Ever negotiate rent with a landlord?

 Any good stories about negotiating rent with a landlord? I guess home
prices can be haggled, so why not apartment rates? Is it considered
rude to even suggest to a landlord to  wiggle on price, as if they are
not worth what they charge (supposed market rate one would presume?) ?

  kwokx2@hotmail.com wrote:

   If you are offering a product or service and get upset when people
try to haggle you should find another line of work.
   If you are not in a hurry you might tell the landlord that you have
not decided and wait a week to see if it the place is still listed and
let them know that you are aware that it has not been rented.
   If you are in a hurry let them run whatever checks they are doing and
then say you really like the place but it is a little over your budget.
Perhaps you can offer to do simple tasks to make up the difference. I
one rented in a three unit building the owner agreed to lower the rent
in return for mowing the back yard once a week and shoveling the
sidewalk in the winter .

 

I am renting a place, when I took the place I negotiated a lower rent
than was on the listing, I got utilities and cable tv included also,
so the answer is yes rents can be negotiated, the worst that can
happen if you try is that they say no

 kwokx2@hotmail.com wrote


Corse there are when there is a shortage of good tenants.


Why not indeed.


Nope, and if some fools do consider it rude, that's their problem.

Corse if the rental market is very tight, you're just wasting your time.


No such animal. Apartments vary too much.

 

How much rent do you pay for your trash can, Roddles?