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Don’t pay any money unless you are sure that you want the place. Don't sign anything and don’t give any money to the landlord until all of your questions are answered. If you pay a deposit and then change your mind, you might not be able to get your money back. If the landlord can’t rent the place to someone else, they might try to make you pay the month’s rent. | Don’t pay any money unless you are sure that you want the place. Don't sign anything and don’t give any money to the landlord until all of your questions are answered. If you pay a deposit and then change your mind, you might not be able to get your money back. If the landlord can’t rent the place to someone else, they might try to make you pay the month’s rent. | ||
===Application deposits=== | |||
Some landlords are asking tenants to pay a deposit when they apply to rent a place. The application says that the deposit will be put towards the security deposit or the first month’s rent if the tenant is accepted. This is illegal. Landlords cannot collect application fees, or collect deposits except at the time a tenancy agreement has been entered into. Some tenants who have paid these illegal application deposits have found it difficult to get their money back. You may want to reconsider renting from a landlord who would charge an illegal application “deposit”. See the section on [[Security Deposits and Additional Fees]]. | |||
===Paying rent=== | |||
Rent is due on the first day of the month, unless you have a different agreement with your landlord. It is your responsibility | |||
to make sure your landlord gets the rent on time each month. If you don't pay the full rent on the due date, the | |||
landlord can try to evict you. See the section on [[Evictions]]. | |||
