Miracles never cease
Life 01/31/2004 |I just had a conversation with the property manager for my building. We’ve been talking back and forth off and on for a couple weeks now, looking at various options as far as possibly switching apartments, signing a new lease, and getting a month’s rent free as a signing bonus for re-signing my lease.
As it turns out, last week our building was apparently purchased by a new leasing agency, so we weren’t sure what sort of deals or possibilities might exist with the new management. We finally got confirmation on the new setup, and I’m not going to be able to get a free months rent for renewing my lease.
But.
They are going to drop my rent if I renew my lease — from $650/month to $495/month!
That.
So.
Rocks.
iTunes: “Insane in the Brain (Da Funky Chunky)” by Cypress Hill from the album Insane in the Brain (1999, 6:37).
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January 31st, 2004 at 1:21 pm
looks like a free months rent every 3.193548387096774 months, to be precise, since you save $155 on each month.
The bust economy benefits some of us … .
January 31st, 2004 at 2:47 pm
Nice, very nice!
January 31st, 2004 at 4:36 pm
yay! congrats for you!
are you still going to switch apartments?
January 31st, 2004 at 4:55 pm
Nope — if I switched, I’d be going into a slightly larger studio, and while I’d get the first month free in that instance, rent would be $595/mo instead of $495/mo. I played with the numbers a bit to figure it all out:
Current: $650/mo × 12mo = $7800
Larger studio w/1 mo. free: $595/mo × 11mo = $6545
This studio for 12 mo.: $495/mo × 12mo = $5940
All in all, I figure the slight extra space I’d gain from a larger studio isn’t as important to me as the $1860 I’m saving by staying in this apartment and taking the $155/mo rent reduction.
January 31st, 2004 at 7:48 pm
Outstanding!
February 1st, 2004 at 10:08 am
Great news, Mike!!!!
Love
Dad
February 1st, 2004 at 7:47 pm
Do you get hot water with that?