How to negotiate with your landlord
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- Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2024
- Your first step is to research local laws to figure out if the proposed increase is legal. Rental laws vary widely by state and city, and some places afford renters many more protections. Track down your state’s landlord-tenant handbook - often found on the website of your city or county government, or local housing or health department - to get started.
Carefully read your lease to see if a specific rent-raising process such as this is outlined. If you find one, compare it to local laws to make sure it’s allowed. You can also contact a real estate agent for an analysis of rental prices in your area to check whether the proposed increase aligns with the overall market.
Reaching out to neighbors to inspire some collective action can also strengthen your position. Whether you create a formal tenant union or just have a conversation, building these connections can make everyone feel more supported.
Gabby Cruz, a real estate agent at Compass, recommends doing a public records search of your landlord’s name or the LLC that owns their properties, or using their basic business license number (BBL) to find which properties they’re licensed to rent. “This research is crucial because you can see how many properties they own and whether their license is active.” 
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"hey ive noticed that you are wanted in 27 states"
worked for me
Umm... Landlord: Try Not to Die Edition?
"Its about to be 28 if you dont pay my rent"
@@gloxost Lmfao
😂@@gloxost
How do you go about finding a landlord with an active Warrant across states? I'd like to not have to worry about increasing rates also
My brother actually sued one of his previous landlords for his security deposit back and won. The landlord claimed my brother didnt pass his checkout (off campus student type houseing) and so he wouldnt get his deposit back. My brother countered that he was checked off by an employee and was the 1st of 6 roommates to leave, of course things would get messy when the last guy left 6 weeks later. In the process of filing a civil case, he found out the landlord was 18 month expired on his rental buiness license.
My brother got his security deposit back along with his other roommates getting theirs and the guy got a huge fine along with having to pay for the previous 18 month expiration and the next 2 years license all before he could accept renters again. It was july and school started up pretty soon.
Your brother is a HERO
Some landlords are just petty Napoleons
@@danyfighter562 Some? Most.
Careful these scenarios make for a nice investigative crime episode
Wow, 'grats to them on the win! (P.S. Landlords shouldn't exist...)
Or in otherwords:
Appeal to their decency,
Appeal to the local market,
Appeal to the Union,
Blackmail them.
I prefer the term extortion. The 'ex' makes it sound cool.
@@JohnnyShagbot
Handsom Jack saying blackmail lives rent free in my head.
Could rephrase the blackmail as "appeal to their sense of self-preservation" to keep the theme going
@@Uufda651
Nah, breaking from the theme with such a dark/unhinged twist is the joke.
Same principle as the Google vs Bing meme
Like "Dating advice: 1. Be clean and polite, 2. Choose a comfortable location for both you and her, 3. Be charismatic, make some conversation, try a joke, 4. Drug her drink."
@@JohnnyShagbotnice reference
I feel for people who live with that. Our landlord for 10 years was a firefighter, and it was just his childhood home that he was saving for when his kid was old enough. So he frequently renovated things in it for us, totally redid and maintained the landscaping, and raised our rent all of like $50. Once. By the time we moved out, we were like 60% below market.
It sucks that he was such an exception to the rule
I don't think that he is. It's just that the squeaky wheels are louder.
All the landlords I've met/known are honest, hard-working folk. Nor do those I know who rent have issues with their landlords. 🤷♀️
It’s the properties owned by corporations that love to do this. Mom and pop landlords are almost never like this.
Agree with comments above. Also, let's address how increases in taxes and interest rates affect decent landlords ... here in Portugal it's 28% tax on the rent, mortgages skyrocketed and expenses like HOA, insurance all increased 😢 some of it has to pass to tenants ... government could lower those taxes since rents are so crazy 😢
My landlord was a descent human being for the first 10 years I lived here. Mind you I've been here for almost 18 years now and he hasn't maintained anything in a decade, but my rent has doubled in the last few years. While the walls are crumbling around me. He has the nerve to tell me how rent control is punishing him as he raised my rent $380. a month, this year alone. 🙄 I'll definitely be looking up his license. He doesn't follow through on anything, so I'm sure that's lapsed as well.
@@kellypatterson4412Landlord licenses aren't required in all states.
NY residents make sure to take notes
You don’t need a license do you?
Taking notes
@pepp1n047 you absolutely need a license to be a landlord: you're acting as a business, and you MUST have the relevant licensing.
why new york specifically?
@@ROLO31because of lots of scummy, borderline slumlords
"Im increasing your rent"
"Pause"
*pauses landlord but never unpauses*
The best way to deal with problems
@@christianalmon4117 the best deal is to fix the problem no to pause the problem or just don't open the door and say I don't talk to strangers 😂😂
"We're here with a warrant arrest please do not resi-"
"Pause"
😅
An end without an end
This is why i study the hell out of my lease agreements. Landlord tried this two months after my 2 year renewal, but didn't have it in the contract that he could raise rent, therefore he was stuck with me for 22 months
But he didn’t have that he couldn’t raise rent right?
@@claireworld_ I'm assuming this is a joke, but just in case it isn't:
A contract must specify everything but the contracter and contractee can do. if you have a contract with someone, and this contract states that they will maintain your property (clean) for _ amount of days, and you will pay them X amount, but all of the sudden you decide you don't like this guy and want to switch workers, that wouldn't fly. either because the duration of the contract hasn't ended, or due to prohibition by law. The contract didn't specify you couldn't, but that doesn't mean you CAN.
You can raise rent prices even if it’s not in the contract once that contract term ends. That contract is only good for that year so when he has you sign a lease renewal he can change the price (because you are signing a NEW contract and agreeing to a new price, they are not breaking the old contract. You filled it in that time. You are agreeing to a new one and new terms)
@@CloudyconfusionI believe the original comment means they signed a 2 year rental agreement. The landlord tried to raise rent 2 months into the 2 year lease but couldn’t because it’s not in the lease. The lease stated what rent would be for the full duration.
LOL, suuuuuuure.
