im thinking about renting an apartment, aka a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building
I guess that could have it's pros and cons
well yea living in apartment building can be good or bad as you say, but as it consists of many apartments for rent it is usually cheaper than a house
I guess you can only hope for good neighbors and a cooperative land lord
yea i guess so, in scotland, it is called a block or a flat
Is apartment dwelling more popular in some areas as opposed to others?
well the term apartment is favored in the north and some cities use the term flat which is a place that contains two or three units
Can you get different types of leases on apartments, like short term or longer terms?
i dont have any information one that however multi-story apartments sometimes are referred to as mid-rise apartments and even high-rise apartments when they are multi-storied.