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The Vacancy Page

Notes on the rental hunt, read from the notices

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The landlord

the other side of the counter: associations, forms, screening, the superintendent

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notice The landlord

A meeting room of a landlords association: rows of folding chairs, a table with newsletters and name tent cards, a podium, fluorescent light

What the Association Did

Evening meetings, a monthly bulletin, a shared shelf of forms and dues that bought a letterhead: what the landlord association actually sold.

notice The landlord

A rental application form on a laminate counter with a stamp pad and a pen on a chain, a clipboard of lease documents, office light

The Forms Behind the Counter

The application, the lease, the inspection sheet signed twice, the stamp pad and the pen on a chain: a note on the paperwork of letting.

notice The landlord

A superintendent's small office: a desk with a telephone, a wall-mounted key board with rows of labeled keys, a logbook open

Who Answered the Listing

The superintendent's office, the wall of labeled keys, the logbook by the telephone: a note on the voice that answered the rental ad.