LisaSTL Wrote:
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> Once in your life? That may be true for new home
> video shops. Most apartments shops can be
> reshopped at some point, anywhere from 12 to 24
> months depending on the client. The nice thing
> about apartments is they have leases that expire
> so it is realistic to be shopping around a year or
> two later. Same with new cars. We don't keep them
> forever.
I just took this MSC "quiz" and thier stance is that they cannot be reshopped for 999 days as they state that your drivers license will be entered into the apartment managment system and it will reamain on file forever.
What you say is very true. When I was in an apartment and I got my renewal notice and they'd bump the rent on me every year, I'd shop the same 4-5 apartments in the area to make sure that this was the going rate. Then, I'd break down and go to the leasing office to resign to live in the same place another year with that yappy dog on one side of me and the kid who likes to practice skateboarding in the kitchen above me at 2:00 AM.
I had on more than one occasion got the new pricing from the same leasing agent that I spoke with the year before. I was remembered, and they could see I visited then within a few weeks of the same date one year prior. Unless they refreshed the units, I didn't take a tour of a unit. I just got right down to square feet and what is your price this year. Can you price your unit cheap enough to give me an incentive to move?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/28/2014 04:28AM by scanman1.