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Sweet RentalIt’s getting hot in here…AC in your Rental Space
Maybe the lack of AC in your rental didn’t stand out to you when you signed the lease in November, but you probably notice now…
3 Types of Toxic Landlords & How to Avoid Them
Knowing how to recognize and steer clear of a toxic landlord could be the key to happiness in your rental sweet rental.
How to Write a Rental Application Letter
If your looking for a way to set yourself apart from other applicants, here are some tips for personalizing your application with a letter.
5 Ways to Ease the Stress of Moving for Kids
For kids, the excitement of an amazing new bedroom coupled with the loss of a home they are comfortable in can be confusing and overwhelming.
What you Need for a Successful Rental Hunt
How do you separate need from want? When “want” and “need” are often interchangeable, defining what your rental needs can be a bit blurry.
Renting NYC: The Experiences of a Big Apple Newbie
NYC, people trek from all over the world to visit this city, a lucky few million call it home. Join Tiffeani’s rental hunt in the Big Apple.
Tampa vs Kansas City: What $1500 Gets You
As Tampa Bay and Kansas City set to face off on the football field, what do their rentals looks like head to head.
Avoiding Rental Regret: Three Tips to Rent Better
We had excuses for the rush to find somewhere: work constraints, having young children, not being familiar with the area. It was our sixth rental, but ultimately, we had made amateur mistakes.
Love, War, & Landlord Relations
Problems with where you live are stressful and frustrating, and rental or not, this is your home.
6 Steps to Virtual Rental Hunting from the Experts
Renting a property sight unseen can be a very stressful. Here’s some expert tips to help you make the right choice when virtual rental hunting.
A Foreigner’s Guide to Renting in the US
Renting in the US as a foreigner where there are different rules, terminology and currency can seem totally overwhelming.
HOA: Dream Community or Communal Nightmare?
If we could go back in time, I wish we would have known about the HOA situation prior to signing a lease.
Tips from the Experts: Moving & COVID19
What should be expected regarding the movers and packers coming into a rental home during COVID19? Should the movers be wearing masks and gloves?
4 Ways To Take Your Rental From Lacking to Lovely
Tips from Sommer Tate of Folkway Design & Wares Co. on how to make your rental space feel more like your own and look incredible.
Coronavirus Rental Protection
Get updates on rental eviction protection during COVID-19 pandemic by state.
When Your Rental Hunt Includes Coronavirus
Staying sane while hunting for your perfect rental sweet rental during a coronavirus pandemic may sound impossible. Here’s our advice for getting through.
Why Renting is as American as Apple Pie
Buying your very first home was the American dream, until it wasn’t. The land of the free, but when the American dream no longer allows you to feel financially or emotionally free, dreams evolve. Welcome to renting.
‘Tis the Season: Move Season
If you’re taking part in summer move season festivities, here’s a few tips to help you prepare for a successful rental transition.
Renters Unite: Better Together
rent·er 1. Not the landlord 2. Signed the lease and doesn’t own the property 3. Will have to ask permission to do anything to the property other than clean 4. Will wish/hope/pray every night that I get my security deposit back
Protect Your Security Deposit Before You Move In
How do you ensure you aren’t taken advantage of by landlords who see your security deposit as a little extra money in their pocket?
Prepare for Disaster: We’re not in Kansas Anymore
As if renting’s not exciting enough, there’s earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes to add stress. What do renters need to do to prepare for disaster?
How to Eat Healthy during a Move
If you are going to start fresh in a new rental, give your body and mind the chance to do the same with tips to eat healthy from Heather Kennedy.
Rental Safety: Do You have a Plan?
It’s Fire Prevention Week...
It’s in the Details
Everyone has them, whether it’s your favorite book that sits on your nightstand, a magnet collection that’s reunited on your fridge, a picture of your beloved school, or green accents that brighten the room. Regardless of their monetary worth, they are priceless to us, the renters, the drifters, the home is where you make it-ers.
Renting shouldn’t be scary, together it doesn’t have to be.