Tenant: I noticed you license is expired
Landlord: PaUsE
What state requires a landlord license? If you move and have to rent out your house until it sells, do you need a license for that?
@@Greg3070 pretty sure this would only b for apartment buildings, not a single family house.
@@SnowieShiba ok, that makes me sense.
@@Greg3070 I live in Nevada. Third party property managers require licensing. I assume there are other states with similar laws.
Landlord: your contract is up see ya later
My friend found out his apartment was rent controlled by requesting a form from the city. He's going to be getting a huge payout because his landlord increased the rent WAY past what was allowed.
Will they be able to get rid of him when his lease is up?
@@ericcaminero6246 do you understand how a lease works?
That's communism!
@@ericcaminero6246who cares with the money he can leave and start again
@@ericcaminero6246 more than likely, depends on the state though.
PAUSE. Is your landlord trying to raise your rent? Just tell him “PAUSE”. He will be frozen in place until you say “RESUME”
Yeah, but he is kind of blocking the way there...
@@Cheepchipsablejust pick him up and move him, as long as you don't stay RESUME then he'll stay frozen. nearly forgot about my landlord until police ce looking for him after several days, he didn't raise the rent so I consider it a win.
Make sure to have a remote in your hand too
Another phrase that works is "ZA WARUDO!! Toki yo, tomare!"
LMAO -- just rewatched the movie "Click" last night.
Check into whether your landlord has been doing everything he promised. Mine promised to mow our grass, but he came only four times the whole summer, and he left big patches of grass unmowed, which meant I had been doing it myself. When he came around talking about a rent increase, I just said, "Listen, I've been mowing the grass... I'll keep doing that. Forget the rent increase." My rent stayed the same for 10 years. It's more work, but if your landlord is the lazy type, he's not going to do much for you anyway. Take advantage of that.
THIS! I only charge 700/month for a house but it’s agreed that it’s cus they do yard work and fix their own small issues like switching a light bulb. But if I have to go over and do yard work and unclogged ur hairy faucet they getting billed.. my tenant stopped doing both 2 months ago and I think he’s okay w paying 900/months now, I’m ok with that too 🤷♂️
Too funny
I’ve never heard of a landlord being responsible for the tenants grass. Mowing YOUR OWN YARD is the wackest form of leverage of ever heard of 😂
@@jordanbarnett7247nah it really depends on the pairing. My fam rented to a couple who both work full-time + college and as renters they’re less likely to have decent yardwork tools. Homeowners seem more likely to invest in better tools/hiring. So it worked best for both parties to have the landlord worry about yardwork to help justify higher CA rent.
Maybe if they rented to a family with someone willing to labor instead but yeah depends on both party’s preferences
@@jordanbarnett7247 you've never heard of an apartment?
#1 part of engaging with a landlord is to know local and state laws! They vary massively from place to place, know your rights and responsibilities. Loved the video, a great set of ideas that might help in many situations.
I rent out my old house to family friends. I've charged $900 / month since 2016, and last year they started paying $1,200 unprompted. I thought it was a mistake so when I tried to give it back they said "Oh, xxx across the street pays $1,800 and we we don't want to take advantage."
8 Billion people on Earth and I guarantee this is the first time this has ever happened anywhere. Blew my mind.
Wild story. Who are these people who will just pay an extra $300 unprompted and can I be their friend? They sound rich
I did this with my landlord. I increased my rent by $150 (about 10%). She's great and I work hard to be a great tenant as well. I sent her a note saying "Hi! I took the liberty of increasing my rent starting this month. Everything has increased and I'm so thankful and happy this is my home." It happens.
Reminds me of the guy who rents my parent's and Grandma's fields. At the end of every harvest he comes to give a check and on several occasions has told them he's going to pay them more because he doesn't feel comfortable with not doing do. My parents then fight and tell him they don't feel comfortable raising the rent. Lol
@esimo1 this is so difficult for me to believe with the frame of reference that life has given me. I hope to one day be in the position that I could and would willingly give my landlord more money 😅😅
tip your land lord!
Fun fact in many areas reporting an unlicensed rental property will often get you evicted by the city. Cuz you can't live in an unlicensed building.
When my last landlord tried to increase the rent, I just said 'no' and when he asked why I said 'Because I don't want to pay more', and it absolutely flabbergasted him and he just walked away.
Be sure not to ignore that certified letter you’ve got coming.
@@truthsmiles I haven't lived there in years, I left for pandemic related reasons. He never got back to me about it and we resigned the lease at the same price till i left
@@saphironkindris based
No means no bill cosby.
@@saphironkindrisso no u didn’t say it because u wanted less rent, it was because u were moving elsewhere and screwing around. Don’t promote fake recklessness.
My landlord in China once tried to increase my rent... I just told him "Okay, I'll move out then" And he said Okay please stay, no more increase.
Prior to me renting the house, it had been vacant for a year and he still pays mortgage so he knew what was astake because the house was in a high end estate.
A tenants union is the real move. Your whole building together has a lot of power.
Unfortunately that everyone's looking for a house right now
@@Lola_Greens nobody with an ounce of sense is looking for a house in this market
Except if it’s a corpo, your building is not the only one, so they’d just ignore any union
Dumb question, but what leverage has a tenant union?
I don't think landlords would care if everyone would threaten to move out, because other people would move in instantly, right?
What would a tenants union do? Strike on rent payments? All move out at once?
This is why my parents haven't raised the rent on their tenant. She has been here for almost a decade, and she's a delight. She takes good care of the property. I'll never forget when she called during a snowstorm saying, "collaps is imminent." She needed help getting snow off the porch, and sure enough, it looked like it was about to break. 😅
I don't touch the rent on my tenants. If they aren't bad tenants, why would I want to risk getting worse ones?
My mom does it that way too. Her tenant is a sweet lady living in an apartment in her house for more than 10 years, she never gets her rent raised because she is lovely, they watch each other's dogs when they go on vacation, they share a garden. She has the lowest rent in town l believe. Being greedy can't beat a peaceful friendly relationship.
