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Although the knowledge is hardly consoling,
if the truth be known the present
Charlottesville rents are still even with or
sometimes below the rent charged in most
college towns across the nation. At Dartmouth
College, a one bedroom furnished house goes
for $185 a month on the average. Virginia
Polytechnic Institute students pay at least $150
a month for a two bedroom furnished
apartment.

Some landlords in Charlottesville, already
charging as much as the market will bear, have
reportedly found other ways of milking more
money from clients.

Many students have reported that their $50
or $100 security deposits have been kept at the
end of the year by realtors who claim the
money is needed to pay for cleaning the
apartment or replacing damaged furniture.