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rent increases are lame.  

<blockquote>Jen, Melissa and Matt, greetings.  I hope all's well with the three of you.  As you're aware your lease for 1349 E. Capitol Street expires 11/30/2007 and I assume you three are happy with the house and plan to continue renting.  Your new rent will increase $50 per person per month, so that It helps cover the increase in property taxes and also the new high rates for water and sewer.   I will mail in the next few days your new lease agreement which takes effective 12/1/2007.  Please look it over, and if you are fine with it, sign it and mail it back to me. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.<br> 
Regards,<br>
KC</blockquote>


Dear KC,

We rented this house in 2005 at $2750 per month as an expensive proposition.  Last year, we grudgingly accepted the $100 per month rent increase and re-signed the lease for another year.  Now the proposed total monthly rent is $3000.

We cannot afford to increase our rent by $150 per month for another whole year.  However, we would be willing to accept a shorter month-to-month lease at the increased rent cost.  If that is unacceptable, we would be willing to accept half of the rent increase ($75 per month) for a half year (six months) lease term as an alternative.

 matt notes:
 or we could just give the 150/6mo. deal and hope for the best. 
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