Real Estate Secrets Every Renter Should Know: With information on renter rights, negotiating monthly payments and more. (Expert Secrets 101 Kindle Book Series)

Rents are rising, the supply is tightening—and it’s a landlord’s market these days. But savvy preparation and smart searching can still land you a sweet pad sans the headaches that commonly come from renting. Writer Holly Goodman talks to the experts to guide you through the rental process, providing key things to know and include in your contract, advice on how to handle roommates or landlord disputes and ways to present yourself in a good light when your credit seems to say otherwise. “Real Estate Secrets Every Renter Should Know” discusses living options beyond typical apartments, what your rights and responsibilities are as a renter, how you can negotiate your monthly payment (and even knock off a bit, too) and tips to ensure you get your security deposit back.


Excerpt from the Book:

“The market is tight and rents are rising, but that doesn’t mean your ideal home is out of reach. Search with patience, clear vision and an open mind. Know your budget and utilize available resources. Search with clarity and patience, do your homework and explore alternative options to find the right rental for you. You’ll not only be securing a place in which you can live happily, you’ll also be heading off future headaches.”


Highlights:

Strategies for rental research
Renting from a distance
Negotiating a lower rent
Getting around bad credit
Protecting your deposit
And much more!


Includes:

1. Overview of Today’s Rental Market
2. Finding Your “Home Sweet Rental”
3. Moving In
4. Renter’s Rights
5. Changes and Endings: Moving Out


About the Author:

Holly Goodman has been a newspaper journalist and freelance writer for two decades. After graduating in 1992 from The Ohio State University School of Journalism, she began her career at The Columbus Dispatch, where she was a general assignment reporter. She has since contributed to dozens of newspapers, magazines and webzines. Her short fiction has appeared in The Journal, Literary Mama and the recently published anthology “The Frozen Moment.” When she is not parenting her two daughters, reporting or walking the dog, she is at work on her first novel. She lives and writes in Portland, Ore.