It sounds to good to be true, “Build Wealth While Renting.” However, there are innovative companies trying to make this happen. Up&Up is an example of a company using a virtual wallet to help tenants save money and/or buy a home. Up&Up purchases property for rent and sale. One of their goals is to allow current tenants to purchase their
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While an apartment may look nice and meet a tenant’s needs, the landlord may be a difficult. The problem is that tenants don’t know this until after they sign a lease and move-in. At this point, it is to late. Wouldn’t it be nice to see a review of a landlord before signing a lease and have some questions answered?
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Real estate websites are the go to place to search for rentals. They provide tenants helpful information and save time. While some sites focus on local markets, others focus nationally. Five of the most popular websites for rental search are listed below. In planning a search, a good strategy is to use 2-3 of the websites to cover an area.
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It is hard to check neighborhood crime before renting a property, but everyone wants to live in a safe neighborhood. To solve this problem, three companies allow users to search their neighborhoods for criminal activity. They are SpotCrime, CrimeMapping.com, and LexisNexis. SpotCrime allows users to easily look up city and county crime data and reports. In addition, users can search
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With sea level rise, hurricanes and tropical storm a hot topic, it is reasonable to wonder if you are renting in a flood risk area. While news often highlights the risk of flooding to home owners, tenant are also at risk of losing their home and personal property. A helpful tool to determine if you are at risk is Flood
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How to Check on Neighborhood Crime in your Rental Search reviews the neighborhood criminal activity site, Spotcrime, and discusses how it can be used to improve rental property search.
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How Can You Improve Your Rental Property Search reviews the rental listing site, Walkscore, and discusses how it can be used with larger listing sites such as Zillow.
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Getting Approved for an Apartment provides a list of the 10 steps a landlord uses to process a tenant’s residential, rental application. The key to getting approved for an apartment or other rental property is to pass each step.
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