Renter playbooks, built from what movers actually see.
Each resource is a working checklist — the patterns, paperwork, and timing mistakes that NYC renters and movers report running into most. We publish one a month; the queue runs from neighborhood comps to scam-pattern postmortems.
- 2026 checklist
NYC moving-day checklist 2026 — the 10 most-missed items.
Freight vs passenger elevator booking, COI for the building, mail forwarding, parking permits, utility activation lead times, change-of-address timing, and the rest of the move-in ladder in one checklist.
10 missed items · 6 FAQs · 8-minute readOpen the resource - FARE Act 2025
NYC broker fee guide after FARE — who pays, how to spot the bait.
When renters must pay vs the landlord, OPHP fee-cap math, how to read the disclosure line on the listing, how to spot off-market and no-fee bait, the negotiation window inside a renter-broker agreement, and where to complain if a fee is misclassified.
10 sections · 6 FAQs · 9-minute readOpen the resource - Renter FAQ
Renter FAQ — the 5 questions before sign-up.
The five objections NYC renters raise before they sign up for Renthound — price, safety, data freshness, scam risk, cancellation — each answered without a hedge and tied to the existing Renthound surface it lives on.
5 questions · 5-minute readOpen the resource
New resources ship monthly — neighborhood comps, scam-pattern postmortems, and the COI paperwork movers actually file. Drop your email on the homepage waitlist for the monthly digest.