Renter’s Advice and Resources

Renter’s Advice and Resources

The Pros and Cons of Paying a Rental Agent Fee

Staff Writer

 · May 2, 2011

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When using the services of an apartment rental agent (sometimes called a broker), you must pay a rental agent fee at closing. This fee tends to cost between 10 percent and 15 percent of one year’s worth of rent, so you may wind up paying thousands, or at the least hundreds, of dollars. Before you […]