Tips & Guides

Leases

From understanding legal jargon to making sure your terms work for your lifestyle, leases can be complicated—and restrictive! Use these guides to know what you’re getting into.  

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Shaking hands after signing a lease

10 Essential Questions to Ask Before Signing a Lease

By Bri Hand
Woman hands a landlord her rental application for a new apartment.

How do Apartment Applications Work? (Step by Step)

By Bri Hand
Getting out of an apartment lease

How to Get Out of an Apartment Lease

By Bri Hand
Signing a lease

When Do You Sign a Lease For an Apartment?

By Bri Hand

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Happy young woman reading reference letter for an apartment on a piece of paper.

Reference Letter for Apartment: Tips & Samples

By Landing
Signing a lease

When Do You Sign a Lease For an Apartment?

By Landing
Young woman reading book and drinking coffee sitting on balcony in modern loft apartment.

Lease Extension vs. Renewal: How They Differ

By Landing
Woman hands a landlord her rental application for a new apartment.

How do Apartment Applications Work? (Step by Step)

By Landing
Young couple moving into a month-to-month rental.

What Is a Month-to-Month Rental Agreement? Pros & Cons

By Landing
Full-length relaxed young man in glasses lying on comfortable couch, enjoying spending weekend leisure time chatting in social network on phone with friends

What Is Prorated Rent? Definition, Examples & How to Calculate It

By Landing
Apartment bedroom

What Is a Rent Grace Period, and How Does It Work?

By Landing
Closeup of hand holding a pen pointing to a line at the end of a lease.

How Much Does It Cost to Break a Lease?

By Bri Hand
A person's hand holds a pen and writes a rent reduction letter to their landlord.

How to Write a Rent Reduction Letter to Your Landlord

By Barbara Zito
Hand holding keys with apartment building in the background

What Is a Sublease Agreement?

By Bri Hand
Well-designed living room in a Landing apartment.

How to Get Your Security Deposit Back

By Bri Hand
Filling out an apartment application

What Is a Security Deposit?

By Bri Hand
Woman sits on her laptop on her couch composing a 30-day notice letter to her landlord.

How to Write a 30-Day Notice to Your Landlord

By Bri Hand
Woman sitting on couch in cozy living room in her apartment.

Leasing vs. Renting: What Are the Differences?

By Bri Hand
Portrait of happy, laughing millennial woman looking at camera showing key from new rented apartment after negotiating her rent.

How to Negotiate Rent

By Bri Hand
Paying rent with a credit card

Can You Pay Rent With a Credit Card?

By Bri Hand