Collapse is imminent is incredibly ominous sounding with and without context
Landlording isn't a real job, its just being leeches on society.
@@miradics3988 big talk coming from someone whose housing depends on leeching others credit score or property.
This reminds me of the quote, “Landlords offer housing like scalpers offer tickets”
Perfect analogy
that makes no sense
@@DadeMurphiethey’re not the original purveyors of the product, they’re unnecessary middleman inserting themselves into a process, and they profit heavily off of customers with nowhere else to go
@@IntrusiveThotit would be a perfect analogy IF they were reselling it just at a high rate,real estate agents would be better in that case,renting is different, as the commodity/service/resource changes in terms about how they are given.
Though i get what you mean, just wanted to say this one :)
If you don't like landlords, but your own place
Instructions unclear: I’m now outside the building and the lock is changed
I'm inside the building but dont have electricity or water for 66 days!
"Okay, okay, you dont have to pay any rent anymore! Just leave me and my family alone!"
"Pause."
Make your landlord pay you
@@neonbelly4 that's the ideal next step!
Stupid advice here bc all states are NOT the same. Do your homework folks
I think you would start claiming you were the victim pretty quickly when your landlord stood up to you.
@@iwrist313duh, dont say "im not sure local laws allow that much of an increase in rent" if you didnt look yourself. this video is giving you things to look into to help fight against shitty landlords, not 100% foolproof phrases that will get you out of raised rent all the time. this video is actually very helpful for helping you start your own research by giving you laws to look up and things about your landlord to check.
Not my wifi buffering when he says pause 😂
Your WiFi wanted in on the bit. 🤣
Your wifi may be a landlord
Your landlord was panicking there lol
@@CouldBeChara😂
Is it CenturyLink? 😭
Edit: Well, this blew up, thanks folks. Apparently to some people, tricking a law disobeying landlord is a Karen move.
Play dumb can work.
My last landlord tried to raise the rent more than the percentage that law allows and only mentioned it verbally, no official lease change no nothing. Even if the law allows it, he needs to give a 3month notice. I didn’t argue with him, I acted like I didn’t know such law existed and I even told him the raise made sense since rent was sky rocketing everywhere.
The week before the rent raise, I asked him very politely to have the updated lease since I will be paying more rent and I bet his ass can’t give it to me otherwise I have evidence to sue him. He dropped the rent raise.
I asked him if he’s sure about not raising the rent, because I don’t want him to have hard feelings since he’s the boss here, acting like I was on his team. I then told him “please give me an updated lease if you still wanted the rent raise, and knowing the current rent market I will comply, however as a tenant I want to play by the book.” He never mentioned any raise again.
That’s beautiful
Piece of advice. Don't threaten your landlord with litigation. He can make your life way harder than it needs to be. Be respectful and understanding.
@@ZachStachelski13if you can read he obviously never threatened any litigation
Funny how you can have rent control by law but what stops property taxes doubling or tripping on that landlord? What stops insurance skyrocketing for that property?
It be fine if there was protection for the landlord but I dont think they want anyone owning land. How else they going to get us in 15min cities living in boxes and eating bugs?
@@bobshanery5152i missed the part where that's the tenants problem
Landlord: Your rent is going to increase.
*Red Sun in the Sky starts playing*
“When all else fails? Time for Blackmails!”
A good strategy for everything in life
I mean raising rent is like a form of blackmail
“Pay me even more money or I’ll make you homeless! Heehee!”
@@Frogggisimo if only it wasn’t so profitable
@@Frogggisimo I believe the word you're looking for is 'extortion'.
@@Tokanii How can it be extortion or blackmail if hes the owner of the property? He's letting you live there on his conditions. If u don't like it move
My dad’s landlord tried to raise rent to match other houses in the area once. When he told my dad he was like “this house is much shittier than all of those and you do nothing to care for it. If I left this house after you raise rent, there is no way in hell anyone would take up this property. I’d probably have been robbed cuz of the area this house is in by now if I didn’t have a shit car.”
The landlord did not raise the rent
I wish people were more educated, taxes are up for landlords so they HAVE to raise rents or they will literally take a loss, uneducated people then vote for even more taxes… and the cycle continues
Government regulations and control have only ever destroyed economies please stop voting if you don’t even know how inflation is caused or basic economic principles
Truth is your dad could've easily been replaced. But most landlords don't want to deal with the hassle of replacing a reliable tenant.
@@ZachStachelski13Soooooo…. NOT easily replaced?
@@ZachStachelski13
Its not just a hassle it waste money.
If you keep the place in great condition a landlord would often rather keep you then replace.
Imagine you rent a house for lets say 3k a month. Probably more then half of that goes to Taxes, insurance and loan payments which are all skyrocketing due to a bloated and greedy government. Then of about 50-40% left you would take another 20-30% of that for possible repairs.
You end up with 10-20% of rent going hopefully into your pocket but if the tenant leaves and you need a new roof, HVAC or tub etc. You have to take from that.
Many here seem to no understand that most landlords are not trying to screw you over. Sure in big monopolies or places where these companies buy all the property (should not be possible but again bloated government).. They will screw you because they own everything and artificially skyrocketed the prices but normally this is not the case.... Well for now. Dont think our government wants us owning property at all. How else they going to get us all into boxes, living in 15m cities and eating the bugs? ha
@gray9606 easy to replace. But running the risk that the new Tennant is even worse.
Landlord: I am raising your rent.
Also Landlord: Wait, why do I hear boss music?
Uses attacks
Mold in my bathroom
Windows not working
Refrigerator is leaking
Paint peeling off
Hot water not working
@meowkie8549 Our roof was leaking once & I called to let them know, they were like "since it's in the garage it should be fine, it'll take us about 6-8mo to get someone" me "Okey dokey, I just assumed you'd want to know since it's running down the wall over the breaker box & that seemed like it could be bad" I woke up to the roofers dropping the shingles on the roof the next morning 😂
@@idontknow9648 when in doubt, call the board of health lol
The last rent increase I had was due to the place not having raised the rent in a DECADE, while the costs have gone up a lot.
