Five sessions on renting a first apartment — worked end to end on one person's move.

Beatriz Soto, 20, has a first full-time job and wants a one-bedroom. Can she afford it? Your student works out the answer, then adds up what it costs just to get the keys — which routinely comes to two or three times the monthly rent and catches almost everyone.

Then the lease, read properly, including page four. Then the monthly total that is not the rent: utilities, renters insurance, the rest. Then the deposit that does not come back in full, and what to do about it.

Reading a lease before signing it is a skill your student will use within a few years, probably more than once.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Written by a licensed K-12 business teacher with more than thirteen years in the classroom. Built to be taught by a parent with no background in the subject.