How to Spot and Avoid Scams on RentWhiz: A Guide for Students

At RentWhiz, your safety is our top priority. We want to make sure you have a secure space to find reliable rental listings. In this blog, we’ll walk you through how to spot scams and fraudulent posts. This is one of the most important blogs you’ll want to read, so don’t skip the details!

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The Terms Nearly Over and It’s Time to Move Out! Here are Some Quick Tips

Classes are finished, your final exam is right around the corner or is a thing of the past and it’s time to think about moving out. Here’s what you need to know…

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Leading Causes of Evictions!

In this week’s blog we discuss some of the leading causes of evictions. Nobody ever wants to deal with evictions since it's usually stressful and time consuming for the tenant and the landlord. We hope you never get evicted or have to evict someone, if you feel the same way, please keep reading, and if you want to know what needs to be included in an eviction notice for it to be legal, please click here.

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Pests, Pests, Pests!!

Let’s face it, pests can be real pests. As much as we don’t like them, they are everywhere and have figured out how to live around us and constantly try to live with us. Bed bugs, mice, spiders, flies, cockroaches, all these critters can cause significant damage in your homes so we wanted to give you some tips on how to prevent them and get rid of them.

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Nightmare Roommates

In this week’s blog, we rounded up some of our members worst experiences with some of their former roommates. We asked our members if they had ever lived with a nightmare roommate, and if they had, what was it about their roommate that made them an absolute nightmare to live with.