Renting A Home: Renting Tips, Guides & Advice

Tenants have never had it so tough, with rents at record highs and few properties available for rent, but there are still strategies renters can use to find a more affordable home.

Compared with the renters of 20 years ago, prospective tenants today have different priorities and some higher expectations.

Experts share some of the most important things to look for when scouting for your next rental property. 

Apartment rules and regulations can vary wildly depending on whether you’re an owner or a tenant, and which state you happen to call home. 

Terminating a fixed-term lease before it expires is usually costly for tenants, but there are certain circumstances where hefty costs can be avoided.

When you’re renting a home, you’re effectively borrowing someone else’s most valuable asset, and that can come with some stressful responsibilities.

A good landlord, like a good property manager, can be an absolute treasure. If either is bad, they can cause huge problems. And if they’re both bad, they can make tenants’ lives a misery. So, when disputes do arise, what can tenants do?

With record-low rental vacancy rates across much of Australia, renters are being urged to take more care in choosing the apartment that will most suit their needs.

When this couple decided to leave their inner-city two-bedroom apartment in Footscray earlier this year, they thought the move to country Wangaratta would be an easy one. They were wrong.

Back in 2001, real estate transactions took place with copious amounts of paper and a lot of literal leg-work, with just the first hint of the digital revolution on its way.