LPT: Many colleges and universities offer free legal advice. If you're considering signing a lease to live off campus, have one of these departments look the lease over for you!

I had a check written out, and was talking over the agreement with my would be roommates. We decided to talk to the law school at our University and they got back to us a day or two later suggesting we renegotiate the lease. We could have been on the hook for $1000s in hidden fees and insurance requirements.