Season 1, Episode 4

Your landlord just raised your rent and expects you to sign and pay it. That first rent increase is a starting point, not the final price, and one polite counter can save you twelve hundred dollars a year.

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In this episode:
- The rent renewal scene: an eighteen hundred dollar rent, a nineteen fifty dollar increase, and a counter that lands at eighteen fifty
- Why you do the yearly math first: one hundred and fifty dollars a month is eighteen hundred dollars a year
- The three steps: yearly math, real comparable listings as proof, and selling your landlord on keeping a reliable tenant

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:40 The tactic: never accept the first rent increase
0:50 The scene: the renewal email arrives
2:24 The breakdown: yearly math, proof, and the turnover cost
4:12 The exact words to say to your landlord
4:45 Next week: your phone and internet bill

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