“I broach the topic of rent again”

[joec]

The difference with big box complexes and one owner rentals is that the one owner rental may not want to bother and use his own time to clean and re-lease the place (and lose a month’s rent while doing their day job) while the big box guys already have a property manager and staff for all the maintenance, turnover, etc…and they are already paying them.

Been at mostly large rental places and rent seems to go up like clockwork there (not all, but most of those places due to the reason above). They will definitely negotiate, but you have to threaten to leave first…Rent’s up again in my hood again.

🙁

[TheBreeze]

I’ve been watching rents in La Jolla and they appear be going down to me. For example, I don’t recall seeing any 2 bedrooms in La Jolla for anything like $1375/month last year:

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/apa/1008457152.html

As the ad says, those places are normally $1475.

For those of you in the ‘big box’ places, if you haven’t figured it out, yes, your landlord is going to try and raise your rent every time you renew. Last year, my landlord was going to raise my rent $150/month. I gave notice that I was moving out. Ten days before my lease expired I went back to my landlord and I agreed to renew for just $40/month more. This year, I decided to move into a bigger place and went from paying $1.90/square foot to $1.60/square foot.

You can get a decent deal on rent at the big boxes, but IMO you have to be willing to give notice and be willing to move out if someone rents your place. If someone hasn’t rented your place, you can go back to your landlord and negotiate 1-2 weeks before your lease expires. If you’re not comfortable with the prospect of being 1-2 weeks from homelessness, then it will be tougher to get a good deal on rent because your landlord is going to get more desperate the closer your lease gets to expiring without another prospective tenant. Also, if you decide to move, you will get a better deal on a unit that is currently vacant as opposed to one that is scheduled to be vacant at some point in the future.

I was surprised by the poster above who said that units in UTC are getting snatched up at $100/month increases. It seems like every place I’ve looked at in La Jolla/UTC is offering some kind of special (discounted rent, etc) because they have so many vacancies.

[TheBreeze]

I’ve been watching rents in La Jolla and they appear be going down to me. For example, I don’t recall seeing any 2 bedrooms in La Jolla for anything like $1375/month last year:

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/apa/1008457152.html

As the ad says, those places are normally $1475.

For those of you in the ‘big box’ places, if you haven’t figured it out, yes, your landlord is going to try and raise your rent every time you renew. Last year, my landlord was going to raise my rent $150/month. I gave notice that I was moving out. Ten days before my lease expired I went back to my landlord and I agreed to renew for just $40/month more. This year, I decided to move into a bigger place and went from paying $1.90/square foot to $1.60/square foot.

You can get a decent deal on rent at the big boxes, but IMO you have to be willing to give notice and be willing to move out if someone rents your place. If someone hasn’t rented your place, you can go back to your landlord and negotiate 1-2 weeks before your lease expires. If you’re not comfortable with the prospect of being 1-2 weeks from homelessness, then it will be tougher to get a good deal on rent because your landlord is going to get more desperate the closer your lease gets to expiring without another prospective tenant. Also, if you decide to move, you will get a better deal on a unit that is currently vacant as opposed to one that is scheduled to be vacant at some point in the future.

I was surprised by the poster above who said that units in UTC are getting snatched up at $100/month increases. It seems like every place I’ve looked at in La Jolla/UTC is offering some kind of special (discounted rent, etc) because they have so many vacancies.

[TheBreeze]

I’ve been watching rents in La Jolla and they appear be going down to me. For example, I don’t recall seeing any 2 bedrooms in La Jolla for anything like $1375/month last year:

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/apa/1008457152.html

As the ad says, those places are normally $1475.

For those of you in the ‘big box’ places, if you haven’t figured it out, yes, your landlord is going to try and raise your rent every time you renew. Last year, my landlord was going to raise my rent $150/month. I gave notice that I was moving out. Ten days before my lease expired I went back to my landlord and I agreed to renew for just $40/month more. This year, I decided to move into a bigger place and went from paying $1.90/square foot to $1.60/square foot.

