Renting
How to Negotiate a Rent Increase Before Your Lease Renews
The renewal letter arrives 60 days before your lease ends: rent goes from $1,800 to $1,980 a month, a 10 percent jump.
Investing and rentals writer, page 2 of 7
Victor manages a small portfolio of rental units himself, which means his cap rate math has to survive contact with an actual tenant. He writes about landlording and property investing from the spreadsheet outward, not the other way around.
Renting
The renewal letter arrives 60 days before your lease ends: rent goes from $1,800 to $1,980 a month, a 10 percent jump.
Renting
A tenant with seven months left on a $1,800 a month lease is looking at $12,600 on paper if they simply walk away.
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