Category: Renting a Home
Key takeaways Rent concessions are generally one-time incentives, like three months of free parking, six weeks of free rent, or a waived security deposit Concessions can be great for a renter’s budget by reducing short-term housing expenses, but can lead to surprisingly high costs... Read More
When listing your home for rent, there’s plenty to do like creating an application, finding tenants, and signing a lease agreement. One thing you’ll need to learn about is how to screen tenants during the application process. In this Redfin... Read More
Finding the right tenant may seem like a complicated process. Where do you start? How do you manage all the applications? And how do you choose the right renter? Learning how to find renters isn’t as complicated as it may seem. In this Redfin article, we’ve... Read More
If you’ve recently decided to list your home for rent rather than sell it, you’re likely juggling a lot of tasks. From finding tenants and determining a rental rate to writing a lease agreement and learning about your responsibilities, there’s plenty to... Read More
After you’ve made the decision between renting vs selling your home, there’s plenty to know before renting your house to your first tenants. From writing a lease agreement to determining rules tenants need to follow and marketing your property, learning how to... Read More
Many renters know that finding affordable housing is tricky these days. As a result, many low-income families turn to housing vouchers to help cover the cost of the rent. More than 5 million households use federal rental assistance through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban... Read More
When putting in a rental application, you want to represent your worthiness as a tenant as completely as possible. Promoting yourself can only get you so far in the eyes of a potential landlord, but the word of someone else often carries more weight. For this reason, you may want... Read More
For those with poor credit, renting a house is difficult. Most landlords require tenants to have a minimum credit score to rent a house. But most people hardly ever check their own scores, nor know how to raise a low one. Before you start looking for that perfect house to... Read More
Having a rental property today doesn’t mean you have to follow a traditional rental income path. You don’t have to collect monthly rent from tenants who sign long-term leases. There are options. Landlords today can look at a rental property and see it as an investment property. But they can... Read More
Home Owners Associations (HOAs) cover a variety of neighborhood costs. From maintaining common spaces like a pool or tennis courts to hosting community events, the role of an HOA is important but it also means those living in the neighborhood have to pay. When you’re a renter, there can be... Read More
It’s a situation no landlord wants to experience. Your tenant isn’t at home, and you need to gain access to their apartment, with or without prior notification. You grab your keyring and arrive at their front door with an expectation to enter. But what you find is a new lock,... Read More
One of the most unwelcome issues in any home or rental property is the appearance of mold. It’s a tough problem to combat since there’s no sure way to keep it from showing up — there are a million causes and it’s impossible to control... Read More