The author of an article in the New York Times

providing advice to renters observes that $$land$-$

lords will always know more than you do$.$

a$.$ Do you agree with this statement? If so$,$ what

do landlords know that potential renters

might not know?

b$.$ If the statement is correct, what are the impli$-$

cations for the market for rental apartments?

c$.$ In what ways is the market for rental apart$-$

ments like the market for used cars? In what

ways is it different?

Source: Marc Santora, $$How to Be a Brainy Renter,$$

New York Times, June $4,2010.$