Renting Tips

At EGS Properties, Inc., we understand that choosing the right rental property can be hard. You have to consider many things in picking the right apartment or house to call home including price, location, and extras.

Questions that you should ask your rental agent:

What kind of apartments or homes are you renting?
There a many different kinds of apartments that you can rent including studios, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and larger apartments. For homes, there are two common types of house: Single and multi-family homes.

Does the property come furnished?
Depending on location, apartments may be available for rent furnished with furniture or unfurnished into which a tenant usually moves in with their own furniture. Most properties come with a furnished kitchen including all appliances. It is very important to ask before you view the property.

Do you have a laundry facilities and/or washer and dryer hook-ups?
For apartments, laundry facilities may be found in a common area accessible to all the tenants in the building, or each apartment may have its own machines. For homes, it is important to find out before you sign your lease what types of machines can be used in the home. The two types of washer and dryers that can be used in most homes are gas or electric.

Rental leases
It is very important to read your lease and ask questions about it. Your lease is a legal document that is an agreement between the renter and owner of the property.

Here are a few more things that you should ask about before signing your lease:

• Utilities such as water, heating, and electricity
• Connection to telephone lines
• Parking spaces
• Air conditioning
• Extra storage space
• Garbage pick-up
• Pets

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