A short YouTube monologue by Codie Sanchez advising what to say if a landlord raises rent from $2,200 to $4,000. The speaker recommends calling the landlord and using a conciliatory script that highlights consistent on-time payments (including during COVID), low maintenance/complaint history, and a willingness to continue paying as leverage to resist or negotiate the increase.
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Just saw this video and here's what I would do if my rent increased from $2200 to $4000. I would call up the landlord and I would have a list of things that go like this. I would say, first of all, I love living here. This is great. And I've paid my rent continuously, not only through the last six months, but through Covid when many people did not. I don't call the office frequently asking for things. You've never had noise complaints from me. Basically, I'm just saying I'm not a terrible person to have rent from you. And that rents actually during a recession, given what the government typically does during recessionary periods. Look at Covid. There might be some periods in which the government says you can't kick people out because of their rent. Now, you could increase my rent to $4,000, or you could keep it at $2,200, but you will know that I continue to pay my rent no matter what's happening in the world around me. Are you really going to know that when you increase your rent to $4,000 and then you try to tell the government that somebody needs to pay you when you're doubling it over this time period?