How to avoid paying brokers’ fees on your next apartment
They’re the bane of a renter’s existence: that only-in-Boston (and New York City) payment for the privilege of renting an apartment.
They’re the bane of a renter’s existence: that only-in-Boston (and New York City) payment for the privilege of renting an apartment in what is already one of the nation’s most expensive housing markets.
Brokers’ fees.
The vast majority of apartments in Boston and neighboring cities are listed and leased through real estate brokerage firms, with middlemen showing units, screening tenants, and charging, typically, the equivalent of one-month’s rent for their troubles.
The Globe’s new feature, Help Desk, offers strategies for how to avoid paying them.
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