What Can You Do About Rising Rent?

Rent is getting ridiculous right now, with prices soaring just as fast as interest rates and housing prices. Rent has always risen when it was time to renew, but I only remember mine going up by about $50 a year. Now landlords are going way up, renewing homes and apartments more than $300 above the current rate. While some people can pay, that puts a lot of low-income earners at risk of losing their homes. In the last couple of weeks, several people have told me their rent has risen. They don’t Read more [...]

Lower Your Rent With the Power of Negotiation

While it might seem like rents are sky high and never coming down, real estate experts have been saying that housing markets are beginning to soften. If you moved into your current digs during the peak of the rental market, you're probably paying more than most of the landlord's other tenants and thus might stand a decent chance to lower your rent. While this type of negotiation isn't easy, you can increase your chances of succeeding if you prepare ahead of time. Keeping you as a tenant saves Read more [...]