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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don’t run a charity. Raise rent to at least market rate. Have you even been in the house in the past few years? They probably trashed it thinking you don’t care. Higher rent means higher caliber renters. Kick out the free loader. [/quote]

+1000.

I own 14 rentals. This is a business. If you're in the DC area where rents are often in the $3000 a month range, even a 10% raise is acceptable if the market allows.  300 x 12 x 5 at 6% is money left on the table. Big time.

Inother words, that's $20,000 you left on the table.[/quote]

DP.  Sooooooo....you have 14 rentals.  We have 37.  We're much more like OP than you.  A bird in the hand and all that.  The only time we raise to market is if we want a tenant to leave because they are a PITA; otherwise, we keep our increases in the $50 to $150 range, even for our $6k+ properties.[/quote]

You are lambasting the poster who used my supporting post of $100 per month annual increase, which incidentally is the same amount you actually raise rents by.  Op lost $20K.  That is a huge mistake.

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Correct. I'm the 14 guy. PP is an imbecilic troll. Imagine telling your tenant that you're raising rent 0.8%? Because that's what they claim on a 6K rental. In reality they are really just some poor renter pissed about being a poor renter.  :lol: 
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Well, bless your hearts.  You are the ones who don't get it.  If we have a tenant leave, that property is down for a minimum of one and probably two months.  For a $6,000 rental, that means we are out $12,000 rental income for that year for that property PLUS costs for paint and general repairs, and realtor fees.  I'll take a $100 or $150 rent increase, for a total increase in rental income of $1,200 or $1,800, instead of a minimum $12,000 loss any day.  But you do you, sweetie.[/quote]

If you're renting to people that don't understand an annual rent increase tied to inflation costs (especially in a supposed 6K rental) then you're either a troll or renting to drug dealers. Anyone in DC (This is DCUM, afterall) that's paying 6k a month in rent knows 5 times as much about economics then you do.

But, bless your heart. I'm just the idiot over here with 10million~ in paid off real property paying me each month.[/quote]It is interesting to me that you're completely ignoring the poster's argument about the costs associated with the unit being unrented.  I concur with the other poster that I would rather have a small net increase rather than a $12K+ loss.[/quote]

It's interesting to me that you are ignorant of both Real Estate and Math. It's just numbers, buddy. If it sits vacant for a month, the commission covers that and then added rent is then cream on top.

The following year, you invoice a lease renewal fee. The owner only loses if he doesn't know what he is doing. That, plus the fact that everything is net if you own them outright. Is there really a difference between an occasional $29,000 a month versus the usual $32,000? Is your financial situation so out of control that you live and die on a 10% variance of your monthly take home?[/quote]

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