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    Successfully negotiated a $50 rental decrease today - thought I’d share my method

    @queenjen Thanks - the risks were thankfully reasonable and worth it. The location is what we love here and there are literally three places within the block!
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    Successfully negotiated a $50 rental decrease today - thought I’d share my method

    @queenjen We left one place after the landlord: fixed a curtain rail poorly herself tried to fix a plumbing issue herself and made it worse final straw: refused to fix the gas in the screen door hinge. She ended up having to drop the rent after we left. She listed it higher, failed to rent it...
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    Successfully negotiated a $50 rental decrease today - thought I’d share my method

    @john83 It’s a chrome extension. It captures prices moves up and down, listing date, etc. Pretty handy. I’ve had it for a few months and found it insightful. Not sure about back capturing but I’d recommend giving it a test run.
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    Successfully negotiated a $50 rental decrease today - thought I’d share my method

    @eeasuper You’re welcome! The developer is actually on Reddit, which is how I found it! Makes a big difference.
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    Successfully negotiated a $50 rental decrease today - thought I’d share my method

    @pedrocosta Whoa slow down! Check out mr moneybags over here!
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    Successfully negotiated a $50 rental decrease today - thought I’d share my method

    @siralex172 Yeah of course, just match your own tone of voice so it really feels natural and you’ll be fine.👍🏻
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    Successfully negotiated a $50 rental decrease today - thought I’d share my method

    @sabott Thanks - probably took around 2-2.5 hours to craft the email, plus revisions from my wife, who helped smooth a couple of points. I felt the straight financials were important because in the end, it’s stone cold data and you can’t argue with that. We were fortunate that the place around...
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    Successfully negotiated a $50 rental decrease today - thought I’d share my method

    Hi folks, We were rebuffed earlier this year when we went to our landlord asking for a permanent rent reduction - they offered $10 off our existing rent of $530 p/w IF we signed on for 12 months. Needless to say that was a hard pass from us. We decided to wait until late in the year for the...
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