Rent Coach: First rent, then buy; tough talk on rent reductions

… and want to buy an apartment  We were thinking about renting to get to know the city before deciding on a purchase but Im having trouble justifying the prospective rent payments that would be substantially more than our last … What should we do … A It almost always makes sense to rent to rent for a year if you are relocating to the city  …

By Mike Akerly |October 6, 2011 - 7:37AM