You can get a decent deal on rent at the big boxes, but IMO you have to be willing to give notice and be willing to move out if someone rents your place. If someone hasn’t rented your place, you can go back to your landlord and negotiate 1-2 weeks before your lease expires. If you’re not comfortable with the prospect of being 1-2 weeks from homelessness, then it will be tougher to get a good deal on rent because your landlord is going to get more desperate the closer your lease gets to expiring without another prospective tenant. Also, if you decide to move, you will get a better deal on a unit that is currently vacant as opposed to one that is scheduled to be vacant at some point in the future.

I was surprised by the poster above who said that units in UTC are getting snatched up at $100/month increases. It seems like every place I’ve looked at in La Jolla/UTC is offering some kind of special (discounted rent, etc) because they have so many vacancies.

[TheBreeze]

I’ve been watching rents in La Jolla and they appear be going down to me. For example, I don’t recall seeing any 2 bedrooms in La Jolla for anything like $1375/month last year:

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/apa/1008457152.html

As the ad says, those places are normally $1475.

For those of you in the ‘big box’ places, if you haven’t figured it out, yes, your landlord is going to try and raise your rent every time you renew. Last year, my landlord was going to raise my rent $150/month. I gave notice that I was moving out. Ten days before my lease expired I went back to my landlord and I agreed to renew for just $40/month more. This year, I decided to move into a bigger place and went from paying $1.90/square foot to $1.60/square foot.

You can get a decent deal on rent at the big boxes, but IMO you have to be willing to give notice and be willing to move out if someone rents your place. If someone hasn’t rented your place, you can go back to your landlord and negotiate 1-2 weeks before your lease expires. If you’re not comfortable with the prospect of being 1-2 weeks from homelessness, then it will be tougher to get a good deal on rent because your landlord is going to get more desperate the closer your lease gets to expiring without another prospective tenant. Also, if you decide to move, you will get a better deal on a unit that is currently vacant as opposed to one that is scheduled to be vacant at some point in the future.

I was surprised by the poster above who said that units in UTC are getting snatched up at $100/month increases. It seems like every place I’ve looked at in La Jolla/UTC is offering some kind of special (discounted rent, etc) because they have so many vacancies.

[TheBreeze]

I’ve been watching rents in La Jolla and they appear be going down to me. For example, I don’t recall seeing any 2 bedrooms in La Jolla for anything like $1375/month last year:

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/apa/1008457152.html

As the ad says, those places are normally $1475.

For those of you in the ‘big box’ places, if you haven’t figured it out, yes, your landlord is going to try and raise your rent every time you renew. Last year, my landlord was going to raise my rent $150/month. I gave notice that I was moving out. Ten days before my lease expired I went back to my landlord and I agreed to renew for just $40/month more. This year, I decided to move into a bigger place and went from paying $1.90/square foot to $1.60/square foot.

You can get a decent deal on rent at the big boxes, but IMO you have to be willing to give notice and be willing to move out if someone rents your place. If someone hasn’t rented your place, you can go back to your landlord and negotiate 1-2 weeks before your lease expires. If you’re not comfortable with the prospect of being 1-2 weeks from homelessness, then it will be tougher to get a good deal on rent because your landlord is going to get more desperate the closer your lease gets to expiring without another prospective tenant. Also, if you decide to move, you will get a better deal on a unit that is currently vacant as opposed to one that is scheduled to be vacant at some point in the future.

I was surprised by the poster above who said that units in UTC are getting snatched up at $100/month increases. It seems like every place I’ve looked at in La Jolla/UTC is offering some kind of special (discounted rent, etc) because they have so many vacancies.

[TheBreeze]

[quote=AN]sd_bear, I find big box complexes are just as likely to negotiate. When I was renting from an apartment complex, they wanted to raise my rate by $100. I negotiated down to only $25/month increase instead. So it’s very doable.[/quote]

AN, you should become some kind of tightwad consultant. You have the tightest control of your money of anyone I have ever seen.

Were you jealous when FLU posted his deal on cable internet/TV? If you were paying more than him, I bet you’ve already used your Asian Persuasion to knock down your total bill to less than his. FLU gives it a good go, but I don’t think anyone can compete with you when it comes to saving money.

[TheBreeze]

[quote=AN]sd_bear, I find big box complexes are just as likely to negotiate. When I was renting from an apartment complex, they wanted to raise my rate by $100. I negotiated down to only $25/month increase instead. So it’s very doable.[/quote]

AN, you should become some kind of tightwad consultant. You have the tightest control of your money of anyone I have ever seen.

