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Apartment hunting this fall? Don’t sign a lease before asking for this (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: rent concessions, apartment hunting, rental demand

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Algorithmic Rent-Pricing Litigation Expands Under New State and Local Laws (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-30 | get antitrust law nutshell book → | tags: realpage, yardi, rent-pricing

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'Buy Now, Pay Later' Lenders Pitch Loans for Needs Like Electricity and Rent (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: buy now pay later, lenders, electricity

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This Art Project Slows Down Citi Bikes to Make NYC’s Rent Crisis Feel Real (wired.com)

2026-08-14 | by Boone Ashworth | tags: citi bike, nyc rent crisis, ground truth

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The Bruising Race to Rent in San Francisco Goes Into Overdrive (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-10 | tags: san francisco, housing, ai salaries

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Upbound says hack caused $13 million in fraudulent Acima leases (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: upbound, acima, lease-to-own

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Will Someone Finally Blink in the AI Spending War? (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-07 | get AI Investment Strategy Book → | tags: big tech, compute, compute signal

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Rent collections are down in New York (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-21 | get Smart Rent Payment System → | tags: collections, collections new, new york

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Rent collections are down in New York – and no one's sure why (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-21 | get Smart Rent Payment System → | tags: collections, collections new, new york

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Wages in America Are Too Low for the 30% Rule to Work for Renters Anymore (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | by Cassidy Horton | get Smart Budgeting App → | tags: 30% rent rule, median asking price, housing affordability

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The Redistribution of Housing Wealth Caused by Rent Control [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-14 | get Rent Control Guidebook → | tags: rent control, housing wealth, redistribution

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Institutional homebuyers have canceled 6,000 single-family home projects amid ‘ban’ push (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-11 | get SmartHome Security System → | tags: aggregate, aggregate institutional, build

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RentFlow (YC S24) Is Hiring (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-25 | get Remote Work Productivity Kit → | tags: rentflow, yc s24, ai cfo

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Last gasps of the rent seeking class? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-27 | by The Singularity Is Nearer | tags: google duplex, reservation platforms, enterprise value

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The Last Gasps of the Rent Seeking Class (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-27 | by The Singularity Is Nearer | tags: google duplex, reservation platforms, rent seeking

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Soaring Mortgage Rates Continue to Bother Real Estate Tech Companies (techreport.com)

2026-03-26 | by Vlad Melnic | get Mortgage Rate Tracker Tool → | tags: divvy homes, mortgage rates, real estate tech

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Austin’s surge of new housing construction drove down rents (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-19 | by Authors | get Smart Home Wi-Fi Extender → | tags: austin, housing construction, zoning regulations

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Housing market rent incentives hit a 12-year record as lower demand and higher supply drive apartment concessions (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-17 | get Smart Rent Incentive Signage → | tags: housing market, rent incentives, apartment concessions

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‘Uncanny Valley’: AI Researcher Resignations, Bots Hiring Humans, and Evie Magazine’s Party (wired.com)

2026-02-23 | by Brian Barrett | get Bots → | tags: uncanny valley, rent-a-human, bluesky

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Uncanny Valley: AI Researchers’ Resignations, Bots Hiring Humans, Evie Magazine’s Party (wired.com)

2026-02-23 | by Brian Barrett | get Robotics → | tags: uncanny valley, rent-a-human, bluesky

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LG's new subscription program charges up to £277 per month to rent a TV (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-27 | get Smart TV → | tags: monthly, payments, rent

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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Director Emma Tammi Explains How Abby Anchors the Sequel (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-23 | get Game → | tags: actor, actor piper, adaptation

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Canadian peer-to-peer clothing rental company Rax is expanding to the US (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-16 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | get Rental clothing → | tags: alles, alles said, disrupt

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Canadian peer-to-peer clothing rental company Rax is expanding to the U.S. (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-16 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | get RentBox → | tags: alles, alles said, disrupt

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Esusu, platform for renters to build credit scores, valued at $1.2 billion in new funding round (cnbc.com)

2025-12-11 | by Krysta Escobar | get CreditScore → | tags: credit, esusu, million

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Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani's policies as 'normal' (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-06 | by Ashifa Kassam | get I cannot extract a product name from a headline that → | tags: childcare, city, free

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8 Movies About Freaky Kids to Stream After ‘Weapons’ (gizmodo.com)

2025-10-31 | by Cheryl Eddy | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: buy, children, prime

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RealPage goes from setting rent to collecting it (theverge.com)

2025-10-31 | by Emma Roth | get Amazon Echo Dot → | tags: fees, livble, realpage

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Americans pay trillions in rent, but few get credit score boost for it (cnbc.com)

2025-10-31 | by Afshan Musani | get Rich Dad Poor Dad book → | tags: credit, esusu, rent