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teufelhunden
08-17-2010, 06:24 PM
Situation: I bought a condo about 6 months ago. In a month or two, my best friend will be moving in with me (paying rent, a portion of utilities, etc). He and I are both college educated men in our mid twenties (does 24 count as mid 20s? ick, getting old) and we're looking to evidence our agreement with some sort of writing.

I know this will be a landlord/tenant relationship, but I'm having trouble finding some sort of sample document to cover our situation. We're going to be sharing the same space, so we'll split utilities and probably things like food and other consumables. Can someone either point me in the right direction or help me figure out what I'm looking for? I've been able to find "roommate agreements" at a lot of college websites and then a trillion different leases. I think if there isn't some sort of well founded document that I can either edit myself or have drawn up cheaply (think LegalZoom, not hiring an attorney) I may go with a lease and a roommate agreement.

But, a lot of you are more seasoned and experienced... so, help?
Fred
08-17-2010, 09:03 PM
Don't split food. One of you will inevitably eat more of it annoying the other.
going_home
08-18-2010, 02:13 PM
http://www.housing.ucsc.edu/cro/pdf/rental_agreement-monthly.pdf



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SCpoloRicker
08-19-2010, 02:40 PM
PM an email address, I have a document you can start from. There are web services that have samples as well, although they will try to get you to pay for the doc.

I'd consider adding a set amount to rent for utilities and just pay them all yourself. It's easier than trying to split the bill every month; "OK, this month you owe $23.87 for electric, $3.50 for gas..."&c
correia3
08-19-2010, 06:19 PM
I bought a pre-printed stack of them at Staples or Office Depot or one of those office-supply-type stores a while back. They were a standard form that the two parties just write their names into and sign. IIRC, there was room on the back or the second page for aditions or special agreements to be noted. Hope that helps... :cheers:
Ando
08-19-2010, 08:45 PM
http://www.housing.ucsc.edu/cro/pdf/rental_agreement-monthly.pdf



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Where's the sexual favors section :confused:
SCpoloRicker
08-19-2010, 11:04 PM
Where's the sexual favors section :confused:

http://youredoingitwrong.org/Ando

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SCpoloRicker
08-19-2010, 11:05 PM
Where's the sexual favors section :confused:

http://youredoingitwrong.org/Ando

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http://yfrog.com/0fadvdoggippertrustbutverj