There are MANY areas that do not have "local laws" limiting increases, and I've never HEARD of a "landlord license".
Hey, just because you've never heard of it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist and just because it didn't happen to you doesn't mean that it doesn't happen at all...Google is your friend, my friend!
@@MLadyAzzera I was commenting on the "Your first step is to research local laws to figure out...." comment.
Some states have renter laws, but nothing resembling a "landlord-tenant handbook" - don't ASSUME that your state is the same as every other and that all states have the same things.
I do grant that renter protections vary A LOT by state, city, and sometimes county.
I negotiated with landlord and the rent increases by $100 instead of $150.
I didn't really think it would happen because I live in a big apartment complex owned by a hug company.
To negotiate, I basically wrote a letter as to why I was a great tenant. Chat GPT helped 😅
Its a lot more expensive for them to lose a decent tenant than keep you on the same price.
Aww, a hug company sounds like nice people to have as a landlord 🥰
And we all totally believe that.
@@bluedragonfly8139 This is a very mundane and plausible event. There's no reason to not believe this.
@@FinnateseEh, a good tenant makes them more money
Proud to belong to one of the fastest growing tenant unions in the USA. When housing is as criminally bad and expensive as it is nowadays, you have to protect yourself with strength in numbers. Don't have a tenants union? Look up and reach out to one to see about how to get started in your area.
but what powers do they have other then just having numbers. at the end of the day a landlord does not have to let you stay there and can just decline to allow you to renew your lease
@archemides1517 then all their tennents can refuse to pay rent until a new contract is signed (maybe not legally but this is the idea)
@@Facegrinder1 then you would get evicted maybe it would work on a like an apartment building where there is a lot of tenants but a duplex i would just evict them for failure to pay rent and depending on how much of an asshole the landlord wants to be they can sue you for back rent
@@archemides1517 yeah it doesn't work for landlords who only own one property but they are forced to lower rents to the surrounding union rents
@@archemides1517Your theory makes sense on paper but unions really do work. There’s lots of statistics on unions helping retain jobs, pay lore, and create community. For small landlords - sure an eviction could just be one or two less months rent of the year. But for large landlord complexes, often corporate-style, they have lots of money in-flow and out-flow and renovation debt and project allowances based on previous and predicted profit. They can’t feasibly evict half, most, or all of their tenants or else the whole operation would collapse and managing a tighter budget (often times just less profit) ends up being a better option for large complex landlords and their tenants. Power to the people!
Me to my landlord, "Is my lease up? No? We'll discuss when I renew".
Exactly, a lease is a contract. A contract protects both parties. Everything in a contract is negotiable. If a lease says the landlord can raise rent whenever they want don't sign that lease.
*Proceeds to kick you out. “Renew this”
@ecostw8408 ah so a crime and an easy lawsuit
These comments just prove so many ppl don't know their rights as renters. They assume any little thing can and will get you kicked out, so they roll over and show their belly anytime their landlord says smth. Speak to a tenant's rights attorney if you have to ppl! A lot of them do free consulting!
@@ecostw8408 It basically takes months to evict a tenant
Instructions unclear
I tried to pause my landlord but he just got angrier at me. Now i pay him double rent.
Daughter got a rent increase of $225 a month. She started looking at other apartments and found the unit above hers advertised for $50 more than her current rent. She wrote an email to the rental agency, explaining that she'd always been on time, no complaints, took care of the unit, etc AND then she asked for her rent, as a proven good tenant, to match the new lease rate for the upstairs unit. Win.❤
My landlord demanded more food and more space on the bed it’s outrageous and yet he’s adorable. It’s my cat btw.
Ur landlord is a cutie
The only time I'm ever gonna side with a landlord!
Sorry dude, your landlord has an ironclad case here, better just pay up.
You're lucky, I got two landlords.
What a tyrant.
I accidentally paused at the first “pause” and spent a minute thinking it was apart of the video until I finally realised that I actually accidentally paused the video. 😂😅
😂
Damn, your plug got you the good good
😂😂😂😂
Three years ago my apartment complex increased the rent $350 more per month, their reason all units will be remodelled. We had to move to another unit that was already remodelled. We had to pay $500 for moving expenses. Now we live downstairs dealing with noisy upstairs neighbors and rent has increased twice since then. We can't afford buying a house with a mortgage of $2,500 to $3,000. We currently pay $1800. Hoping the rates change soon.
When I used to rent I didn't keep much in my home. Any keepsakes stayed in a small storage unit. It was much easier to show that I was taking care of the property since it wasn't cluttered and dirty. Also, having the option to easily pack up and leave is one of the best bargaining tools you have.
Sadly in a lot of area, landlords are trying to get you out so they can increase the rent
That sounds like a really sad eay to live :(
@@h0td0gwater I agree, at what point is it just better to live in a car honestly...like you can't even keep your sentimental items at home because you need to be able to up and leave whenever just in case? That's awful
@@taylorsutherland2595 that happened to me and my family just over a year ago! What a time... and so glad to have extended family to help us even now.
@@JacquelineUnderwood I also prefer living with minimum clutters because I like a tidy space better. And this isn't hard because for some people including me, we don't hold that much sentimental value towards items, we only keep the functionally and practically useful ones with us and we're perfectly happy with that. On the contrary, too much clutters is overwhelming and will stress us out :(
Step 1 : Say no
Step 2 : Say it's cheaper elsewhere
Step 3 : Join an union
Step 4 : Blackmail them
1) You will get thrown out as soon as your rent is over
2)"Why aren't you there then, smart guy"?
3)Unions are literally just a tool for moneylaundering in the us and also mostly controlled by mafia, gl doing anything.
4) Get stabbed as a result.
All your advicer are kinda dumb tbh.
Fr
It isn't blackmail when you're calling out their illegal behavior
@@Doctorgeo7how isn’t it blackmail?
