Rental Market Mugs

"Well, thank God it's not the plumbing! Let's run down town, drop off a check and sign that lease!!"

"Considering the rental market, this property offers a fantastic view, and they'll drop the restrictions."

"Liable to flooding? Whatever gives you that idea sir?"

"This is all we have available. It has an accordian front door, a shelf, a phone, and a spectacular view."

'...you said, 'it only gets a bit damp when it rains'!''

'There goes any chance of us getting our security deposit back.'

Home Sweet Second Home.

Igloo sales

"And these are the Andersons, our tenants."

'They're playing house.'

House hunting is cruel.

"I need an apartment just big enough for a laptop, a coffee cup, and me."

Dog Realtor

"The landlord has promised to sort out the damp problems."

Affordable housing - Mum and Dads.

'We decided to rent out the back room until the baby comes.'

"For sale £470,000 house included"

Letting agent on the phone: 'OK, so there's fungus in the bathroom - but on the plus side, it IS organic.'

"The previous tenant has gone away for a very long time."

'Look, they're slowing down.'

"It's a new rent concept - fifteen minutes for a quarter."

The lessor of two evils.

"It's got a great view!"

"Five more minutes, I was dreaming our apartment was rent-controlled."

"Let's see - you might be just right for a little 2-turret, 1 1/2 moat unit I'm renting on West 58th street."

Real Estate Crispy Flakes: Location/Location/ Location

It's a nice apartment but I don't want to pay my share of the national debt for rent.

'Here is the lead-based paint information, Fair Housing criteria, laws regarding tobacco use outdoors, slip-and-fall warning, and, barring any further public hysteria, the lease itself.'

'Sorry...I don't deal with lease issues.'