Trying to avoid a problem tenant, or worse, an eviction? Your best opportunity is before move-in day. In fact, before you even receive an application. Setting strong, objective qualifications for your rental units and following through with an in-depth screening is the best way to avoid a tenant issue later on....

Delegating property management is a great idea because it frees you up for work that only you can do. The problem is that it's incredibly hard to find a property manager that you can trust to do an amazing job. What should you do if you own or aspire to own real estate but you can't find a trustworthy property man...

If you get rent payouts from more than one or two tenants you've probably noticed some glaring issues with the way we keep you informed about the status of these payments. Good news: we just fixed them. Here's a quick summary of the improvement we made to rent payouts. Easier to spot a specific rent payment in y...

If you've listed or managed a unit with us recently, you've surely noticed some major changes. Most notably, there's now a management dashboard just for landlords and listers. This change left renters out in the cold. That's why we just launched a brand new experience for renters: Apartment App. You can login rig...

We started Flip to solve a problem experienced by a small amount of people very acutely: that feeling when you gained a job, lost a job, fell in love, out of love and your life no longer fits with your lease. You’ll do anything to move now without covering rent in two places at once. Our name makes perfect sense f...

We built Caretaker to make renting easier. To that end, we created a comprehensive guide to U.S. rental law to educate tenants and landlords about their rights and responsibilities. Now, we’re introducing Ask Caretaker: an ongoing series where we answer reader questions. I’m moving out of my apartment. I’m not go...

We built Caretaker to make renting easier. To that end, we created a comprehensive guide to U.S. rental law to educate tenants and landlords about their rights and responsibilities. Now, we’re introducing Ask Caretaker: an ongoing series where we answer reader questions. My landlord is telling me that they no lon...