Were you jealous when FLU posted his deal on cable internet/TV? If you were paying more than him, I bet you’ve already used your Asian Persuasion to knock down your total bill to less than his. FLU gives it a good go, but I don’t think anyone can compete with you when it comes to saving money.

[TheBreeze]

[quote=AN]sd_bear, I find big box complexes are just as likely to negotiate. When I was renting from an apartment complex, they wanted to raise my rate by $100. I negotiated down to only $25/month increase instead. So it’s very doable.[/quote]

AN, you should become some kind of tightwad consultant. You have the tightest control of your money of anyone I have ever seen.

Were you jealous when FLU posted his deal on cable internet/TV? If you were paying more than him, I bet you’ve already used your Asian Persuasion to knock down your total bill to less than his. FLU gives it a good go, but I don’t think anyone can compete with you when it comes to saving money.

[TheBreeze]

[quote=AN]sd_bear, I find big box complexes are just as likely to negotiate. When I was renting from an apartment complex, they wanted to raise my rate by $100. I negotiated down to only $25/month increase instead. So it’s very doable.[/quote]

AN, you should become some kind of tightwad consultant. You have the tightest control of your money of anyone I have ever seen.

Were you jealous when FLU posted his deal on cable internet/TV? If you were paying more than him, I bet you’ve already used your Asian Persuasion to knock down your total bill to less than his. FLU gives it a good go, but I don’t think anyone can compete with you when it comes to saving money.

[TheBreeze]

[quote=AN]sd_bear, I find big box complexes are just as likely to negotiate. When I was renting from an apartment complex, they wanted to raise my rate by $100. I negotiated down to only $25/month increase instead. So it’s very doable.[/quote]

AN, you should become some kind of tightwad consultant. You have the tightest control of your money of anyone I have ever seen.

Were you jealous when FLU posted his deal on cable internet/TV? If you were paying more than him, I bet you’ve already used your Asian Persuasion to knock down your total bill to less than his. FLU gives it a good go, but I don’t think anyone can compete with you when it comes to saving money.

[sdnerd]

[quote=TheBreeze]
I was surprised by the poster above who said that units in UTC are getting snatched up at $100/month increases. It seems like every place I’ve looked at in La Jolla/UTC is offering some kind of special (discounted rent, etc) because they have so many vacancies.[/quote]

I don’t live in one of the big box places, no central management, etc. Not sure how those are doing these days.

I’d imagine that mega complex (forget the name) right off the freeway would have quite a few vacancies. Last I heard those were very expensive, perhaps that has changed.

[sdnerd]

[quote=TheBreeze]
I was surprised by the poster above who said that units in UTC are getting snatched up at $100/month increases. It seems like every place I’ve looked at in La Jolla/UTC is offering some kind of special (discounted rent, etc) because they have so many vacancies.[/quote]

I don’t live in one of the big box places, no central management, etc. Not sure how those are doing these days.

I’d imagine that mega complex (forget the name) right off the freeway would have quite a few vacancies. Last I heard those were very expensive, perhaps that has changed.

[sdnerd]

[quote=TheBreeze]
I was surprised by the poster above who said that units in UTC are getting snatched up at $100/month increases. It seems like every place I’ve looked at in La Jolla/UTC is offering some kind of special (discounted rent, etc) because they have so many vacancies.[/quote]

I don’t live in one of the big box places, no central management, etc. Not sure how those are doing these days.

I’d imagine that mega complex (forget the name) right off the freeway would have quite a few vacancies. Last I heard those were very expensive, perhaps that has changed.

[sdnerd]

[quote=TheBreeze]
I was surprised by the poster above who said that units in UTC are getting snatched up at $100/month increases. It seems like every place I’ve looked at in La Jolla/UTC is offering some kind of special (discounted rent, etc) because they have so many vacancies.[/quote]

I don’t live in one of the big box places, no central management, etc. Not sure how those are doing these days.

I’d imagine that mega complex (forget the name) right off the freeway would have quite a few vacancies. Last I heard those were very expensive, perhaps that has changed.

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