I get this one a lot honestly. renting means more strangers moving through the building at any give time, and if your lease won't let you drill or mount anything, it can feel like there's nothing you can actually do about it.

Most of what actually matters doesn't touch a wall anymore though. Door and window sensors are just adhesive, so you get an alert the second something opens and peel them right off before you move out.

Motion sensors and glass break sensors work the same way. They connect over Wi-Fi, no mounting needed, and they're worth having if you've got hallway blind spots or a ground floor window.

Locks are really the only place you need to touch anything, and even that's minor. A smart deadbolt swaps in over y our existing one, runs on batteries, no drilling, and you put the original back before you leave. Worth it if you've ever wondered whether a past tenant still has a key.

We put together a renter's guide if you want the full breakdown.

Anyone else dealt with this? Curious what people actually ended up doing when the lease wouldn't budge.

I finally got them to stop calling me every other week selling me on new stuff. And they lied about me having cameras…I don’t own any Vivint cameras.