I'm trying to budget everything for one year (minimum) as a student. My problem with housing are all the initial costs. I'm looking at housing on Suumo, minimini, homesjp, leopalace. The problem is I dont understand how can I figure out what am I going to spend. For example, most times it clearly states monthly rent, management fees, key money. Here are a few examples
https://www.homes.co.jp/chintai/b-1041180233490/
https://www.homes.co.jp/chintai/b-1041180233490/
They are asking for 1 month rent, cleaning fees and one of them key money. Guarantor company asking 50% of rent plus 1.5% of rent monthly. Aside from these what am I missing? Are they going to ask more than what's stated? Because that's what my impression has been reading online threads.
What should I do in order to properly budget this?
I know UR is also an option but there is nothing within this budget with less than 1 hour commute to my school in central tokyo.
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