Trust me, if you've digested enough information, a path will begin to emerge.

Maybe for the right situation like the mentioned emergency toilet repair.

I would like to save up enough for both my down payment and an emergency fund.

They cannot afford the payments anymore or there has been a family emergency or work emergency and they need to move now but, they have a loan on the property and they might be underwater or the property is in poor condition etc.

if it is an actual management company, call the main number and ask to speak with your manager's supervisor, managing broker, owner, whomever. your assigned manager may be on vacation, ill, otherwise unexpectedly out of the office, dealing with an emergency today and hasn't seen your email, text message, or voice mail message from this morning yet, etc. etc. etc.if it is a mom and pop shop operating out of the back of their pickup truck (or a spare bedroom in their house) and they really are just blowing you off, check your contract. there is likely a provision for a default (not calling you back may not constitute default). it'll tell you what to do if you believe your PM is in breach of contract.

This is simply to allow for an emergency situation such as a rotted sill beneath an exterior door.

If not, the landlord covers the cost for those utilities.Units that do not have their own individual meter typically have heat factored into the rent since the landlord covers that cost.Maintenance is covered by landlords as well unless otherwise specified in the lease i.e. if your lease states that drywall repair/replacement and emergency plumbing are the responsibility of the tenant.That said 1 bedroom apartments should run between $150-250/mo. and 2 bedroom apartments $200-325/mo.

You can not just go inside of the home without proper notice, unless it was an emergency, like fire, flood etc…Put the owner on notice and give them a copy of the statute that states this, hopefully that helps!

On a basic level, if you use a two level priority system, such as A = Emergency and B = Common, you simply determine which priority level it fits into and then enact the "first-come-first-serve" method to have the issues remedied.

As long as the HOA allows them, they are super convenient because then you don't have to worry about exterior maintenance or snow removal, plus there's normally a manager around to deal with emergencies.