Most renters know two things about their rights: they can call the landlord when something breaks, and the landlord has to give notice before entering. That is about where the general knowledge stops. The actual…
About 45 percent of renters in the United States have no renters insurance at all. That number is easy to criticize until you look at what the other 55 percent actually bought. Most people who…
About one in four renters never gets their security deposit back. According to a survey of 1,000 renters, 26 percent lost their deposit entirely. And the most telling number in that survey: 36 percent of…
When you sign a lease, one person in that transaction has a lawyer, years of experience, and a document they wrote themselves. The other person has thirty minutes and the fear of losing the apartment….
Is it better to own or rent? The debate has been producing mostly slogans for decades. One side says renting is throwing money away. The other says a house is a trap. Neither version is…
