Actually I found out the hard way when I lived in Miami during 5th semester. It's actually illegal for a person set up "efficiences" in their home (blocking off a room from the rest of the house and setting it up with a gas stove, and giving it's own entry way (like the entry to efficiency coming from the back yard). I found this out when a cop came out for other unrelated reasons and saw the arrangement. So, if you signed a contract under those terms it's basically null and void according to dade county law.

Do not rent from a lady named SONYA who actually rents some properties from somebody and then rents out the same properties to other people like Ross students, she will take your deposit and not give it back.