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Somebody who signs a lease and moves into a new apartment often has to pay a rent deposit to the landlord. The rent deposit is a security for the landlord. If the tenant in the apartment or in the house destroys something, the landlord can repair the damage with the money of the deposit. How much the person has to pay for the deposit, is in the lease. The rent deposit may not be higher than the rent for three months. The person has to pay the deposit right when moving in. You can also pay in installments, but this… Read More

Since one can quickly lose track of all the documents one gets in Germany, a trick to organize your documents is to sort them by the logo on top of the papers.