[whywhywhywhy]

They tend to just keep increasing it until you leave then just dial it back a little and get someone else in. Far worse than individual landlord that if you're a good easy tenant is gonna prefer you to an unknown, corporate don't care about that.

[cosmic_cheese]

Yep. This was exactly my experience. You have to leave eventually just to keep monthly rent under control.

[I_dream_of_Geni]

Sounds exactly like car insurance. If you don't "move around", they keep pricing it higher every year until you wake up...