The Indicator from Planet Money · Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Mason Komans, an apartment shopper in Nashville, leveraged the current renter's market to negotiate significant concessions. He received offers for two to three and a half months of free rent from new apartment complexes, ultimately securing a deal with two free months.
“All sorts of apartments just text me, well, how about this? Or how about this?”
“Well, this place is doing two months free and you're only doing one month free. And they're like, okay, well, we might be doing two months free. I even saw some places doing three months, three and a half months free.”
“Three and a half months? That's a whole financial quarter. A free rent.”