@@Doctorgeo7 Yeah I agree, it was just an exageration for comedic purposes
ny resident here.
"we are not negotiating rent at this time."
ive never met the landlord.
Oof, sounds like a corporate landlord
It's tough to meet with them to negotiate when the property is owned by investment firms on the opposite side of the country.
My state doesn't have any limits to rent increases legally, so there's nothing I could use to push back with even if I could meet with them in person.
Other properties locally are also owned by similar out of state investment groups who met and agreed on applying the same insane rent increase universally in the area so every rental unit has the exact same absurd increase.
Kill me.
Soynds like your "landlord" is just a corporation....
Guys trust me the free market will fix everything. 200 more years of capitalism will fix all the issues caused by capitalism, i promise.
@@tempejkl German here. Its baffling to me the amount of people ignoring that we had active communist dictatorships in my country for half a century and yall just ignore it, dont learn from it and are happy to do the same mistakes again. You got Cuba on your heel FFS, you should know, too! They got squid coming out their ears, to quote Scarface.
You know man you’re a really good tenant and i would like to lower your rent
*pause*
Our last landlord before buying our current home was amazing. She owned the property outright and as such was able to charge far below market average and she never increased rent. It’s because of her that we were even able to save enough to purchase our own home at all. We have tenants in a portion of our home now and rent includes all utilities… I let those costs skyrocket for years before I could finally bring myself to increase rent enough to offset just a small portion of that expense and I still felt terrible doing it.
I’ve heard of landlords that make the maximum legal increase every year and I seriously just can’t wrap my head around how anyone could do that with a clear conscience 😬
Because profit-seeking entities don't have morals.
Exceptions exist, but they aren't the rule.
That's not very smart of you to not match the utilities increases in the rent price. The renters are responsible for what they use, even if it's included in the rent. Utilities being included is a bad plan from the start though honestly
@@DarkAttack14 Why's it not smart? It's meant to be a benefit toward the renter - it's intentional.
That’s what my dad does with his single tenant.
I lowered my tenants rent from 1k to 800. They was only able to pay their bills and get 800-900 but was never the full amount so just told them 800 moving forward. (ive got 4 tenants). Though, Utilities are not included cause things like electric are outrageous.
Tried this after getting a 50% rent raise. Asked to speak with an actual person in a face to face meeting since it was a corporation that bought my apartment complex. They told me no and if I didn't like it get a lawyer. Told them I was gonna form a tenants union and the next day there was a cancelation of lease and letter to vacate on my door. No money for a lawyer as I lived paycheck to paycheck. This doesn't really work, at least not in my state.
@spencer6044 how is a tenancy union a threat to anyone?
Shouldn't have told them anything
Landlord license? Never heard of that. 😂
Damn you planing on lower rent cuz I might have to talk to the city about this 😂 fr I’m going to put your comment as number 1 thing you want to hear from a landlord
West coast landlords often don’t need it, there’s a lot more protection for homeowners ;)
Same. Checked and Colorado doesn't require it.
Yeah In canada there is no license never knew the states landlords had to have a license.
A rental license is the better term for it. Some states require a property owner to have a license/document that proves their property is safe for a person to live in.
I feel like they just send you a letter about the new rent price and if you wish to stay you pay or move out. Only two options.
Mass homelessness is a much more complicated world than rent control. Imagine if proper regulations and protections were put in place before the housing market crash and the growth of the homelessness epidemic. @Bad_at_Games_FPS
That's basically what happens here.
Yep thats what I do. You got hundreds of tenants, tf you care if one cries. They get gtfo if they cant afford yet. A lot of these mfrs moved in decades ago and have their rent way below the median because rent control.
@@vilxxblack2472 Hot take, you really shouldnt be owning people's homes if you are this careless. This isn't the 14th century, landlords will hopefully be restricted to the point of bankruptcy so people can go back to owning their own homes and landlords can stop profiting off of other people's need for shelter.
@@nyanSynxPHOENIX How am I careless? I am within my rights to raise rent by 10% every year especially if its below the median rent. And no one is stopping you from investing in real estate either. Wtf is your solution anyway? If I purchase land and build an apartment complex and start renting out the units, you think the government should step in and take that land/apartment from me?
"Hi I'm raising rent 20%"
"Great, I won't be re-signing my lease."
“I do not accept the increase and will be staying in the unit, see you in court”
How it goes in a civilized country. 20% raise is well beyond the legal limit, which is typically ~3%.
Only way 20% would be legal is if they did major renovations to the unit.
@@Xachremos its the landlords property. As long as it happens in a new contract renewal. Its his property not yours. You are just borrowing the property.
@@bgoku7 I love how they dont get that the landlord can always claim self use, kick you out, live there for half a year or so and then get more tenants. Minor inconvienience for me, life shattering for yall.
@@horsthooden4600 Soulless husk
@@horsthooden4600Arrrre you trying to make the case for huge taxes on owning multiple single-family dwellings? Because you're doing a fantastic job.
Landlord's answer to all these: "No. This is market rate. If you don't like it, leave."
leave
If all else fails ask if the apartments are up to health code
Could I get that written as an email to make it official? Thank you
@@Tedrousek>guy who doesn’t get how housing works
@@thelocalsageits rent. You can literally leave.
In Belgium landlords cannot raise rent above the inflation rate. You're telling me landlords can raise rent whenever they want in the US? Don't you have contracts?
Yeah the can raise like 20% per year because of “rising prices”
Only when renewal of a lease
They do have contracts. They usually raise rent yearly alongside the time Tennant's renew their contract. The answer is to not renew your contract and find a better place to live.
Welcome to America home of the free..... market no matter what. Health care, housing? Free market will take care of it right guys?
But to seriously answer your question, we usually sign one year leases in the states and the longer ones usually have clauses that say the landlord has the right to raise the rent as long as they tell you a few months in advance.
The contracts are in favor of the landlord, not the renter. They can raise the rent however much they want and will raise it howevermuch they can get for the property. Many landlords would sooner have the property sit empty than rent it for less than what they've decided it's "worth."
