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GarandMarine:
Okay guys I have a serious question and am in need of advice. I've rented an apartment once in my life and that was years ago. I've either lived with some form of family or in military barracks. What should I be looking out for as potential issues?  :psyduck:

Radical AC:
Having just moved into one blind I would recommend checking it out if at all possible before filing an application and paying the app fee.  I saw a roach on the floor when I got here and had already payed $135 before signing the lease.  Being 900 miles away from support you don't get a do over easily.  It turned out fine, I got some bait traps and never saw one again so far, but it was a little concerning being the first thing I saw.  So if you can afford it a motel or extended stay in the are you are going to might be worth it to check out several places before applying to one.  Inquire about utilities and look up independent ratings of the complex online (most tend to be bad because you usually don't go out of your way to tell about a good experience, but if you start to see some troubling themes it could get you to reconsider).  If the place is close to a school or park it will mean sex offenders can't live there (civil rights issues concerning how people get on that list and are treated aside, it can go toward peace of mind).

Nikolai:
When you get to the point of doing the walk-through, take pictures of everything wrong. Stains in the carpet, dents in walls, closet doors off hinges, even pre-existing satellite dishes. Make sure you have some way to document the date in the photo (like a newspaper or a timestamp on the photo). It will make life so much easier moving out.

GarandMarine:

Okay I'm having trouble figuring out if this is a good move or not. I found a room in a townhome with a friend of mine from HS, Karrie, she's cool and we have similiar interests in delicious food stuffs and anime, but with minimal "interest" in each other. Room is kinda small but I'm used to that. $300ish/mo (Karrie's mom is the land lady so we have to talk to her) otherwise it's not a bad neighborhood with cool roommates who are both grad students which means I don't have to worry about moving out in the summer, etc. The only hitch is it's about 30 minutes across the city from my college campus... though given how hard it is to find affordable housing in Denver and that my school has no native housing, and kinda leaves it's students to twist in the wind as far as housing goes (I'm the youngest person in the class by like... six years, so it's not unfair to assume they don't need to hold our hands). So should I go with it in the name of a positive living condition and sacrifice the inconvenient transit time?

Redball:
Yes! If you think you'll enjoy it, that should trump the inconvenience, shouldn't it?

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