About Kenponet
Your home, in plain numbers. Who we are, what we cover across Renting, Buying and moving, Owning, Maintenance and costs and Landlord basics, how we report and correct our work, and how to reach the Kenponet editorial desk.
Kenponet is an independent publication covering the renting, buying, owning and upkeep decisions behind the place you live. Your home, in plain numbers — written for renters, first-time buyers, homeowners and small landlords who want the real costs and rules before they sign, buy or fix anything, and published on a simple premise: the people who actually do this work deserve the version that survives contact with it.
- Articles published
- 34
- Bylined writers
- 3
- Beats covered
- 5
- Publishing since
- 2026
Why Kenponet exists
Coverage of Renting, Buying and moving, Owning, Maintenance and costs and Landlord basics tends to split into two unhelpful halves: press releases with a byline attached, and commentary from people who have never had to ship, buy, or live with the thing being discussed. Kenponet was started to sit in the gap — close enough to the subject to know what actually changed, far enough from it to say so plainly.
Our editorial voice is deliberate: plain-spoken, practical and a little dry. We write the way a friend who has read the lease, run the mortgage numbers and been up in the attic would explain it: what it costs, what the rules say and what to do first. That shows up as explainers, how-to guides, head-to-head comparisons, ranked lists and features — whichever format answers the question a reader actually arrived with, rather than whichever one fills the most space.
Who writes here
Every piece on Kenponet carries the name of the person who reported and wrote it. 3 writers currently file for us across Renting, Buying and moving, Owning, Maintenance and costs and Landlord basics, and each of them keeps a profile page listing their background, their beat, and everything they've published on this site.
Where a story has been independently fact-checked, the reviewer is credited separately from the writer, so you can tell who reported a claim and who checked it. Nothing here is published under a house byline or an invented persona.
What we cover
- Renting Leases, deposits, rent increases and tenant rights: what renters are owed and how to settle the usual disputes.
- Buying and moving Mortgages, closing costs and moving day: the numbers a buyer rarely sees until the paperwork, and how to move without getting stung.
- Owning Life as a homeowner: insurance, property tax, escrow and the long-term decisions that come with the keys.
- Maintenance and costs Heating bills, repairs and seasonal upkeep: what a home really costs to run, and which jobs are worth doing now.
- Landlord basics The basics for small landlords: leases, rent setting, vouchers, repairs and the rules that change by state or province.
How we work
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We report before we opine
Analysis on Kenponet starts from something checkable — a filing, a release, a data set, a conversation with someone who was in the room. Where we're inferring rather than reporting, the piece says so in the sentence that does the inferring.
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Corrections happen in public
When we get something wrong we fix it in place and note the correction on the article itself, with what changed and when. We don't quietly edit a mistake out of the record.
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Commercial relationships never buy coverage
Some links may be sponsored. Our editors choose what we cover, and no lender, landlord or agent pays to shape a story. Sponsored links are marked where they appear and carry the appropriate link attributes. No sponsor sees a story before publication, and no commercial relationship decides whether a topic gets covered or what we conclude about it.
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We write for the person doing the work
This site is written for renters, first-time buyers, homeowners and small landlords who want the real costs and rules before they sign, buy or fix anything — not for a search engine, and not for an industry insider looking to be flattered. If a piece can't survive being read by someone who does this for a living, it isn't ready to publish.
Contact the desk
Story tips, corrections, and questions about a specific piece of coverage all reach the Kenponet editorial desk. We read everything; we reply to what we can act on. For how we handle sponsored placements and affiliate relationships, see the pages linked below.