That all makes sense, but it’s just not a transparent process regardless if it’s their doing or if it’s strictly legal. It would make more sense if it just said “Pending” like in the real estate market.

Hiding units behind a curtain naturally creates a FOMO because people don’t want to have to spend an extra $100/month if they wait too long to sign.

I wouldn't be surprised if that was happening at all. I do have to admit I never thought of that though.

Nope. The lease can say whatever it wants. But it doesn’t mean anything if there is a law that directly contradicts it, like in this instance. So basically, if they’re giving you shit about not giving 60 days notice, just refer to the law. If this goes in front of a judge, the property managers case would be thrown out, and really that is the only thing that matters.

Exactly. I’m a member of the “no-identifying-information-on-my-car” club. This ain’t no Trapper Keeper.

Yeah I'm absolutely the same way. I notice people comment on this subreddit and wonder how many of them just showed up and then got a very rude dose of reality once they settled in.

I was wondering what those wings were for - at first I thought they had been to jump school but zoomed in to see “police.”

And Lincoln (they bought some properties from WPM).

I’m in the city and my contract that I just signed this week said 60 days. Is it one of those “the law says 30 but we can add onto that within the contract” things?

It’s 60 days in the rest of the State. So if you have a Baltimore City address, you have 30 days, anywhere else is 60.

Due to fair housing the second a completed application is put onto an apartment that apartment goes off the market. What happens a lot is, after the app is looked at ( income and rental history verified etc…) they are approved or denied. If they are denied that apartment goes back on the market. Or the applicant changes their mind and cancels the app. Or the current resident changes their mind several times about if they’re leaving. Anyway, that is very common and not happening for the reasons you think.

Wow I just signed my renewal lease agreement a few days ago and it explicitly said 60 days.

I believe you but I’m wondering why they haven’t updated the pre-filled contracts yet. That seems like a pretty important detail that should be clarified immediately.

They actually sent me a separate email as well stating that I need to give 60 day notice if I’m not signing.

Jared Kushner’s company bought a lot of Property’s. Lots of mid-sized property mgmt cos are just a bunch of rich people buying a portfolio of properties, hire a mgmt company to oversee them, do shitty renovations, jack up the price, then sell 5 years later once they priced out all the old residents and the property needs repairs for their shitty renovations.

It's aaaalmost like collusion and price fixing is a logical byproduct of extremist late-stage capitalism, when only small numbers of companies, even duopolies, control almost every industry...

Nah!

Sorry to sound so sarcastic, but we're nuts if we don't think this is going on in many/most industries.

License plates and the vehicles that they are attached to are readily and publicly visible to anyone driving or walking around. What is not allowed is posting private information, which a license plate is not -- though the information regarding its ownership, generally speaking, is, and would not be allowed.

But... but... capitalism!

And it makes no sense because they’re losing money by bringing in a new tenant on cheaper rent and first month free. I think they simply upcharge everyone and hope they don’t notice. The idea these companies have is probably that the people living in these complexes near the harbor are well off enough that they can pay whatever and won’t bother anyone over an extra $50/month.

Once I asked to negotiate they immediately threw out a lower number because they knew they had no leverage and I figured them out.

https://www.peoples-law.org/baltimore-city-rental-and-housing-laws. Under “Termination of Tenancy by Tenant. Law changed over the summer. It wasn’t widely publicized though. Even if you signed a lease that said 60 days, the law overrides that.

> Genuinely unsure what foxtrot is.

This is "Foxtrot": https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baltimore_Police_helo_MD1.jpg

Yep. My SIL ended up paying an extra $50 a month because of this. Like it’s my job but if you really like a place, it’s in your best interest to apply that day even if you withdraw later because that price won’t be there later.

The new law. I couldn’t find any details online .

What info specifically? The laws? Those are on the internet. For the pricing? Go onto the property website, and click the thing that says Floor Plans or Availability. Once you’re on a particular apartment you can usually see how different move in dates affect the price. Some have a “pricing calendar.” The day you move into what apartment for however long changes the price. Also the leasing consultant at the property will be able to tell you.

This happened with my renewal last year. When I called them on it they stood their ground and said they don’t have to offer that price to existing tenants, but eventually backed off a little bit. Not much.

Yeah it happened to me. Waited a week to sign and am paying more than I would have ☹️.

I live in a complex like this and just went though my renewal this past week.

I was tracking the availability of units every day for a few weeks just to get an idea of what I was going to have to pay. There’s two things I noticed.

1. They quoted me around 5% higher than their own market rate for an identical unit (and that’s not even including their “first month free!” promos for new residents only and whatnot). I brought this up to them to negotiate and they apologized for the “mistake” and offered to knock it down a bit. I wonder how many people just sign the papers without checking to see what their own unit is current going for?

2. Sometimes units would just… disappear. And then would be reposted again a few days later. Almost as if to create artificial scarcity/demand. Make it seem like someone just signed a lease in order to manipulate their vacancy rate.

I swear these companies do some really shady stuff.

That’s super helpful. Do you know where I can find that info online to show these jackasses?