How CounterRent works
CounterRent stays with you from the renewal offer through the final agreement — not just for one letter.
- 01
You enter your renewal
Your current rent, what they are proposing, and your address. You see the monthly, percentage and twelve-month cost immediately, before creating an account.
- 02
We pull comparable rentals
Real listings near you, then ranked: units in your own building first, then matching bedroom count, size, property type, and how recently each was listed. Listings that would not survive scrutiny — a different bedroom count, or too far away — are excluded rather than shown to pad the list.
- 03
We score your position
How far the proposed rent sits above comparable units, how large the increase is, how long similar units are taking to rent, how many listings support your case, and how much time you have before the lease ends.
- 04
You get a number and a message
An opening counter anchored to what comparable units actually rent for, a target settlement range, and the message to send — written so you can send it without editing.
- 05
You send it yourself
CounterRent never contacts your landlord. You send every message from your own email or resident portal, and you decide what goes out.
- 06
You paste their reply
We read what they said, work out what any concessions are actually worth per month, and tell you whether to counter again, ask for terms instead of rent, or take the offer. Repeat as many times as the negotiation takes.
- 07
You record the result
The final rent you agreed, and what you saved against their original offer.
Where the numbers come from
Every figure CounterRent shows you — the increase, the comp rankings, the leverage score, the counter, the target range, your savings — is calculated by the application from your inputs and real listing data. The written explanations and messages are generated from those figures; they are never the source of them.