Comments on: How to Raise Your Tenant's Rent

on 4/28/2008 Great tips~~

on 11/22/2005 I have a 3 bedroom apartment that I rent to college students. I found it difficult to rent the whole apartment in one shot to a group of students. I now rent private bedrooms with a shared kitchen, living room, bathroom and utilities. This works extremely well. It's much better than having a vacant apartment.

on 11/22/2005 I told my first tenant that the rent was $700 a month but, if he wanted to mow the lawn in the summer and shovel the snow in the winter, we would take off $50. It works.

on 11/22/2005 A friend who rents a house to college students keeps the rent moderate. He and his ever-changing tenants are content because he does it this way: he asks that the group pick a leader and that he receive only one rent check a month. He never has problems.