Beware Sneaky Tenants

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See Christopher Solomon's article, How to Hit Up Your Landlord for Cheaper Rent, Perks. Your tenants might soon try these sneaky negotiation tactics. Be ready. I've listed the main ideas:

• If your rent is going to be late, pick up the phone
• Barter services in lieu of full rent payments
• Suck up with cookies and gifts
• Show that you're ready and willing to move somewhere else if the renewal process doesn't work to your satisfaction
• Be a sleuth: find out what the vacancy rate is in your building, learn the rent for a similar unit above you, find any discounts down the street
• Meet with the landlord, present the information, and tell him that as a good tenant, this is what you need in order to stay
• Ask for more than you expect to get
• Sign a long lease in return for lower rent
• Pay a few months in advance in return for lower rent
• Pay early in return for lower rent
• Ask the landlord not to do minor repairs in return for lower rent
• Avoid extra fees for pets
• Lobby for upgraded appliances or expensive repairs
• Present a list of all the spending you do around the complex, and try to get additional fees like parking and bundled utilities knocked off the bill.

Two idea were particularly disturbing to me:

1. Sign a long lease in return for lower rent. Please! We all know that when the tenant breaks the lease and disappears there is little chance of ever recouping the rent promised to you. Longer leases are not worth the paper upon which they are written.
2. Ask the landlord not to do minor repairs in return for lower rent. You tell the tenant you're going to be upgrading the carpet or repairing some tile. The tenant says they don't mind the minor flaw, but they'd love a discount instead. Psh! It's still your house. Skipping repairs and upgrades now means having more to do later when you are trying to get a new tenant or buyer.

 

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O jewi qsitipvif nztimg et vji qsuqisvz nepehis epf puv vji iwom mepfmusf.

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