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Consumer Affairs


Rental Properties & Agents

Renting a house or apartment sounds simple but can turn into a long-term headache of major proportions. Leases, after all, are legal documents and you can bet that the landlord and his lawyers have put a lot of time into giving themselves every possible advantage over you. It's important to be alert and proceed cautiously. In our comprehensive consumer's guide, Renting a House or Apartment, Stephanie Moore outlines the pitfalls and helps you prepare for them. In Behind the Screen Door, Martin Bosworth walks you through the tenant screening system.

Renting a place to live is a lot like making an investment in your brother-in-law's new start-up company. If everything works out great, everything's great. If it doesn't, getting things back on track can be frustrating and time-consuming.


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