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We flag the fees, deadlines and terms worth pushing back on, then compare your rent with your building and floor plan and write the renewal email.

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What happens to your lease

  • We read the names, rent, dates, fees and clauses, then delete the file within 24 hours.
  • We keep those terms with your report until you ask us to delete them, and a text copy until 30 days after your lease ends (about 13 months if it already has).
  • Your landlord and property manager never see your lease.
  • Your name, unit number and the document are never shown to anyone else.

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Asking rents for every city we cover, by bedroom count, updated every two weeks: Washington (Seattle and 21 more cities), New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Miami, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Atlanta, San Francisco Bay and Boston areas. See all cities

Based on a real reportA studio in Queen Anne, Seattle

Overpaying

You pay $370 a month over comparable units nearby. That is $4,440 a year.

Comparable units run $1,640 to $2,050, $1,780 in the middle. Your own building is advertising your floor plan for $1,900 with four weeks free.

market $1,780
you $2,150$1,640$2,050
You pay
$2,150/mo
Ask for
$1,850/mo
Walk away above
$2,000/mo
Send by
Oct 1

Comparable units nearby

Median of 8 listings within half a mile, after concessions: $1,780. Three of them:

A new building, 0.1 mi studio, 513 sq ft
$1,760after 6 weeks free
Two blocks south, 0.2 mi studio, 455 sq ft
$1,695asking
Same street, 0.1 mi studio, 398 sq ft
$1,820asking

The email, ready to send

Subject: Renewal for my studio

Hi, I'd like to renew and have been a reliable tenant. I noticed the building is listing my floor plan at $1,900 with four weeks free, and comparable studios nearby rent for about $1,780. Could we renew at $1,850?

A free lease review. Your lease, read for you.

Upload your lease: we'll flag fees, deadlines and terms worth pushing back on.

The file is deleted within 24 hours. We never sell your lease.

Get my free lease reviewHow the review works
Sample, not a real leaseA made-up 1-bedroom lease at 100 Example Ave, ending Apr 30, 2027

3 things to act on

  1. Deadline

    Give notice by Mar 1, 2027

    60 days' notice, in writing, before your lease ends Apr 30, 2027. Settle the renewal rent before then. If you say nothing, it rolls over to month-to-month: $250 a month over your rent.

  2. Fee

    3 fees on top of rent, $1,620 a year

    Amenity fee $55/mo, pet rent $50/mo, trash and tech $30/mo.

    Worth asking to drop one, or fold it into the rent, when you renew.

  3. Term

    Renewal increase has no cap

    The lease lets the landlord set any renewal rent with 60 days' notice, so the number in the letter is only an opening offer.

    Worth asking about before you renew.

A renewal letter arrives with a number on it. For most renters, reading that letter is the whole negotiation.

  1. 1

    Your biggest bill, on faith.

    Half of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing, and rent is the only bill nobody comparison-shops after signing. Every other big purchase gets checked. This one gets paid.

  2. 2

    The numbers exist. You just can't see them.

    What the unit next door pays and what the building down the street asks are out there. They just never end up in front of you. The renewal arrives with the number already filled in.

  3. 3

    The fees are in there too.

    Three out of four renters with a management company report paying junk fees: amenity, technology, convenience, pet. They are in your lease. We pull them out and put them in front of you.

  4. 4

    Check it.

    See what buildings near you are asking for a home like yours, then walk back in with a number of your own and the words to ask for it.

How it works.

  1. 1

    Check your rent, no lease needed

    Your address, bedrooms, rent, size and the month your lease ends. You see your rent against what the same kind of unit is asking nearby, and when your renewal letter is due.

  2. 2

    Get a free lease review

    Upload your lease from the link under the form, or send it to hello@piggyrent.com. We flag the fees, deadlines and terms worth pushing back on, and prepare your renewal request. The file is deleted within 24 hours, and we never sell your lease.

  3. 3

    Get the words, in time

    Reminders on the dates you pick, with your leverage and an email to the landlord ready to send. It reads like a normal renewal note, the kind landlords get every season, not a complaint.

Before you start.

Do I need my lease?
Not for the first answer. Type your address, bedrooms, rent, size and the month your lease ends, and you see your rent against what's being asked for the same kind of unit nearby, from listings we hold. The lease gets you a free lease review: the fees, deadlines and terms worth pushing back on, then comps matched to your building and floor plan (and eligible rounded building rent summaries) and the renewal email. Have it handy? Use "Get a free lease review" under the form. Don't have it? Leave your email on your answer's page and we'll send you the report and remind you before your renewal.
Where do the quick check's numbers come from?
Asking rents on current listings in other buildings near you, at most two from any one building, each one dated and linked; otherwise your neighborhood's average. Your own building's listings are shown on their own, never counted in the range. Asking rents, not what anyone signed. The numbers you type are yours: they are compared, never added to anyone else's report.
Why not just ask ChatGPT?
You can, and it will give you a range for your city. We check your rent against live listings near your address, each one named, dated and linked, and at most two from any one building, so one big tower is not the market. If your own building lists the same kind of home for less than you pay, we show you that listing. In Washington we tell you your city's notice rule; anywhere, your lease gives us your exact deadline. Then we write the email to your landlord with the number to ask for, and remind you before your renewal. Free.
Is my lease private?
Yes. We read it, then delete the file within 24 hours; we keep the terms and the text we read so your report and reminders keep working. Your name, unit number, and the document are never shown to anyone. Sharing is optional. Eligible building groups show weekly rounded medians, never individual lease rents. This does not guarantee anonymity. The invite link you send them is separate from your report link and shows them nothing of yours.
Is it free?
Yes. Free for renters, the quick check and the full report both.
I rent a house, not an apartment.
It works. Your comps come from nearby rentals instead of your building.
Nobody in my building has shared yet.
You still get live market comps and the full playbook. Send neighbors the invite link from your report and the building fills in.
Can I just email it?
Yes. Send your lease to hello@piggyrent.com. We create your account under that address and reply with your report.

Neighborhoods.

Not sure where you stand? Read is my rent too high in Seattle or use the Seattle rent calculator. Got a renewal offer? Renew or move: see which costs less.

What apartments are asking in 22 Washington cities, Seattle's districts and each Seattle neighborhood, and in 11 metros, before you sign or renew. See them all under Rents by city or the rent map.

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