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By LAURA RUTHERFORD
City Reporter
Spring is in the air, birds are sing
ing, the grass is turning green and
most students are busy searching for
a place to call “home” next fall.
The coordinator and the student
adviser for the Off Campus Center
said students should have some gen
eral apartment renting knowledge
before beginning their search.
Coordinator Jan Winniford said
students should decide what they
want in an apartment before the
search begins. A written list should
specify such things as: whether the
apartment should be furnished or
unfurnished, available transporta
tion to campus and the desired priva
cy level.
She said the division of rooms
often becomes a problem if there is
an uneven number of roommates.
“The two people that share a room
usually get to know each other better
than the person in the other room,
and that can cause a lot of problems,
she said.
She said the second step in finding
Most people don t realize a lease
is legally binding. “They sign the
lease with the thought in mind
that they can walk out at any
time and only lose their de
posit. ” — Dena Todd, student
adviser at the Off Campus
Center.
a suitable apartment is to compare.
There is a considerable difference
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and management from complex to
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the student adviser, said too many
people are dissatisfied because they
rent at the first complex they look at
instead of searching further and com
paring other complexes.
They warned that the renter
should beware of potential problems
that can be caused by things like wa
ter marks on the ceiling or evidence
of bugs. There is no guarantee this
will be fixed, they said.
They said good indicators of aprt-
ment quality are grounds upkeep
and maintenance, and the condition
of the swimming pool during the
swimming season.
Another excellent means of judg
ing an apartment is to ask the opinion
of the current tenants. Before sign
ing a lease the students should insist
upon seeing an apartment, prefer
ably the one they will be renting,
otherwise there is no guarantee what
the apartment will look like.
“If they don’t show you anything
other than a floor plan, don’t rent
there,” Todd said.
If the rented apartment is not
shown before leasing, the manager
should provide something similar for
the tenant to see. However, if the
renter is shown a model apartment,
Winniford said, the tenant should
have the manager write “I was shown
a model apartment and I will receive
one of comparable quality,” in the
comments blank provided on the
lease.
Student legal adviser Jim Locke
said most leases say that the renter
has inspected and accepted the
apartment — don’t sign unless you
know exactly what you are getting.
He said if something was wrong with
the apartment it would be extremely
difficult to break the lease even be
fore moving in, unless the renter was
able to void the lease on the grounds
that he did not receive what he was
sold.
Once the tenant moves into the
apartment, if something was wrong
before he moved in, the only re
course is to obtain repairs as the lease
instructs.
Todd and Winniford stressed the
importance of reading and under
standing the lease before signing it.
The renter should ask the manager if
there is something in the lease that is
not understood.
Todd said the renter should be
aware of what he is signing. Some
leases don’t require the manager to
make repairs; the tenant will have to
make any repairs himself. Some
leases allow the management to in
crease the rent at any time. The man
ager may not have to show cause for
the increase, depending on the
lease.
Winniford said to make sure any
agreement between the renter and
manager is written into the lease —
don’t just make an oral agreement
because it isn’t worth anything.
Todd and Winniford also said nev
er sign a lease on an unfinished apart-
A lease-breaker can be sued for
the total amount left on the
lease. Some people don't feel
threatened because they know
they don’t have any money, but
he manager can have a judge
ment placed on the lease-
breaker that can last up to 20
years, Todd said.
ment. There is no guarantee it will
be finished when the lease begins.
If it isn’t finished, Locke said, the
manager doesn’t have to find housing
for the tenant unless that was written
into the lease. He said the manager
would probably release the tenant
from the lease, and if the tenant
could only find housing at a higher
price, the manager might have to pay
for the difference.
Todd said most people don’t real
ize a lease is legally binding.
“They sign the lease with the
thought in mind that they can walk
out at any time and only lose their
deposit,” she said.
She said a lease-breaker can be
sued for the total amount left on the
lease. She said some people don’t
feel threatened because they know
they don’t have any money,!
manager can have a
placed on the lease-breaker lk ,
last up to 20 years.
“You will have money evet®
plus your credit rating is shot !!
said.
Managers have indicatedtoi
pus officals that they plan toll'
pursuing lease-breakers throu; side
lection of the rent money, ski Ring
If a roommate skips out ts ;.;pp t(
lease, the remaining tenants® a mi
sponsible for paying the rat j Sv
said. There is a clause in mostls ; the t
which says the tenants arejoii® mou
sponsible. She said the only»i . fling
get the money is for the room! jj
sue the one that left, andthisisl!
pening a lot lately.
Todd and Winniford said li
should carefully examine thej s
ment and list anything wrong*! from
on the move out/move outimrcM
list. The renter should do thisi
self before accepting the aptnMj
This is the key factor in c’
ing how much of the security ilefl
is returned.
They said that when a securitS _
posit is not returned, thefaultsi:§, ■
times lies with the renter. Tk
to get the manager to go oh: J[ M
move in/move out inventorylia ff
them, to be sure to leave ak ;f
ing address with the manageii\> D/
give 30 days notice. ter d(
The manager must return ISVk-l
security deposit with in30(k the It
send an itemized deduction ! Univi
renter doesn’t receive one oli tually
he should talk to the managers a ban
as he can. H
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with problems such as finding!
ment vacancies or roommate! 1,*^88
also provide roommate coo ^
and have information on Its J ust a
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Winniford said they try toW tf J
renter avoid problems befejigT ^
happen. “What we are tryingt'i'j ^ ^
educate the student on cons Qn ^
issues — how to be an infomri ILj
sumer and prevent problems,
said.
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MOUNTAIN HOME — Charles
Schreiner III figures it will take
10,000 trips by cars, vans and buses
just to ferry the guests back and forth
to the big all-night “black tie and
boots” gala he is hosting at the Y.O.
Ranch Saturday.
Schreiner has invited 2,000 guests
— ranging from astronauts and big
game hunters to the consul of Jordan
and just plain cowpokes — to help
him celebrate the 100th anniversary
of his 60,000-acre spread nestled in
the Texas hill country 15 miles west
of Mountain Home.
The guests will dine on 200
pounds of smoked turkey, 200
J pounds of axis deer, 200 pounds of
sika deer, two whole elands, two en
tire longhorns, 300 pounds of wild
boar, 500 pounds of cheese and 50
ostrich eggs.
And those are just the entrees.
There also will be eggrolls, filled
oriental pancakes with plum sauce
and fried rattlesnake served along
with foods from seven countries
while the guests are entertained by
four bands.
Schreiner, the latest in a list of
Schrieners to operate the cattle and
exotic game ranch, said a Texas-size
party seemed in order to celebrate
the anniversary of one of the few real
working cattle ranches still in opera
tion in the state.
Those who stay up all night, or rise
early, will be treated to an!
cowboy breakfast cooked intis!
and served in tin cups and £
from a chuckwagon.
The guests will come froinj
away as New Zealand, Wesli
many, Australia, Italy, France,
ico and Canada, as well as tl
out the nation, and will include!
who have paid up to $1,200'
one of the exotic animals thall
the ranch.
The Y.O. Ranch is operatedi
as it was when it was founM
Capt. Charles Schreiner in 15^
has been the scene of several 1 ,
ern movies and was thesiteofl
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