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How Can I Negotiate Waiving Last Month’s Rent Before Signing a Lease? Need Advice

Hello everyone, I am looking for guidance on how to best handle my situation signing on for a new apartment lease. I just toured an apartment tonight, and I want this place. Part of the reason I like it is that it’s a very good price. I plan to call tomorrow morning to let the landlady know that I want to sign a lease for the apartment. She has other potential tenants other than me, so there is a time concern there. However, I don’t have much more in my checking account right now than what the rent is per month. I won’t be able to ask her until tomorrow morning what she is asking for as an upfront payment to be able to sign the lease, but I clearly need to request flexibility with that when I call her tomorrow morning.

I have positive referrals from both my last two landlords, spanning for a few years showing perfect rental payment history. I also have good credit and am employed but I just paid rent for my current place (I have been renting currently on a month-to-month lease so I only got 30 days’ notice of needing to move out. Future landlady knows that.) How can I go about approaching this tomorrow in communication with her?

And since I might not be able to cover the deposit, even – is there any way I can negotiate that? Or should I pursue some kind of rental assistance? Or should I take a credit advance from my credit card? Thank you so much for any input.

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