Submitted by oldmanwatson t3_10iyqa9 in personalfinance
Hello All,
I’m currently residing in a 1 bedroom basement apartment and my landlord lives in the house upstairs. I’ve lived here for about 8 months now and our relationship has been nothing short of remaining professional and modest.
I currently pay $1200 a month for rent (which is very cheap for the area that I live in) and there is no lease agreement. I pay month-to-month.
In a few months I will be leaving for a military deployment (about 5 months long) and I was wondering if I could ask my landlord if he could possibly reduce the rent to maybe $1000 while I’m gone. Are landlords ever willing to negotiate?
I’m sure he could find another tenant pretty easily because this is a highly populated area and the basement is spacious so is it even worth asking if he could lower the rent a bit while I’m gone?Thanks