Landlord: We sold to Open Door. Pause, good luck!
Funny... had a friend who literally tried this. Threatened the owner/landlord with a lawsuit, and he backed off. Six months later he was kicked out when the landlord had to sell the place and now about a year and a half later, I don't know if they are paying more or not, but they did go from having a place for just him and his GF to now having two roommates.
LOL, just looked up North Carolina's rent laws and it states "Rent Increases: Rent control is banned in North Carolina. No city or county in the state may “enact, maintain, or enforce any ordinance or resolution which regulates the amount of rent” for single-family or multi-unit residential or commercial properties owned privately (NCGS § 42-14.1). "...fun!!
Good, rent control has never worked and has only ever exasperated the reason rent is so expensive which is low supply
Soo, landlords can’t be controlled on rent and they can do whatever they want with it? Not sure if I’m getting that right or not, genuinely curious as I’m from NC. Well, I live on the reservation right on the border of NC, but still NC. Pretty sure we’ve got our own laws of the land in regards to owning land and housing, but I’d still like to know! Or does it mean once the rent is set that’s it and no more increasing??
@@billyblastoff yes, they can do whatever the like with the rent. No rent control means the state cannot control what someone sets as the rent
get the law changed, you should also have a renters union where you live, see if the landlord has made necessary repairs and upkeep, mention it if not, they don't want to get fined by the city, or have their liscence revoked
@@wojtek9675 proper rent control actually almost always works when implemented correctly. However completely leaving it up to landlords does nothing but cause problems
I didn't have wapo encouraging blackmailing your landlords on my bingo list this summer but damn im here for it.
Even corporations have landlords to hate. The true common enemy
how is it blackmail?
@@KeiPalace You're threatening you'll expose their wrongdoings (not updating their license) if they don't do what you want them to (not raise your rent)
@@ЗвезделинаБожилова They didn't say don't still report him. I suggest you do... after your new lease is signed and anonymously.
@@ЗвезделинаБожиловаOkay? Good. Chairman Mao was right about landlords
This is how that discussion really goes
“I would like to discuss the rent increase”
“I’m just a corporate shill who actually has no control over rent, repairs, or anything other than to give meaningless platitudes. In other words Pay it or get out”
My landlord was going to raise my rent from $1500 to $1700 and I just told him "$1700 might too much, could we do $1600" and he said "yeah sure lol".
Never underestimate how annoying finding a new tenant is, especially in a college town where a ton of the students might rip holes in the walls lmao.
Cool trick to not ever pay rent was discovered by France in 1792!
The solution was published comprehensively in 1879 by one Henry George. Everybody pretty much agreed he was right, then we didn't do anything about it because the land lobby is too powerful and they obviously don't want to give up their free money for doing nothing.
You're right, and we should absolutely bring it back ☺️❤️
Yeah - they tired that in Russia in 1917 as well.
@@user-qy2wf2lt6v And then they became a dictatorship.
also in paris in 1871
Glad I live in a country where there are very strict laws about raising the rent.
Same. 4% max this year, 2% last year. The US is a joke.
@spencer6044 if you think that rent prices are in some way reflective of what the property is worth idk what to say, rent prices are affected by a ton of different variables but at the end of the day the job of the landlord is to make the prices as high as possible
Thank you J.D Vance for this excellent explainer!
Thank you dear God above that I’m able to live with my parents.
Imagine raising a kid who can't even afford to pay rent or buy a house. The definition of a failure.
@andrashorvath5072 im a year out of highschool and working a full time job plus a weekend job. I pay my parents $750 a month for rent, I could move out and get a roommate for about $100 more per month. That doesn't include things like gas, health insurance, buying all my own groceries, ect. It take about $55 to fill my tank atleast 3-4 times a month if im soley going to work and nowhere else. It's less chores for everyone because we split them and we can help take care of eachothers pets. Plus I already know them and don't have to spend time finding a roommates/roommates or have any conflicts and worry about them stealing my things. For me living with my parents is a God send. So no it does not mean you are a failure, lord knows inflation these days is butt screwing all of us. Plus in other countries it's completely normal to live with your parents up until you get married. I'd be attending college if it wasn't so God damn expensive.
@@andrashorvath5072imagine raising someone that call others a failure based on a single comment on youtube without knowing anything about said person
if all else fails, blackmail usually works
Why do the larger and more numerous tenants not simply consume the smaller and less numerous landlord?
This is the way
No way, another channel like LawByMike?!
Imagine having to study and research and work your ass off just so you can live comfortably
Get your property. The landlord is the one taking the risk. Many landlords lost their properties during COVID-19 because of the CDC and Democrats pushing the rental moratorium.
Imagine not studying and researching and working your ass off to live comfortably
That's called life
it's his appartment, landlord can do what he wish with it.
As opposed to what...? Everyone, no matter the work, gets to live comfortably?
My landlord raised the rent around 14% every year for 3 years. The last time she tried it I made an offer and just bought the house
Did you win the lottery?
@@caraldinhoor they were renting until they were able to get the loan they wanted
@@caraldinho poor people be like:
@@PeterRudesindus I'm poor because I can't spontaneously afford to buy a whole house out of my pocket?
If that's what poor means to you then I guess I am
@@caraldinhoprobs a loan no?
"Just kidding, rent will stay the same, have a good one."
*Pause.*
*Blackmail landlord with their personal informations to decrease the rent payment.*
It’s not blackmail if it’s public record
My friend owns a duplex. When one tenants lease was up he said, good bye. If you don't have a lease, the land lord can charge anything. If you don't like it, buy your own place
Threatening to leave for a competitor not working means the US economy is literally broken. Like internet companies know that they would rather give you a discount than lose you.
You have no idea how internet company make profit.
@@Xenandark lol, "Actually, they sell your data!" Was that what you were going to say?
Or far more likely, their rent is far below market rate and they can't find another comparable rental even with a 20% hike.
All the competitors lobbied the politicians to make things this way
“You have 90 days to vacate the property “- most landlords
In this situation rn, only thing I haven’t done is consult a tenant union but here in SoCal I haven’t found any local ones 😅
Landlord license? This is VERY local advise.
its normally called a rental business license or a Housing business license and its required for landlords to have in most places in the US. Being a landlord is considered a business and does normally require a business license
@@Iris_Spring but not in every state
@@eavening4149 every state has some sort of business license needed to run a business. although some states wont require you to get one if you are only renting out a room, or a single property, if you have multiple properties or are renting out multiple apartments on the same property you will be required to get one, or else you risk losing basically any lawsuit your tenants throw at you for being a shitty landlord
@@eavening4149then it’s not local is it
@@Iris_Springno such thing in most of the US.
JD Vance teaching us how to get help from union, truly weird times
"I'm raising rent 20% this month"
"Aight, find someone who'll pay that shi, I'm out"
…as rents have gone up 17% year over year. Smart. Seems like the move is to request a three year lease.
"ok, bye, I'll get someone by the end of the week.
You have 24 hours to get your shit and go."
*somebody's* If it's anything like Ontario, he'll pack it with 27 "international students" and charge them $400 each to share 10 mattresses.
The sad thing is, most landlords will probably find someone in a heartbeat because no rent is cheap anymore and everyone's desperate :(
@@wasd____ the thing is I'm only saying this after I've packed everything, when I'd say I'm out I mean that exact second, not like a week after
Perhaps the only useful thing I've heard from the Washington post, genuinely good job.
@spencer6044 yup
Wanna know why younger people can’t buy houses? Because older people are speculating in the real estate market and buying houses to rent at exorbitant prices. There needs to be a cap on the number of houses a person can own… what sucks is if this cap is instituted, it will crash the housing market
A market crash is good news for the buyer, at least.
honey, it's not 'older people' it's corporate hedge funds and overseas buyers, not some mom and pop operation, we've lost entire neighborhoods in my city to hedge funds.
@@KeiPalace To be fair, they're usually run by older people...
@dammitdan1662
Might=right. The world doesn't owe you anything. Sounds like you need to make some money so you can be the upper class instead of just being their serf.
@@bradthunderpants3283you realize that the 1% can never be bigger than 1%, right?
Gotta love the sheer number of “this will never work in real life” advice vids on RUclips
Unfortunately with the rise of cooperate landlords chances are they're completely within their rights because they have an entire team of lawyers so they know exactly what they can do to squeeze as much rent as possible out of you.
better if they keep their rental profitable
Or they just do whatever they want since corporate landlords may as well own the country.
@@techpriestemily they should do a healthy raise, tennant can alway beat it if they aren't happy
There's landlord licenses? Never heard of such a thing before.
The hell is a landlord license
In my municipality, you pay $25 and have an inspection to ensure livability before you put the unit up to rent. Livability/safety standards can vary quite a bit, but a rental inspection is easy.
Basically, if you have a written lease, your landlord has his stuff together enough to have it.
@@jamessloven2204 I'm the landlord lmao, and never in my life heard of a landlord license
@@jamessloven2204sounds like a grift
That's why rents are so high
@@spldrong You honestly think a $25 per year fee is why my rent is $1500 per month??? You must be one of the scumbag landlords. I think they can spare the $25 out of the $18,000 I'm giving them every year.
A landlord license is a device by which cities can indirectly raise the cost of renting for every tenant in the city.
The zoom in on the landlord's face gave me a chuckle
This is why US politicians preach individuality so much. "Fight your own battles" is a terrible saying if it's just you fighting..UNIONIZE
Like... do they teach the industrial revolution in America? Specifically the striking for better conditions part?
@@juliusdauksys2183Students in the United States are taught about the Industrial Revolution. However, many are only reading a chapter or so out of a book or getting lackluster education on the subject. Just because they are taught something, doesn't mean they are taught well. Quality of education varies wildly across the nation. That's without taking into account the lack of conscientiousness in individual teachers or the classes unfairly promoted making the students unable to handle the coursework without extensive modification (usually by oversimplification of the lessons or time wasted attempting to allow the students to perform at level).
@@juliusdauksys2183they didnt for me in Ohio. The industrial revolution was "we made stuff faster" full stop.
Slavery was also referred to as "voluntary indentured servitude" until I went to high school.
They genuinely do not teach this shit. It gets in the way of our programming.
@@cjweezil5206 next they'll call the removal of indians as "voluntary exile"
@@juliusdauksys2183 oh hell no they don't teach ANYTHING that isn't "Be obedient and work hard and you'll become happy and if you're not rich then that means you aren't being obedient and useful ENOUGH!"
Landlord like "ehhh but i wanted to have an extra holiday this year in Cancun"
I'm a landlord. I've never been to Cancun because I take care of my properties all the time. Do you get pissed off with the grocery store or gas station owners because the price goes up? Your landlord's prices are going up too.
@@donc2446 maybe sell the houses and get a real job
@@donc2446
Stop acting like playing the market is an actual profession. You guys are like ticket scalpers
@@donc2446maybe get a real job then? You know some people work for to make a living right?
@@donc2446liquidate your assets and invest in something else. Why is it that over and over again y’all act like you’re tied to a rock? Sell the houses or stop whining, simple.
If you have a remote like that you can just rewind all the way back in time and switch your roles so you are the landlord and he is the tenant.
Let your landlord earn his money! Make sure to tip him as well! It’s not an easy job. God bless 🙏
As a home owner, the idea of rent is so that your investment property pay its own mortgage and maintenance in principal. It needs not be more than that.
You do NOT and should not make a profit FROM rent while the mortgage still exist. So raise rent accordingly to the rates your mortgage charge you. Or stay consistent when it drops so it gets paid off faster.
That's the ethical way to do it, however, corporations are usually the ones renting out apartments and everything is for profit.
Never be a landlord. the time commitment and liability you expose yourself to has real and significant value. Nothing ethical or moral about it.
