WAYS TO AVOID A RENT INCREASE

1. WAYS TO AVOID A RENT INCREASE BY BIVOCALBIRDS FAMILY bivocalbirds.com

2. Nowadays, rent has a raising graph across the nation. It becomes quite difficult to negotiate a rent decrease. Therefore, your best steak will be focusing on how to avoid a rent increase rather than looking at how to lower your monthly rent amount. And my friend! Believe me, this will help you in lower housing expenses in the long run. • So, to assist you in the best way to save on housing costs, the BivocalBirds Family put together some important tips on how to dodge a rent increase as follows:

3. ALWAYS PAY RENT ON TIME, EVEN EARLY IF POSSIBLE. • The better and responsible you are as a tenant, the more likely your landlord will avoid raising your rent amount. • A landlord never wants to lose a good tenant, just the same as you don’t want to lose a good landlord. • So, keep in mind to pay rent on time and you don’t have to find a new apartment or house because the rent becomes too high to bear.

4. ASK TO SIGN A YEAR OR TWO-YEAR LEASE. • Another way is to sign a long-term lease because a landlord cannot raise the rent during a fixed-term lease. So, longer your lease term, the more security you will have against the rent increment issue. The longer lease time, you may even be able to negotiate for lower monthly rent.

5. STAY PET FREE WHILE RENTING • Renting with pets is obviously comes with extra fees or security deposits for covering the costs of any damages caused by your fur buddy. • Monthly pet fees and increased security deposits even vary greatly depending on your location, the number of pets, and types of pets you have. • Therefore, if you want to keep your rental expenses down, it will be wiser to wait to get a four-legged buddy until you own a home or can easily afford to pay the extra pet rent every month.

6. LIMIT YOUR MOVE • Moving expenses can add up fast, and the cost you spend on the entire process is often underestimated by many. • You can observe when each time you move and sign a new lease agreement, you pay a lot upfront. • As your new landlord will expect a security deposit, first and last month’s rent, possible finder’s or broker’s fees, and a pet fee if you have one.

7. AVOID NEGOTIATING FOR APPLIANCE UPGRADE OR EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. • Your landlord might want to raise the rent to pay for new appliances, increased maintenance, and other expenses related to the rental property. • So, when your landlord asks if you want any new appliance or any upgrade to the existing appliance, be sure to clarify if it will be coupled with a rent raise or not. If you get yes as an answer, hold out if the present one is working fine. • Additionally, if you have any minor maintenance issue, like a clogged toilet or broken window, consider solving the problem yourself, only if your lease allows it. • Every small issue definitely costs your landlord time and money to coordinate a repair and that might be resulting in raising rent in the future to accommodate fixing these problems. • Despite that, you should always report maintenance issues because a small or minor problem can lead to a major issue that will be a very expensive repair down the line.

8. A MASSAGE • Rent increments are a common part of the rental housing market. • Rent is mainly raise depending on the location of the rental, the type of housing, and the required maintenance of the property. • Some owners raise the rent in small increments every year to evade a large surge down the road, while others choose to avoid rent increases altogether when they have great and responsible tenants. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING