{"id":36187,"date":"2009-09-18T10:11:07","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T10:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=36187"},"modified":"2009-09-22T10:44:25","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T10:44:25","slug":"signing-1year-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/09\/signing-1year-l\/","title":{"rendered":"Signing 1-Year Lease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found a nice apartment in Bay Ridge.  The current tenant (a friend of the gf) pays 1,100 a month.  She warned us that the landlord might want to raise it to 1200, as he raises it &#8220;for every new tenant&#8221;.  I&#8217;ve read people actually bargaining down prices in rent.  How can I go about telling him not to raise it?  His selling point is we have the backyard to ourselves.  Its pretty big.  The apartment too is about 800 square feet.  We really want the place.  Any thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found a nice apartment in Bay Ridge. The current tenant (a friend of the gf) pays 1,100 a month. She warned us that the landlord might want to raise it to 1200, as he raises it &#8220;for every new tenant&#8221;. I&#8217;ve read people actually bargaining down prices in rent. 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