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Chapter 13

Chapter 13. Housing A Place to Call Home. Your Housing Options 13-1. Types of Housing Your Parent’s Home Dormitories Apartments Apartment Building or Complex Large or Small? Furnished or Unfurnished? Houses, Condos, and Mobile Homes. Shared Housing Costs Agree on Rules of Behavior

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Chapter 13

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  1. Chapter 13 Housing A Place to Call Home

  2. Your Housing Options 13-1 • Types of Housing • Your Parent’s Home • Dormitories • Apartments • Apartment Building or Complex • Large or Small? • Furnished or Unfurnished? • Houses, Condos, and Mobile Homes • Shared Housing Costs • Agree on Rules of Behavior • Divide Responsibilities • Make a Written agreement

  3. Renting Advantages • Lower Cost • Less Responsibility • Mobility Disadvantages • Now Ownership • More Restrictions • Shared Space

  4. Buying Advantages • Ownership • Value • Your Own Space • Fewer Restrictions • Tax Deductible Disadvantages • Down Payment • High Cost • Property Taxes • Insurance • Restricted Mobility • More Responsibility

  5. How to Rent an Apartment 13-2 • How to Find and Evaluate Apartments • Budget Trade-Offs • Convenience • Neighborhood • Environment • Size and Condition • Facilities • Pets • Where to Find Leads • Newspaper Ads • Internet • Real Estate Agencies • Apartment Managers • How to Evaluate an Apartment • The Lease and Moving In • Lease Terms: Rights and Responsibilities • Lease Terms • Condition report • Moving Expenses • Packing • Mail • Utilities

  6. How to Furnish Your Home 13-4 • Plan Your Place • What Can You Borrow? • What Can You Buy Used? • How Can You Buy New Affordably?

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