verbs - How to avoid ambiguity in "I am renting an apartment in New York"?

Does the sentence:

I am renting an apartment in New York.

imply that I am the landlord or the tenant?

How can I unequivocally communicate that I am the tenant (or the landlord)?

Answer

To "unequivocally communicate that I am the tenant (or the landlord)", among other things you could say one of the following.

• As tenant, I rent an apartment...
• As landlord, I rent an apartment...

As previously noted by choster, adding out to original sentence works for landlord sense:

I am renting out an apartment in New York.

You can state a not-landlord case, and perhaps imply tenancy, via

I pay for renting an apartment in New York.