As a landlord, I haven't raised my tenant's rent in 9 years. Community is more valuable than money.

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My wife and I bought our first house in Maine almost a decade ago.

Johanna Sorrell

Ask your landlord to lower your rent — now

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A few weeks ago, Marco Bario texted his landlord with an unusual request.

I used ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity to research a gnarly NYC rent situation. Here's what I learned.

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Nolita is an upscale neighborhood in NYC brimming with boutiques and restaurants.
Nolita is an upscale neighborhood in NYC brimming with boutiques and restaurants.

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Airbnb hosts in World Cup cities are going big to squeeze every dollar out of their homes

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Myriam Totta
Myriam Totta and her husband spent $55,000 on their Kansas City-area home to enhance its rental appeal ahead of the World Cup this summer.

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Mom-and-pop landlords' bet on rising rents is coming back to bite them

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A new wave of fraudsters is about to add a huge headache to your next housing hunt

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Jared Decker was on his way to lunch when he received the phone call that kicked off a monthslong real estate nightmare.

How investors are about to profit from a tidal wave of new homes

Tech Insider : Economy
A house in chains and lock surrounded by money

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Builders have too many new homes on their hands.

Your landlord might be using an algorithm to raise rents. If Kamala Harris has her way, that could be banned.

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Brownstone apartments in Manhattan, New York City.

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Business Insider seeks tips regarding potential abuses by corporate landlords across the US

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Locked out

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Alfred Perry got word on Labor Day weekend. He'd just thrown one of his signature cookouts in the courtyard of his apartment complex in Las Vegas.

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