Oh My Apartment

Filling out a rental application form is a fact of life when seeking a new place to live. You’ll likely end up filling out at least half a dozen before you find the perfect match in apartment and approval. Proper preparation can make the whole process flow much easier. Always bring along two forms of ID and your checkbook. Most rental companies require an application fee. 

Honesty Is the Best Policy

Always fill out a rental application form as honestly as you…

Rent control is a set of laws, which is adopted by a local or state government, designed to protect tenants. The most common factors that rent control laws regulate are the maximum rent price, how much rent can go up when re-signing a lease, and what options are available to tenants who live in rental properties that need repairs.

Rent control has been found to help tenants in certain situations. However, it has also been found to have some drawbacks, which…

For anyone who is reviewing a lease agreement prior to move-in, it helps to be able to identify some warning signs of a bad landlord tenant relationship that is waiting to happen. Sometimes, the clauses of a lease can be bad omens, where tenant rights hinge on a good reading and negotiation of “landlord laws” that may ultimately be unreasonable. Here are some signs that your lease agreement may be slanted toward landlord protection.

1. Unreasonable Lease Terms or Poor Renewal…

The concept of rent control has existed to some degree since around World War I. It grew to include several states (and a number of counties and cities within these states) following World War II. The concept of rent control is that it places caps on the maximum amount of money a landlord can charge a tenant. In many areas where rent control laws exist, they are targeted at specific types of renters. The most common group that is protected…