-Should I have the tenant present when doing the move out inspection?
-On another rental, I've elected not to raise the rent even though I charge $250 less than comparable houses in the area (including the one next door to the rental). This is largely a business decision as I don't hear from this tenant and I have two other vacancies, full time grad school, full time stressful job, major health issues, etc. I have enough on my plate this year that I don't need yet another vacancy. So I'm going to offer them the same rate. But I do want to raise it NEXT year. So do I mention in my email that although my expenses have gone up and market rent is X dollars above what I'm charging now, I've elected not to raise the rent this year? Or do I just say I've elected to offer the same rate again this year and leave it at that?
In the past I've just left it at that, but my expenses stayed roughly the same and the rent comps were pretty much the same at the time, not enough to justify raising the rate, so all I ever said was I'm leaving the rent the same.