Dealing with other tenants and landlords

Living off campus comes with different problems than one would deal with living on campus. One main problem is dealing with other tenants. Sometimes students live in houses or apartments that are occupied with other students with different sleep patterns, study, and party habits. On certain streets, like Maple, which is known as a party street, one can encounter tenants who are always loud or disturbing. The best thing to do would be to get to know the tenants in your building and the surrounding buildings. Once you are able to build relationships with other students living around you, they will be more mindful of their noisy behavior. While this does not always work, you will have a better chance of being able to get them to turn their music down if you are acquainted with them.

Not only do you have to deal with other tenants, but most importantly landlords. Some landlords are over bearing and some are not. The best advice to dealing with an overbearing landlord is to stay away from throwing parties and pay your bills on time. Too often, landlords look for ways to evict students; whether this is for late rent, too many people over the house, or unattended trash. Sometimes these issues are minor but still offenses none the less.