Adding a tenant

[Maya V.]

Hi folks, my dream tenant wants to let her boybriend move in. The place has always been rented as a small studio really only designed for one person but will work in a pinch for a couple. Her plan is to move him in this early Fall and then the two of them will look for a larger place sometime within a year.  I don't really have a problem with it but I I will need to renegotiate the rent with her for the extra person and water usage and wondering how to come up with a fair amount for that. 

I also am wondering what I need to do to amend the rental agreement to include him.

SF bay area/$1,300 mo. ~ water and garbage paid by me.

Thanks in advance.

[Nancy Curran]

I dont add people to lease, especially boyfriends in studios. They will break up, and then you are involved. Let him move in, increase the rent by whatever, and let her be his landlord. Then, when he moves out, your no worse off.