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First in a series
Leases legally bind students
By CHRIS KLING
Editor’s Note:
This article is the first in a series focusing on
the landlord-tenant relationship. Subsequent
articles will cover; security deposits, repairs,
subletting, roommates, raising rent and
forums for complaints.
Part I
For many students the new
academic year marks the beginning
or continuation of ofF-campus living.
Present campus housing facilities ac
commodate approximately 1/3 of the
Texas A&M University students.
Thus, a large percentage of the stu
dent body resides in off-campus
facilities and is confronted by con
comitant maze of legal perplexities.
Although the student who is a tenant
enjoys no exceptional consideration
in the eyes of the law, the student-
tenant does encounter unique prob
lems.
The owners (lessors) of virtually
every type of student housing in the
Bryan-College Station area require
some type of written document
evidencing their agreement with the
student-tenant. This written docu
ment is variously described as a
lease, contract, rental contract or
lease agreement. In addition, many
owners require the student-tenant
to sign a separate security deposit
agreement. While the nomenclature
of the documents is relatively unim
portant, the contents are not. “Re
ntal contract/lease’ describes that
written instrument which specifies
the length of occupancy, amount of
monthly rent, owner obligations and
tenant responsibilities. “Security
deposit agreement” will denote the
written document which details the
amount of security deposit, condi
tions for refund and procedures for
refund.
It is important for the student-
tenant to read and understand the
contents of any document before
signing it. Once a signature is affixed
to the rental contract/lease the
student-tenant is legally bound and
obligated according to the terms and
conditions of the document. Full
understanding of legal rights, duties
and obligations can avoid future
problems. It is imperaitve that the
student-tenant read the rental con
tract/lease and security deposit
agreement and then ask questions or
change any clause not desired. The
student-tenant should be wary ofany
verbal promises or commitments.
Most rental contract/leases contain a
clause which recites that the writing
constitutes the entire agreement be
tween the parties, no oral agree
ments have been entered into, and
the written agreement cannot be
modified unless the modification is
in writing. For example, an oral
promise by the owner to repaint the
premises, provide vacuum cleaners,
build tennis courts, etc., cannot be
enforced. The breach of such a prom
ise is not adequate cause for vacating
the premises in violation of the
rental contract/lease.
The chain of managerial responsi
bility for rental property is confus
ing, seemingly by design. Buck
passing of this responsibility is done
at all levels of management. Fur
thermore, in the Bryan/College Sta
tion area a large percentage of the
rental property is owned by out-of-
town corporations. Managers are re
sponsible to the owners of rental
property although a manager can be
an owner and vice versa. The term
“landlord frequently is used to
describe both the manager
owner, although the Texas
ture uses “landlord to describe
an owner. The owner is
responsible to the student-ti
with the manager acting as anagi
Non-resident ownership aggrav;
the problem when a student-ti
desagrees with a policy di
made by the owner, and detailed!
the rental contract/lease, or its
plication by the resident manager
The law surrounding tli
landlord-tennant relationship
complex. Much of it is antiquil
and discriminatory in favor ofll
owners of rental property. Ini
tight housing market prevail
today the student-tenant musb
aware of his rights as well as his
sponsibilities.
Las Vegas gambling halls still booming
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By STEPHEN FOX
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — You still get 18
nickels for three lemons on the slot
machines here, but more people are
losing to the one-armed bandits
than ever before.
The 9.2 million tourists and con
ventioneers who visited Las Vegas
last year spent more than $2.2 bil
lion, a sum that would make this
town the 87th largest corporation in
America were it a company. Of that
amount, the wheels, cards and dice
that gyrate around the clock sepa
rated the visitors from more than
$770 million.
Despite economic slowdowns,
fuel shortages and steadily rising
prices, the gross income of casinos
here has risen an average of 15 per
cent annually since 1970, making
their total gambling take the last six
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Part of that $60 million went for
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rooms topped off by 7 the “Cleopatra
and “Scheherazade’ pentboi
suites. Outside the $l,800-a4
suites, each about the size oftlm
two-bedroom houses, is a si
ing, “It’s not much, but it’s
The hotel threw a two-week put
that cost a cool $1 million towk
brate the completion of conslra
tion.
Across the street at the Dim [veryde
low Pri
management plans to spends
million on two 500-room I
featuring three-and four-bedro
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their Murphy beds.
The list goes on. The Stardi
plans a $70-million facelift, altboiij
problems with Teamster pensit
fund investments may delaythinj
The Desert Inn, at a cost of$1
lion, is renovating all its rooms.
Flamingo, in a $22.5-millionproji
will add a new casino and SOOrooi
The Riviera recently laid out $20 i»i
lion for a 17-story, 300-room
tion.
The current titleholder in
space race is the Hilton, aft
$14-nuTlion project that pushed
total to 2,139 rooms. Theprevi
champion, $106-million
Grand, may he forced intot
sition if the rumored 3,5(
Xanadu hotel and casino c
pass.
Downtown Las Vegas is gl
too. The Fremont just
$7-miHion expansion and the
den Nugget is adding an $18-m
hotel, the latter to he knownsinjl
as the Golden Nugget
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