Wednesday, April 18, 1934
Daily Nebraskan
Pago 7
Apartment-finders program
aids student housing hunters
When spring buds, students leave. rent another apartment in the corn
About 50 to 55 percent of all Lincoln plex, rent drops. Rent continues to
tenants are students. Because of this, drop as more friends move into the
apartments will change hands as the same building.
semester draws to a close. Get It in writing.
Apartments in the UNL area have The trouble with a verbal lease,"
about an 80 percent turnover rate Kean said, "is you don't know what it
each year. says."
The Joseph E. Kean Company, Suite Kean said the tenant has a hard
1701 First National Bank building, has time proving particulars of a verbal
an apartment-finders program that ap- lease. He said most landlordtenant
proaches housing from a tennant's
point of view. The company gathers
information about apartment units
available in Lincoln. Kean said the
company shows apartments and qual
ifies tenants and leases.
Kean offered advice to students mov
ing into new apartments and those
who are leaving:
Get sompthin von run nfTrml.
discrepancies could be taken care of if
agreements were in writing and if the
tenant read the lease.
Beware of threesomes.
- Kean said that while three room
mates can decrease apartment cost,
sometimes two renters become close
and the third is "the odd man out." He
said threesomes should know they can
get along with each other before they
Kean said many students will see an move in and realize that they are still
apartment and like it. However, they responsible for meeting the terms of
can't always pay for it. Rent should not
exceed 30 percent of the average ten
ant's income, Kean said. But, he said,
many students get financial help from
their parents and his company con
siders this.
the lease if one tenant decides to move
out.
Beware of sub-leasing.
Kean said sub-leasing doesn't re
lease the original tenant from financial
obligation if the apartment is dam-
Kean said rent isn't the only cost of aged. He said summer is "a little more
living in an apartment. He said cable free-wheeling time of the year than the
television, telephone bills and utility regular school term" and that the regu-
bills could change a $350-per-month lar tenant may come back to a torn up
rent into a $450-per-month rent. A apartment. A written statement be-
prospective tenant can find out costs tween the original tenant and the sub-
ofpast utilities of a specific apartment leaser could solve some of the prob-
by contacting the utility company. lems, he said.
Head your lease. Tenants who are leaving should be
"If there's something in the lease you sure to notify their landlord via the
don't like, the time to question it is ' terms of the lease, Kean said. He said
before you sign it," Kean said.
Kean said leases have been revolu
tionized. While 12- and six-month leases
were most common in the past, more
leases now exist that fit the school
year. The company also rents on a
month-to-month basis in some cases
and offers a "cluster" lease for the
summer.
departing tenants also should be sure
everything is clean so they get their
deposit back. People who don't get
their deposits back or do have prob
lems with their landlord are likely to
have problems again, he said.
While landlordtenant problems
sometimes result from the "luck of the
draw," Kean said most problems crop
Under a cluster lease, students can up when tenants don't read the lease,
rent one apartment in a complex for follow the lease or have poor paying
the regular price. If they find friends to habits.
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on a whirlwind tour of our own STAR CITY. Let
Roger take you tnoido Lincoln on Sunday, April
29 where you'll see the lesser-known side of our fair
city sights that are almost always overlooked:
"Celebrity" Homes
The Capitol Beach Amusement Park
King Tut's Grocery
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Vr Captain Nebraska's Residence '
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glimpse of the State Capitol!)
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at 1 and 3:30 pm. Cost is $5.00 par pcrcon and
includes a copy of the 2nd edition of Roger
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Name
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1135 R Street
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