18 APARTMENT GUIDE MONDAY, MARCH 8,2010 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN KANSAN.COM What do you think? BY MICHELLE SPREHE What was most important to you when choosing where to live? OMAR RAMAHI Overland Park sophomore "Neighbors. It's probably better for college students to live around college students." TYLER LOHMAN Overland Park sophomore "How new the place is. Maintenance." DIANNA LEE Shawnee sophomore "Close to campus.On the bus route." KRISTEN INDIHAR Plymouth, Minn. freshman "Prices for sure and looking at how far away it is from everything." CHASE BOUCHER Alma senior "Location to Mass Street, being in the center of everything." BROOKE RYAN Iowa City,lowa freshman "Quality and age of the place. We're looking for a new place that's not run-down." ADAM ENGEL Dallas senior "A place where I wouldn't have to move in all my own furniture." JEFF GENGLER Overland Park sophomore "Close to campus. Finding a cheap place that's close to campus is hard." LEGAL SERVICES APARTMENT TIP DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE SIGNING A LEASE. ASK YOUR FRIENDS, CHECK ONLINE AND TALK TO PREVIOUS TENANTS ABOUT A LANDLORD'S REPUTATION BEFORE SIGNING A LEASE.