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Should I Rent or Buy?

At RentHop, we pay a lot of attention to rents across the nation (and we're building some great new tools to help you analyze them). To help you understand better some of the personal finance issues related to paying...

Your Hot Apartment Listings for the Week of March 14!

We've located some hot apartment listings for the week of March 14. We included all of the following listings in one of our weekly newsletters. If you're interested, follow up with the contact person in the listing; we have...

4 Tips For Getting The Most Out Of Your Renter’s Insurance

Renter's insurance (or tenant's insurance) provides important protection for your apartment rental. Sometimes your lease requires it, sometimes not, but it's almost always a good idea. It's also not too expensive -  often only $300 per year or $25 per...

5 Things You Can Do To Avoid Losing Your Security Deposit

If you’re renting a New York City apartment, you most likely paid a security deposit when you signed your lease. The security deposit secures your performance under the lease. If you fail to perform your obligations under the lease...

Four Questions to Ask When Picking a Neighborhood

What neighborhood do you want to live in? It’s one of the first questions you’ll ask when you’re looking for an apartment, and certainly one of the first that a real estate agent will ask. New York City has...

Four Amenities You Should Pay For (and Three You Shouldn’t)

In New York City (and nationwide!), apartments and apartment buildings come with an amazing array of amenities. From gyms and pools to private balconies, buildings have come a long way. Improvements in plumbing and electrical wiring allow landlords to...

RentHop Goes Nationwide!

We've got some exciting news! Yesterday our friends at TechCrunch broke the news that we are now nationwide! As RentHop goes nationwide, we remain committed to servicing the country with high-quality listings. We're looking forward to helping renters across the country...

Your Hot Apartment Listings for the Week of February 12!

Each of the apartments below was featured in one of our weekly newsletters for the week of February 12. If you're interested, follow up with the contact person in the listing; we have not confirmed since the time the...

Four Reasons Why Pre-War Apartments Are the Best!

One way to classify New York apartments is by when they were built. There are three broad categories: pre-war, which means anything built before the Second World War; post-war, which means post-WWII but before the 1990s or so; and...

Your Hot Apartment Listings for the Week of February 5!

Are you on the apartment hunt? Check out some listings for the week of February 5th. We last confirmed the availability of the units on 9:00am on Wednesday, February 5. They also appear in our weekly newsletter. Apartments for Rent...

About Me

Lawrence part of the RentHop Data Science team with over a decade of experience in the real estate industry. In addition, he is a software developer and quantitative analyst with over 12 years of experience in software development and quantitative modeling. Lawrence merges two of his passions together to help renters across the nation with their home search.

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The stores at 55 Fulton Street in Financial District, Manhattan

A major criteria for renters when searching for a new home is its proximity to grocery stores. With the...