It's the second biggest cost to students, after their tuition fees, and the biggest upfront cost, so getting it right is important.
Despite these problems, three quarters of students go into debt to cover the upfront costs of securing a student home, from deposits to letting agency fees.
That same day, Merhi claimed that he received a call from someone offering to lobby on his behalf, in exchange for an upfront payment of $5,000.
The Libyan fund estimates Goldman made $350m in upfront profit on the trades.
But both Paddick and Zinzan were, I believe, sincere in their own desire for the open admittance and upfront discussion of error.
They pay up to two years' rent upfront in dollars, at London prices, and find jobs with the growing number of international companies and professional service providers in Ghana or, more commonly, start their own business.
In one sense, then, when Nicola Sturgeon told the BBC on Wednesday that she would order her Westminster colleagues to vote against "privatisation" of English health services, she was doing no more than being upfront about how her party will continue to indulge in occasional cross-border skirmishes.
It has an established hit in Zooey Deschanel comedy The New Girl and much of the upfront presentation was dedicated to reminding everyone of that.
In truth, Postecoglou has been flexible enough and pragmatic enough to realise he has few alternatives to Cahill upfront.
The next witnesses must be upfront with coroner Ian Gray about where those gaps were most acute.
If you thought that CBS was conservative when it only added five new shows to its new season, look at what it's teen-obsessed sister network the CW did at its upfront presentation on Thursday, where it presented its new show (note the use of the singular) to advertisers.
