It's usually by the Boones and clove cigarettes

Electric heat also. I tell prospective tenants all day long that the bill will average $300/month across the whole year, but inevitably the tenants leave a year later, saying that no one warned them that heat would be that expensive. Guys, I tried to warn you. There's a reason I'm $300 cheaper than nearby apartments.

Look for the sketchiest liquor store in your neighborhood. They still sell it, I saw it a few weeks ago but can’t remember which store it was

The 1990s? It’s right next to the Zima.

So is electricity, now. Just jumped 70%.

Not a lot of advice but i live in an alpha building which they bought mid lease. They've done nothing but make things worse and increase rent. If you call the maintenance people there's like a 50% chance they'll end up screaming and swearing at you on the phone. It took them 6 months to fix my leaky faucet which is nothing compared to what my neighbors have gone through.

Our neighbors all have a group chat for kind of teaming up to deal with issues that come up like hot water or heat being out (like a twice per month occurrence during winter), their maintenance people leaving doors propped open resulting in packages getting stolen, letting brokers into our units illegally with no notice, etc. It doesn't always result in action but having a team of us to call and nag or give each other heads up about their terrible management has made me feel better. Might be worth setting something like that up if you plan to stick around.

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Never ever rent with oil heat. It is an absolute curse.

The mention of MD 2020 brings back hazy rugby memories

if you can't afford a private space, don't bring your car

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Back in the day we used to get another type of bum wine called Night Train from a packy on beech st in China Town...basically right next to Soo Hoo Park.

I honestly haven't walked down beech in a couple years so I don't know if they're open, but if they are it's a good bet.

No one can guarantee what utilities cost. How much electricity do you use? Do you tend to leave lights on? How long of a shower and how hot do take? How often will you cook on the gas stove? How hot do you keep it in the winter? How well insulated is the unit? There are so many variables that change person to person when it comes to utilities.

international banking. They're parent company also owns banks around the world - so it makes doing banking at their sister banks a little easier when travelling. No international transaction fees when taking cash out at ATMs of sister bank atms abroad.

ive never had a problem with them and ive been with them for 15 years.

Pretty terrible, but not as bad as Beacon Hill. Yet, worse than Fenway for sure.

Even that is unlikely. If you’re subletting from June-august it’s likely the tenant already isn’t renewing and someone else already signed the September lease

Where in MA do you live? Its a decent-sized state so I'm not sure how far you're willing to drive for a $4.99 bottle of regrettable decisions

What, are you saving the Wild Irish Rose for a special occasion?

I’m a landlord and the heating is by oil for 1000sq ft. What I can tell you is it totally depends on your usage. 600 sq feet running at about 70f you’ll be looking at maybe a couple hundred for heat and I think that’s on the high side. If you’re just cranking it up and opening the door all the time then it’ll be higher but normal usage won’t be bad.

Looking nice and dirty

It's not exactly a secret, it's even on the official MBTA map.

> Maps never recommends using the concourse or anything like that

Probably because it almost never makes sense to switch from the orange line to the green line if you're not coming from the north (and then you'd switch at North Station or Haymarket).

When it's busy, it's faster to take the concourse to get from the Red Line to the Orange Line, but you need to be in the right carriage and know exactly where you're going.

Lol, I had alpha and it was the bathroom ceiling. Twice.

Water is required to be paid by the landlord, though if there are separate meters - a landlord can bill the tenant afterword.

Still, it's very rare. Sounds like too much of a hassle for renting, I wouldn't do it.

You’ll have a real tough time finding a true June 15th move-in. For that, it’s going to either be apartments lying around unrented because of some serious issue, luxury apartment highrises that have availability and start whenever, or yes a sublet.

Best thing if you really don’t want to move twice is to find a sublet that you like and can renew in the Fall cycle.

Otherwise you can look around late April/early May. Usually 30 days before your desired move in date is the best time.

It's pretty rare for water/sewer to be on the tenants.