People in Housing
Housing Costs
Apartment Features
Common Abbreviations
Getting Around & More
100

A person who sells houses

What is a realtor?

100

The monthly payment you make on your house

What is Mortgage?

100

A house or apartment that already comes with furniture

What is furnished?

100

This abbreviation stands for bedroom and bathroom

What is BD/BR?

100

The fee or price paid for a bus ticket

What is fare?

200

A person who owns and rents an apartment to someone else

What is landlord?

200

A small payment on the purchase of a home, similar to a deposit

What is a down payment?

200

Extra features a property might have, such as a pool, gate, or gy.

What are amenities?

200

This abbreviation stands for air conditioning

What is A/C?

200

The exact amount of cash needed to pay for something

What is exact change?

300

The person who is renting a property from a landlord

What is a tenant?

300

Money paid upfront that you can get back if there are no damages to the property. 

What is Security Deposit?

300

An apartment that consists of only one room

What is a studio?

300

This abbreviation stands for washer and dryer

What is W/D

300

A word used to describe someone who is unsure

What is hesitant?

400

A person whose job it is to fix houses

Who is a contractor?

400

The contract that you sign in order to rent an apartment

What is a lease?

400

A house or apartment that does not have any furniture.

What is unfurnished?

400

Machines such as washer/ dryer/ fridge/ microwave

What are appliances?

400

A word used to describe someone who is hopeful

What is optimistic?

500

A scheduled time for people to go inside houses that are for sale

What is an open house?

500

DAILY DOUBLE!!!!

Describe the difference between a landlord and a tenant

A landlord owns the property and rents it to someone. A tenant is paying rent to live there. 

500

These are the types of machines you might find in a kitchen or a laundry room 

What are appliances?

500

These 2 abbreviations are often seen together in housing ads for laundry and climate control. 

What is W/D and A/C ?

500

What do you have to pay the bank for borrowing their money?

What is interest?

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