Like children, we outgrow some
things in life and some of you are outgrowing your rentals. You are
giving everyone grief around you. Driving through the apartment complex
parking lot like a bat out of hell, you practically run to your apartment
praying the whole way that no one stops to talk to you. You are arguing
with your roommates. Talking badly about your neighbors. You have
thoughts of suing the landlord, the property management company, the
contractors, and anyone else you meet almost weekly. Yes, one has
outgrown his or her rental dwelling. So now what? You start looking
for a place like yesterday! Stop talking yourself into staying at the
rental, talk yourself out of it!
1) You know you have outgrown
the apartment when more people have moved in since you first signed the
lease. You also know that you are breaking the rules when the leasing
office is unaware that you have others living there. You might be out
sooner rather than later depending on the type of manager or management company
that is running the place.
2) You understand since
the early days of your moving there, you just aren't getting along with anyone
such as: family members, the office staff, and your neighbors. That's not
a "they" problem, that's a you problem!
3) You look around and the place
is just too small, too big, too something. Yes, you need to make plans
and get gone, Goldilocks!
4) When you go from
room-to-room every time you use or look at something, it is broken and there is
no getting anything fixed. Now why are you paying rent again? You
might want to put your next rental payment in escrow while you're still under
contract.
5) You simply hate
driving to and from the community. You find yourself passing by the
apartment complex with a sigh of relief on some days only to come back and say,
"What the...?" It's just too much going on at your spot, I get
it.
6) You have fantasized about
doing awful things to the management. Okay, let's not get carried away,
to jail that is! It's simply not worth it.
7) You know it's time to move
when you find yourself spending more time everywhere else than where you
stay.
When you or someone else you
know is thinking and doing things that scream, "Get me out!" It is
safe to say that one has outgrown the apartment. Time to go all out and
find something that you really like. In the meantime, until the lease is
up or you have the money to pay the lease break fee, try to get some things
done in your humble abode that will make you feel a bit at ease.
Nicholl McGuire is the owner of
this blog and the author of What
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