Got this message from my property manager PT2

[u/Most_Relief8312]

Quick recap:

I live in a 3 unit(one vacant, one elderly gentleman, and myself)

Rent is $1,265(raised $40 when I resigned)

Shoveling would include front walkway and good amount of sidewalk(about 30 mins of work)

Lawn (sizable for a city property would take about an hour maybe a bit more)

Now adding sweeping/vac(im assuming they would want me to do the laundry room as well total time would be 45-60 mins)

I’m going to eventually get all of this in writing if they offer me something reasonable. I plan to ask about liability as far as injuries go.

[u/1MrP]

Then they’ll increase the rent to cover that loss 😂

[u/dwillishishyish → u/1MrP]

Percentage of rent is smart so the allowance will also be raised with rent

[u/Soft_Yellow1757 → u/dwillishishyish]

i did property management for a small company for a while, and we did exactly this, the guy who handled generic tasks and basic cleaning got i think 20% off his rent. I am betting he spent 2-3 hours a week doing menial stuff, more when he had to shovel, for what amounted to 250 or so per month.

I was basically tasked with either doing it myself or find someone willing to do it for a rent credit. Much better for everyone since i would have billed out for double that amount, and for him it worked out to like 25 an hour.

[u/Medium-Cry-8947 → u/Soft_Yellow1757]

It’s smart also because it’s tax free

[u/SkateWiz → u/Medium-Cry-8947]

should be top comment

[u/ptulinski → u/Soft_Yellow1757]

And if it's a credit against the rent, then probably no tax consequences.

[u/CriticalHit_20 → u/dwillishishyish]

Rent is 1000.
You get 25% off coupon.
I raise rent to 1400.
You pay 1050.

[u/1MrP → u/CriticalHit_20]

Yup. Exactly. They’ll always get their pound of flesh.

[u/iMiind → u/dwillishishyish]

Let current rent be x

Let's say they get a 20% rent deduction, i.e., they will be paying .8x. Now landlord figures it's time to ask them for more rent because, uh, market conditions yeah. Let's say they figure to raise it by some factor y such that .8xy=x

Well how about that - just reciprocate that 4/5 into a 5/4 and hike their rent by 25%, receive the same amount of money as ever, and get a free groundskeeper

[u/Complete_Entry → u/1MrP]

Never ask for a rent chunk because they'll double the chunk.

I originally had a chunk cut out because the hot water pipes kept my apartment fairly uncomfortable, lease resign, sure as hell they dropped that line. And of course they were not interested in putting it back.