It may be tempting to sign a lease and let three friends move in, but that won't solve anything! Cody, Shane, and "Pudge" need verifiable income to get onto the lease. Don't bend the rules for those guys, let them couch surf until they come correct!
4 Friends Means 4 Signatures.
So, you don't want to be that guy or that gal who says no to your friends when “it’s not that serious”? Well let me tell you something Sir or miss Missy, it is that serious! We're talking about leasing an apartment: Who's on the hook and who gets to skate.
Let's say someone out of this foursome decides to have a party, but you were visiting grandma that weekend. Instead of a nice warm bed to return to, the place is trashed! Who's going to pay for all of this? Well, if the only name on the signed lease is yours, then it's going to be you.
Being the good friends they are, they all agree to help clean up. But what about that WWE fist punch hole in the hall closet door? Then somebody says, “maybe you did it before you left for grandmas.” Now you're steaming mad! But the great news is, you don't have to be in this mess in the first place.
Now that you have read this BFF-friendly post, you can tell your great friends to kick rocks if they don't have any paycheck stubs and aren't ready to sign a lease. Of course, you can say this much nicer than that, but you get the point. Am I right?
The moral of this story is “sign a lease, save a friendship.”