Renting Tips
- Read thoroughly and understand your lease.
- Learn the law about security deposits to protect your own security deposit.
- Purchase renters insurance.
- Listen to your inner voice when considering a rental unit; your gut will tell you that something isn’t right
- Be sure the rental unit meets your needs–or at lease understand the tradeoffs.
- Check out the neighborhood before you sign the lease–check at different times of the day and night.
- Understand the terms for breaking a lease–know your responsibilities.
- Know which utilities are included in the rent and which are not.
- Understand under what conditions and timing your landlord may enter your rental unit.
- Maintain ongoing communication with your landlord.
“Lets cross the bridge together.”


