How to Lower Your Rent Easily

Renters will run into the question, "How can I lower my rent?". It's true that you can negotiate your rent and actually lower it. Of course, you're not going to find cheap rent instantly. However, you should know that there are ways of doing it without having to beg and plead with your landlord. So, if you find yourself wondering how you could lower your rent, you're reading the right article!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. 

   For starters, you should be in good standing with your landlord. You should make payments on time, keep you apartment clean and repaired, and have a somewhat civil relationship with the owner. This will make it much easier to reduce your rent.

2. 

   Be aware of vacancies in your apartment complex. If one renter moved out in the past month, your landlord will not want another to leave. This is the ultimate time to sit down and have a talk and negotiate lowering your rent. Once you are aware of a vacancy, try talking to your landlord about your rent costs and see what you can come up with. They will be more willing to reduce costs if they see they could lose another renter.

3. 

   Haggle. That's right, I said it. Haggle with your landlord. If you notify the owner that it's too pricey and you will need to start looking for somewhere cheaper, this is a sure fire way to reduce your rent. You have to go about it the right way. You cannot simply threaten to find another place, you have to bring up reasons why you are thinking of doing this. Your landlord will try to meet your needs as long as you are a loyal customer.

4. 

   Bring up damages, repairs, and other oddities that might impact the quality of your apartment. If there is severe damages to the floors, walls, plumbing and etc. you could easily reduce your rent as long as you are willing to stick it out.

5. 

   Do your own repairs and lawn. Many landlords will knock off dollars if you choose to do your own lawn and repairs around the property. This will give you a sense of responsibly that the landlord will respect and see that you will stick around.

Tips & Warnings

• Never threaten to move out simply because the rent is too high.
• Come up with actual REASONS and improvements to lower the rent.

[LilacGirl]

on 6/22/2009 Excellent suggestions for reducing your rent.

[heleje]

on 6/8/2009 very helpful 5*

[kellieann2000]

on 6/7/2009 Great article on How to Reduce Rent

[Psalmist4M]

on 5/21/2009 Really good advice and well written. Thank you for the great input. 5*s

[Countrymom]

on 4/19/2009 Great suggestions!