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    21 Struggles Renters Are All Too Familiar With

    "Wow, this maroon wall-to-wall carpeting sure is...festive."

    1. Appliances that have given up the will to go on.

    2. Having to contend with horrendous carpeting/linoleum/unidentified floor coverings from 1978.

    3. Online listings that are riddled with downright lies.

    4. Or finding your dream listing only to refresh and find this:

    5. (Don't even start on realtors.)

    6. No pet policies (which don't always deter the most devoted animal lovers).

    7. Light fixtures that cast you in a cold, sickly glow.

    8. Absentee landlords/ladies/supers who are incapable of making even the most basic repairs.

    9. And if your building is run by a management company? Especially one where everyone perpetually seems to be on a lunch break? Goooooood luck.

    10. Hanging wall art with TAPE because you live in fear of stripping the paint or leaving holes.

    11. And having to prostrate yourself before the spackle gods if you do use nails or screws.

    12. Being soooo excited to avail yourself of all the building has to offer, only to have your hopes dashed.

    13. Casual surprises.

    14. Wallpaper? Forget about it.

    15. And painting is an unimaginable dream.

    16. Having to figure out, as soon as you buy it, how you'll eventually move all your furniture back out again one day.

    17. Getting charged a ridiculous late fee if you turn in your rent even five minutes past when it was due.

    18. If you're in an apartment or shared building: neighbors.

    19. Cool remnants left behind by previous tenants.

    20. Finding yourself adapting to situations you'd never before imagined.

    21. The feeling of throwing gobs of money into a never-ending abyss of existential despair.

    But hey: No matter what, a home is a home!