Problems with subletting Apartment for Summer

sunshine02
Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:19:10 +0000

My roommate and I are thinking about subletting an apartment for over the summer. We found one that pretty much met most of our expectations and was a pretty good deal. It’s a 2BR apartment occupied by a grad student and her friend. One of them is renting her room for 500 and the other is renting her room for 550. Since the rooms aren’t too different, I don’t understand why one is more expensive than the other. Is this common? How should I negotiate with the grad student to convince her to rent her room at the same price as her friend? My roommate and I are at a loss for what to do, especially since one of them told my roommate that she can have her room (the $500/month room), so I’m pretty much stuck with the more expensive room.

If any of you guys have advice, it would be much appreciated. I don’t have experience in subletting or renting apartments at all, so any suggestions on what to do would be great.

Thanks!