Off-campus housing and leases

oldfort
Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:44:41 +0000

Our daughter’s school was landlord’s market, and most people told me that every lease was the same in collegetown - signed by students, but jointly responsible. We gave the landlord something extra (parental guarantee), in exchange we had each roommate be responsible for her own lease. Most parents feel college kids should handle this on their own, but unless a parent shows them how to read a contract and how to negotiate (give and take) there is no way they could figure it out.