[scaramanga]

I think first para of this is not quite right.

If there is a monthly payment, it's weolse not jeonse. And the large deposit is bojeunggeum (key money). The larger it is, the lower the rent, typically on a standard scale (eg. every $10k more is $100/month less iirc).

But you won't get zero rent without switching over to jeonse. You're talking about upwards of quarter million dollars to start with that.

I've never signed a jeonse contract so not sure if the terms are very different to a 2 year weolse contract or whether the numeric parameters are just different :)