Documents You’ll Need to Start Your Apartment Hunt

November 14, 2016 | By Kristen AuthorMy First Apartment

If you are new to the apartment hunt process, it can be daunting. What do I need? Do I have enough money saved for rent, utilities, and furniture? Will I have an empty apartment? Do I need a roommate? You sift through dozens of apartment listings and it seems like the search will never end.…

Paperwork You’ll Need for Your Rental Apartment Application

May 22, 2016 | By MFA Editors AuthorMy First Apartment

Before you hit the apartment hunting trail, make sure you have all your paperwork ready to complete a typical rental apartment application. Your future landlord will judge you mainly on two things: your financial history and your personal background. First and foremost, he wants to be comfortable that you can pay your rent on time,…

3 Key Steps to Getting Your First Apartment

January 10, 2016 | By Jennie AuthorMy First Apartment

Looking for an apartment, especially your first apartment, can be overwhelming. To find the right rental you need to consider many variables, including the neighborhood, your budget limitations and your lifestyle. We have broken the whole intimidating process down into three manageable steps that will coach you to find an apartment that is right for you.…

How Do I Rent From an Individual?

December 14, 2014 | By Chloe AuthorMy First Apartment

Renting a living space from an individual will be different experience than working with a company, but it can open doors for you to rent in a more personable, flexible, and friendly way! You may not have the convenience of 24/7 maintenance, a workout room, or the community gathering spaces of many apartment complexes, but…

How to Avoid Your First Apartment Rental Scams

May 28, 2014 | By Melissa AuthorMy First Apartment

As much as I want to believe in the good of all people in the world, especially the good of those people who want you to write a rather large check to them, you have to admit to yourself that there are enough people who are willing to take advantage of you, and run off…

What You Need to Do Before You Start Looking for Your First Apartment

January 2, 2014 | By doug AuthorMy First Apartment

In apartment-hunting, as with so much else in life, sometimes the most daunting thing is just figuring out where to start, how to wrap your mind around the task at hand. So let’s begin at the beginning–not moving in, not looking at apartments, not even searching listings. Before any of that, before you take any…

I’m Renting a Condo…from My Mother

April 25, 2013 | By MFA Editors AuthorMy First Apartment

With this post we welcome a new blogger to the MFA team. Christa is a first time renter, born and raised in New York, and she’ll be telling us what it’s like when you call your landlord Mom. I’m Renting a Condo…from My Mother Renting an apartment is a process that has the potential…

Conquering Your First Rental Paperwork

March 2, 2013 | By doug AuthorMy First Apartment

Searching for an apartment, while stressful, also has its enjoyable moments. You daydream of your view overlooking the park, or imagine the grandeur of living in a historic building, hardwood floors at your feet, chandeliers lighting the hallway. And then you get to the paperwork part of the process. There’s nothing glamorous about reading sprawling…