Originally Posted by
notEnuf
Unless you have a fixed 10 year lease (not likely) you can count on your rent going up every 2 years by 10%ish. No landlord will lock in a rent for more than 2 years and no landlord is going to forgo an increase unless the market tanks and housing becomes significantly more affordable. I did 2 year leases and 10% on renewal, that's standard. Some did 2 year lease with a 5% or market increase at 12 months.
So there is a growing trend among some landlords that will forego rent hikes if they have an excellent tenat. In other words a good tenat may not be worth running off from a rent increase.