List of Characters

THE OPPORTUNIST: He is the kind of man who feels okay charging 350 euros for an apartment without a bed in a town where a normal salary is 200 euros.

THE SERIAL LANDLORD: He is the kind of man who looks like a landlord, acts like a landlord, smells like a landlord, and is known around town as a landlord.

THE YOUNG BUSINESSMAN: He is the kind of man who says he won't negotiate. But he probably will...kind of.

THE SUNSHINE LANDLORD: She is the kind of woman whose tenants change their locks.

THE ART PROFESSOR: She is the kind of woman who can create beauty between a gas station and a car wash.

THE ELDER: She is the kind of woman who considers the number of people who have died in the apartment she is renting a selling point.

THE ENTHUSIAST NEIGHBOR: She is the kind of woman who gives potential neighbors wet kisses in the ear.

THE HYPER-ACTIVE SALESWOMAN: She is the kind of woman who probably drinks too much coffee and is better left alone to deal with a finicky deadbolt.

THE DUDE: He is the kind of guy who always keeps company with at least one expressionless friend.

THE NON-NEGOTIATOR: She is the kind of woman you only talk to once and there is no reason to meet.

THE TEAM PLAYER: He is the kind of man whose way of doing business is best exemplified by the sound of clinking glasses.

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