If you provided free laundry to a certain point, like a card that may be used so many times each month and then raise rents, that is a concession allowed to justify the higher rent.

They apparently raise money for new construction housing developments, almost exclusively in Philadelphia, and then offer "rent guarantees" (Anything with "guarantees" makes me skeptical and always sounds, to me, like it's too good to be true.)

In search of my first multi family I came across a two unit (2 beds 1 bath per)Current List price: $185000 Current rents upstairs apartment number one is $650 **Rent comes from an agency not the tenant Apartment number two is currently $1145 **The Housing Authority pays the rent for apartment two ($829.00) with the exception of $316.00.Those rents have not been raised in the last 10 years according to listing agentTaxes $4430.21Sewer $140.00/per quarterInsurance $1200.00.

Another Seattle-ite, I'm on the north side myself, but born and raised so familiar with Kent and the area.

Sometimes there is no more room to raise the price(even on a $5K property) and there can only have one wholesaler to the end buyer with no more middle people.

It's sounds like the squatter is probably fairly well educated and may have even raised the question of adverse possession.

Rents are expensive, and according to my property manager, there is such a shortage of rentals in my area, that raising my rent 5-7% is not unreasonable...

He's lived there for 5 years now and I've never raised rent.

Born and raised in New Orleans now living in Hammond, LA and currently working full time as a regulatory consultant in the oil & gas industry.

They hold the asset for 2 years before convert it to a REIT and sell shares to the public at a 5% CAP rate raising $140k ($7,000/0.05).