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by maxmamis 1610 days ago
> Repairs, insurance, inspections, et cetera

rents in the city where I live are up 11% in the past year. did the cost of repairs and inspections increase by that much?

> Also staging, advertising, pursuing delinquencies

ah, so I'm paying for my landlord to increase their rate of return and put my fellow tenants on the street. got it.

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> rents in the city where I live are up 11% in the past year. did the cost of repairs and inspections increase by that much?

I'm charging about 20% more than I did this time last year for repairs. Material, tool, and fuel prices have been going up, and those affect me greatly. I'll probably go up more soon. I have so much work lined up that it'll be 2023 before I can get to you if you talk to me today. And it's near impossible for me to find any helpers right now.

>rents in the city where I live are up 11% in the past year. did the cost of repairs and inspections increase by that much?

It increased much more, even the official inflation is 7% over 2021.