Peak rental season is officially underway—and if you’re a first-time landlord, this stretch of the year can make or break your leasing success. Between May and September, the rental market sees its ...

Rent a Chicago apartment and you used to expect to have to pay a security deposit: an amount, often equivalent to a month’s rent, to be handed over to the landlord as insurance you wouldn’t damage the ...

Finding an affordable place to live is no easy task. With rent prices continuing to rise faster than wages, it would be a natural solution for people to simply renew their leases and stay in their ...

The Tenant Union Federation is fostering a wave of tenant leaders who have been pushed to the margins—many of them elderly, disabled, low-income—as they aim to transform renters into a powerful ...

But while increased demand can help fill vacancies faster, it also raises the stakes. From pricing your unit to managing inquiries and screening tenants, the pressure to get everything right is real.