Sample Lease Agreement

Greetings.  Here are some thoughts about my rental application, which you can download below this text.

I don’t accept applications before meeting with potential tenants at the apartment for a tour.  You can contact me to schedule a tour.   

BEFORE APPLYING:  It is important to know that the residents living next door to 270 College Street are not students.  For that reason, 270 College Street cannot be a party destination or a place where the residents make loud noise (for example, by playing very loud music).  This has never been a problem, actually, largely because I have made this known in advance.  If you are looking for a place where you can make unlimited noise, I thank you for considering this apartment, but please do not apply to rent it.

The application contains a part to be completed by each tenant, plus a part to be completed by a co-signer for each tenant assuming the tenant does not have the income or assets to support the rent without a co-signer (who is typically a parent or grandparent or something like that), which is generally the case for undergraduate students.    

I do not usually need all of the information requested in the applications, especially in the co-signer part.  Anyone completing an application should feel free to call me if there are any questions or concerns about the application.  For example, if a co-signer does not want to provide his or her social security number on the co-signer application, we can probably find a way around that.

It is not necessary to bring completed applications to your tour of the apartment (you will have wasted your time if the apartment isn’t a great fit), though some people choose to do that.  Bring your own part of the application if you really want to, but I don’t recommend bugging your co-signers to fill out their portions of the applications before you have seen the apartment (but if you want to do that, it's okay with me.)   

Questions about any of this are welcome.  

Many thanks for your interest in 270 College Street, and best of luck to you in your housing search.  

Frank