Exit this survey >> Pre-survey for Vstreet Program Question Title * 1. Please tell us your age. 14-15 16-17 18 and over Question Title * 2. Please rate how well you are equipped to live independently as an adult. I get it, and I am ready. I need some help, but I will be ready very soon. I need help. I have a lot of questions. I need lots of help. I am sometimes overwhelmed by the idea! Question Title * 3. If you have had any training or school courses which prepared you to live on your own, please list the ones that have been the most help in preparing you for becoming the adult you want to be? Question Title * 4. If you were looking for an apartment which of the following would you NEED the apartment to have before you would move in? Kitchen Swimming Pool Bathroom Garage or Parking space Public Bus Stop Washer and Dryer Refrigerator Question Title * 5. If your job pays you $800 a month, and you have the choice of an apartment with a swimming pool for $450 per month or an apartment without a swimming pool for $300 per month which would you choose to rent? The one with the pool. The one without the pool. Question Title * 6. If you need to share the cost of an apartment with a roommate would you want to first know what they need to have (perhaps a stove) and what they want to have (perhaps a swimming pool) before you start looking for an apartment, together? Yes No I don't know Question Title * 7. How much of your paycheck that you bring home (after taxes) should you expect to pay for your rent? About half (50%) About one-third (33%) About a fourth (25%) Not sure Question Title * 8. Here are a few things that should be considered as part of your monthly budget when living independently: Rent, Food, Clothing, and Medication.What is missing for you? Child Care Transportation expenses (gas, license, taxes, tickets, etc.) Fun stuff, like movies or camping Zebra taming Question Title * 9. Should you look at the apartment before signing a lease? Yes, always Yes, sometimes No, it isn't necessary most of the time No, it isn't necessary if it is an apartment complex. Not sure Question Title * 10. What are some things to check on when looking for an apartment? Please mark all that apply. Bugs Smells Noise Nearby Zoo Police reports in the neighborhood Heating and Cooling that works Laundry area Working appliances Question Title * 11. I should make sure I will fit in at the apartment complex before deciding to sign a lease. Please mark all that apply. Yes, I play pretty loud music and I have a lot of friends who will be visiting. Yes, I like to live around other people my own age. No, I don't care what the other people around me like or don't like. No, if I am living around a lot of older people, then they can get used to me. Not sure. Question Title * 12. People who rent to me will probably want to know the following about me before they will decide to rent to me. Credit history and/or score. Where I have lived before. If I will have a roommate or a child living with me. How much money I make every month. Who to contact in case of an emergency. What others think about me. Where I grew up. My social security number. If I have pets. If I know anyone else in the building. Question Title * 13. Does the lease require certain things from me and the landlord? Yes, if I sign the lease we must both follow what the lease states. Yes, for the most part we will have do what the lease requires. No, it is just to suggest what we can do. I don't know. Question Title * 14. If the lease requires me to give 30 days notice before moving out at the end of the lease, then I can just ask the landlord to allow me to move out without giving any notice. Yes, I can just ask and if he/she agrees then I can go ahead and sign the lease without making any changes. I trust the landlord. Yes, I can ask, but I must get their agreement in writing on the lease before I sign. No, I can't ask for any changes to the lease. I will have to give 30 days notice. I don't know. Question Title * 15. If the landlord requires a deposit, then I can apply it to the last months rent. Please mark all that apply. Yes, I can go ahead and plan to apply it to the last month's rent without that being in the lease as an agreement. Yes, I can do that, if the landlord agrees and it is in the lease. Yes, but some of it might be kept by the landlord to cover cleaning and repairing the apartment after I leave. Question Title * 16. What do you think is one of the top problems young adults have when living in their new apartments. Question Title * 17. We must have your email address to sign you up for this program. All other information is optional. First Name: City/Town: Email Address: Phone Number: Done >>