Can You Rent an Apartment After Filing for Bankruptcy?

A bankruptcy filing could impair your ability to rent an apartment. Your bankruptcy filing may have eliminated your debt or created a payment plan that helped ease a financial hardship. But if you ...

Finding an apartment after bankruptcy may prove difficult, as your credit report may flag you as a poor credit risk. Landlords seeing your credit problems are taking the risk that you may be late or ...

As the number of Americans filing for bankruptcy jumps, here's how some debtors are navigating the post-bankruptcy landscape.

Finding an apartment to rent after going through a bankruptcy can sometimes be a challenge, but it's not impossible. In this economy, so many have lost jobs or have had their incomes reduced that landlords can't always be as selective as they had in the past. If you're in the situation of needing to find somewhere to live and are concerned about how your bankruptcy will affect your search for an apartment, here are 10 tips that I hope will make your search easier.