrooms and bathrooms there are in this unit. For example, one room and one bathroom 1b 1b, there is a studio without partition in the room, which is suitable for one person to live. The rent changes every day. The monthly rent depends on the average price of the local market, the conditions of the apartment and the relationship between supply and demand, the rental season, the length of the lease (usually about one year, even if you rent an apartment for three or six months, the rent may double) and other factors. Most of the apartments in the university town area come according to the school schedule and can only be rented at the beginning of the semester. Maybe you can book an apartment in August and September as soon as you get the offer from March to April. However, apartments in big cities will require current tenants to inform them whether to renew their lease within 30 days before the lease expires, so you will not know whether there are any vacancies until 30 days before the planned occupancy time, and you need to check it during this time.
Availability. 2. Submit the application &; Children's shoes that have never been to the United States may have concerns and want to see for themselves before deciding. Of course, it would be better to have a field trip, but the apartment manager will only take you to see the model house or the newly vacant unit (if there is no room or model house, you can only wander around the community and make up). As soon as the vacancies in popular apartments come out, they may be robbed a day or two before you come to the United States. For children's shoes with obsessive-compulsive disorder who have to look at the house before moving in, the only solution is to spend more money, stay in a hotel in the United States, or sublet for a short time, and then make a field trip. To submit an application is to fill out an application form for an apartment. The apartment will also ask you to provide passport, I-20, bank deposit certificate and other information to prove your identity and assets. Some apartments charge application fees.
Fee), generally about 30-50 dollars, used for backgroundcheck (checking credit records, in fact, mainly for Americans, foreign students who come to the United States for the first time have no credit records and will not be refunded; Some apartments will require parents to sign; Some require you to find someone with a credit history in the United States as your co-signer, otherwise you will have to charge a higher deposit. But generally speaking, the apartment will accept the application of international students and will inform you to pay the deposit soon.
Let you show that you really want to rent a house with money. After all this is done, the staff will check the check-in time with you and tell you about the apartment rental.
The exact location of the office. You can go directly to check in when you get off the plane! 3. After arriving at the apartment, find a lease.
The office can meet the staff, check in and sign a formal rental contract. Pay attention to the rental office
You may not be able to check in within 24 hours, so please be sure to check the business hours and the arrival time of your flight and consider the time on the way. If the arrival time misses the business hours, some rentals
The office can provide evening service.
The check-in service will leave an envelope with the key to your new home in a place similar to a mailbox, so that you can check in first and go through the formalities the next morning. You need to pay a deposit when you arrive. If I had paid the deposit before,
The deposit will be automatically counted as part of the deposit, and the difference can be made up. The deposit is generally equal to 1-2 months' rent, which will vary according to the requirements of each apartment and the specific situation of each person. The rental deposit will be refunded after the expiration of the contract, but how much can be refunded depends on the conditions of this unit when you move out. The rent deposit is usually paid by bank check, and some apartments also accept personal checks (personal checks)
Check), but in most cases, credit card payment is not accepted. Children's shoes with traveler's checks should be cashed in the bank, and then the deposit should be paid by bank check. An apartment usually requires you to sign a formal rental contract in person. Normal rental contracts will protect the legitimate rights and interests of tenants and apartments, and the staff will also explain the contents of each signature in detail. Please take it seriously. If you have any problems or find unreasonable places, you must raise them in time. Some apartments will require tenants to buy rental insurance (rent)
Insurance), so that if the household has an accident (generally excluding water leakage or structural problems of the house), or if the household's personal belongings are stolen, you can get compensation from the insurance company. Just like other insurance, the price of rental insurance will vary according to individual choice and the amount of insurance. At the same time, the apartment will provide the necessary information when you check in, and then you can register your own account, associate new electricity meters and water meters, and set the payment method. To install a broadband network, you need to contact the operator to install a modem at home, and then connect the router yourself. 4. officially move into a new home. The apartment you live in will be thoroughly cleaned and decorated by former tenants and apartment properties, and there are basically no traces of others. However, if you don't point out the damage caused by some former tenants, it is likely that when you refund the rent, you will default to the man-made damage caused by you and deduct your deposit. Therefore, after a long international flight and a lot of paperwork, I finally got the apartment key, so I have to look at the house first! Apartments usually provide checklists, listing ceilings, walls, carpets, windows and other parts by area (such as bedrooms, bathrooms, living rooms), so as to locate and describe the damaged parts in the room more accurately. Various problems at home after check-in. As long as you contact the maintenance, someone will take care of it soon. Most of normal wear and tear are exempt from extra compensation, and if there are obvious signs of man-made damage, compensation may be needed; If the house is damaged when the house is handed over, the apartment will also deduct the maintenance fee from the deposit. Want to rent a private house 1, find the landlord. Craigslist is the largest landlord distribution center in America. Some people publish all kinds of rental information, because they don't need real-name authentication or even register an account. Therefore, although Craigslist website is rich in information, it is the hardest hit area of fraud crime. Be careful when using it. For China people, Chinese forums, student forums, Weibo and other platforms in various regions have rental plates. Generally, people in China can also see the rental information and contact the landlord. The advantage is that you can find a landlord/roommate in China, and communication is very convenient. However, the information in the posts is often incomplete. Some posts don't say where the house is, only that it is close to the school, and it takes a lot of time to communicate and even negotiate to play games.