Reality: "you are to leave this property within time that is set in your contract"
"the building next door is cheaper"
Landlord: "Okay. Move there"
@@Chzydawgits not cheaper bc their insurance and property tax went up the same amount
I live in the Netherlands with a decently strong social housing system. I rent from a private land lord (not a social housing co-operation).
Currently paying €950 a month. Had the local government renting team come over, measure the surface of my appartment. Turns out €680 is legally the maximum rent which can be asked for this appartment. Not only can I get my rent lowered for the future, there is a real chance I can get the amount I overpayed back from the last 2 years.
...you guys have a legal maximum rent you can charge for an apartment? i've seen people charging more than a thousand per month for hovels scarcely bigger than the size of a single bedroom in Ireland.
@@washyourmouthoutwithpope1334 yes we have a social housing maximum rent defined by law (and going up by about 1-2% to account for inflation). Currently the maximum amount of rent for something to be social housing is €879,58 in 2024.
The way this system works is that the government developed a system to give homes points based on a lot of factors, but mainly taxable value of the home (this takes in account a lot of things in itself, including location), surface area, energy performance and a string of minor things.
So say you want to rent a property that’s 200 square meters, there is no way in hell that’ll fit within the social rent category. However, if you want to rent something 50 square meters like I do, the taxable value isn’t insane (not in the center of Amsterdam) and the land lord has not even invested in double glass, that’s when you’ll definitely fall within the point limit of 142. For me it’s around 110 points, which equates to roughly €680 max rent.
@@washyourmouthoutwithpope1334 Yes, you can actually file a complaint with the right institution and force it down And get your money back ;-) ...
Biggest problem here is finding a house in the first place, i think ..
That sounds like an awesome reason for someone to cash out by selling the houses and getting out of the landlord business. And when a few thousand people do that, where will all those people then live?
@@blackened144 yep that’s one of the concerns. Then again, those houses will enter the property market again, increasing supply, allowing people to buy instead of rent
Landlord: that's alright. I am giving you official notice. You can find someplace else
'Pause. Now that you have significant leverage over him, don't let him keep rent the same. Demand that he cuts it by 50%.'
THE REAL TIP IS IN THE COMMENTS! You dropped this 👑
He's not under any obligation to renew your lease, he (and really it's almost universally just corporations now that manage them) can just say "Cool, I won't be renewing your lease".
The Washington Post teaching you how to blackmail your landlord is crazy. We truly live in a society
My answer, living in Denmark:
"No, you can not increase rent, since you have not made material improvements to the apartment. You may raise rent if you improve my kitchen or bath, increase the size of my storage space, install a washing machine or similar improvements. In addition, you may raise the rent in order to stay within local norms, but only when you get a new tenant."
There is a reason that my apartment costs half of what my next door neighbor pays.
That’s not entirely true it can increase by 4% a year without improvements of any kind
YOUR kitchen????
I'm absolutely going to use some of these when the rent increase comes.
Government: "I'm increasing your property taxes but you cant raise the rent to cover it"
"Pause"
don't be a land lord then.
Maybe get a real Job instead of sitting back and stealing people's hard earned money.
@@Vore-tex he did earn the money to purchase the property, how is that stealing?
@@YaFeya13we assume they earned the money to purchase the property, but that isn’t necessarily true either. Many inherit property, or properties may be owned by corporations that don’t actually have the money but took loans from the bank to buy them up.
@@davidjohnson9186 even if that is true, the property is theirs, by law. If you don’t want it, you don’t have to rent from them
Because the issue is landlords with a couple houses, not mega corporations at all. Thanks blackrock!
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Both are bad. Abolish private (not personal) property.
Both are inherently exploitative, obviously mega corporations do more damage but both of their goals are to make as much profit as they can
Landlord: "Lol tough shit"
Tenant: "lol get a job"
Yes after doing some snooping property tax went up 400% because “covid”.
It’s not the landlord putting rent up, he has to pay tax as well.
I'm so thankful I live somewhere with a legal limit on rent increases. Living where a landlord could potentially regularly raise rent more than 10% would cause me so much anxiety about no longer being able to afford my place within a couple years.
Me too. The issue is, that they started asking for things that very few people below 25 can have. A longtem work's contract, a clean criminal record, 6 minths worth of deposit for paint and whatnit + 3 months payed inadvance, that you can only use if you are to leave and write a 3 month notice, so this means that you pay the rent for this month as well. 10 months worth of rents. The local government basically has to give zero intereat loans to people who can't really have such a loan, just to avoid an army of homeless students.
Why is it so messed up 😢
@@user-qy2wf2lt6v Goddamn I've never been anywhere that needed 3 months notice or 3-6 months advance deposit, that'd be insane with the current rent prices. I'm in Canada and it's usually 1 month notice to leave, 2 months rent up front (1st and last month), and half a month's worth of security deposit
I imagined the video ending with the landlord saying no to everything and at the end you just go aw shit. Welp it looks like I'm gonna be homeless now.
Or you could use Chairman Mao’s solution
I mean, it's gonna cost him *way* more to say no to the last one.
My previous landlord increase rent to over 1000 and nothing about the area changed if anything the road got worse. And they used all my leaving pictures for the new post 😂
so far our tenants pay on time, are nice people, and really care for the property so we don't intend on raising the rent unless the market demands it. bad tenants are just as bad as bad landlords if not worse so it's in the best interest to keep them for a steady income.
The landlord has been watching too much Grant Cordone videos 😂😂
How this conversation would actually go:
Landlord: "I'm increasing rent"
Renter: "The building next to us is cheaper than that"
Landlord: "Okay, move there."
sure :D. I have heard they have free bagels every day.
Yeah, as a landlord, this is stupid.
@@sparksmcgee6641 The rate which you are all taking advantage of people IS stupid.
shame none of these work with large companies, works great with mom and pop landlords though
Yeah, I live in a big complex. It stinks.
I love how that random guy pops out of nowhere with a friendly smile 🤗🤗
Yeah 🙌🥂!!!