My Rent, 2009-2010 Edition
I was slightly dreading getting my new apartment lease agreement. The last two re-ups each increased my rent by about $40/month, and I expected the same increase this year.
Blame the recession, lower oil and gas costs, multiple empty rooms in my complex, or the fact that my rent is edging towards a “nobody could afford this amount” cement ceiling, but amazingly my new agreement only ups my rent by $12/month.
But it gets better.
Re-upping gets me $150 off my next month’s rent, so… $144 - $150 = -$6… This effectually makes my new rent $0.50 less per month than last year’s rent. Obviously, there’s a whole “if I re-up again” situation where the base is increasing year-over-year despite these lump-fee kickbacks, but I’m openly ignoring that to mentally convince myself that my rent isn’t going up. Whatever I gotta do, you know?
