shyt, they raised my rent

[Michael's Black Son]

I don't want to renew my lease but I don't have enough to move out just yet so I have to pay $100 more to do month to month

I kinda want to ask if they're willing to lower it if I sign the lease since I know they've lost tenants but I doubt it.

might as well ask.

or find a cheaper crib, roommate or step your shyt up and get a better job.

 

[Afro]

If you live in Philadelphia

Temporary Waiver of Late Fees
Landlords cannot charge late fees from March 1, 2020 through May 31, 2021 to tenants who are experiencing a COVID-19 financial hardship. Landlords must also credit back any paid late fees during this time to a tenant’s rental account.

Mandatory Repayment Agreements
Tenants experiencing a COVID-19 financial hardship are entitled to enter into a mandatory repayment agreement with their landlords, which allows tenants to pay back rent owed from March 1, 2020 through August 31, 2020, over a nine-month period ending on May 31, 2021.

City of Philadelphia: COVID-19 Emergency Tenant Protections

According to some legal websites, your landlord outside of Philadelphia was not supposed to be charging late fee.

Temporary Waiver of Late Fees
Landlords cannot charge late fees from March 1, 2020 through May 31, 2021 to tenants who are experiencing a COVID-19 financial hardship. Landlords must also credit back any paid late fees during this time to a tenant’s rental account.

Those MFers


I got the receipts in my email


Thanks breh.

 

[Pseudonym]

What a shame

You probably could’ve rented a steamer and cleaner the carpet for less than $200

Nah it was total BS, because we hired a company to clean the carpet a day before we moved in ( we always did this) and it was obvious that the landlord didn’t get it cleaned just because of the difference in color

We were going back and forth about until we were like fukk it $200, we got the other $1600 back. Left a note in one of the light fixtures (also a problem, the bulbs for some reason would go out 3-4 times a year...even the led ones) telling the next tenants to buy bulbs in bulk because they’re gonna need it. I put a new bulb in before we left so they wouldn’t check.

and we also left a horrible review.

such a shame because it really was a beautiful place

 

[boriquaking]

My rent only goes up like $9 each year.

 

[Jahbarri]

He's black!

 

[⠀X ⠀]

My landlord just raised mine, and this chick knows I’m fukkin broke.

 

[Koli_Kat]

Landlords be raising rent to keep up with property deprecation or...?

 

[International Playa]

I suspect a lot of rents, bills will be raised this year but salaries will remain the same

 

[Pyrexcup]

renting is woat by the time im 30-31 im buying a house

 

[Swirv]

Nope not at all! The burners on the stove weren’t working correctly. Example: I could put something on low and it would heat up to HIGH, even if I did the opposite, it would still be messed up.

The washer broke, the garage door wouldn’t open sometimes etc

and we had to pay EVERY single time, $75, even when they had to come out again for the same issue. So we said fukk it and started cooking on a flat hotplate

Glad you got out of that situation. I can’t stand swindling landlords.

 

[Another Man]

Pay another man to live on his property brehs
Have him increase the cost too brehs

 

[Spence]

Nope not at all! The burners on the stove weren’t working correctly. Example: I could put something on low and it would heat up to HIGH, even if I did the opposite, it would still be messed up.

The washer broke, the garage door wouldn’t open sometimes etc

and we had to pay EVERY single time, $75, even when they had to come out again for the same issue. So we said fukk it and started cooking on a flat hotplate

Pretty sure that’s illegal, at least here in Texas it is.

I’m taking a second job to get my family out the hood and once this house is paid off (hopefully this year) we are renting this bytch out for a clean $1700 month, because we only have to pay property tax and hoa fees it will be a raw $20k per year we make off the house since this is a high rent saturation area. Cant wait for that passive income

 

[Spence]

Landlords be raising rent to keep up with property deprecation or...?

Property taxes go up each year so they are passing the cost to the tenant.

 

[Crude]

You either are going to be the bank's b*tch or you are going to be a b*tch to some private owner, you make the choice but you going to be somebody's b*tch until you own it outright.

A lot of us (Black folks) like to go rent, but it's always better to try to own your own shyt even though with how the bank operates you going to pay for that shyt sometimes 2-3 times over in interest over the course of 15-30 year mortgage.

When you own though you can apply for stuff like a line of credit against it and pull equity out of it if you have any. You can leverage the aforementioned to acquire other assets.

A lot of people like to keep that flexibility of being able to get up and move whenever they like and calling a landlord when shyt tears up, but that also comes at a price and sacrifice. My wife and I own multiple rental units.

 

[⠀X ⠀]

Landlords be raising rent to keep up with property deprecation or...?

most properties don’t depreciate, but there’s always gonna be inflation, so they charge more to keep up with their rising expenses.