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Hi Fish83.

You mentioned try to raise the rent,,,,,, have they? This is the Philippines and all is negotiable and when not simply find another seller or as Cliff mentioned move on.

Rents rise, prices rise, my experience nothing ever become cheaper.

Good luck.

Cheers, Steve.

Move on, they are going to have to find a new tenant and lose out on rent for a while until they find the new tenant.

Why do they try to raise rent by 10%? - @Fish83

Because they can.

All prices increase. To keep up with the cost of running a rental property, landlords need to increase their prices too.

There is a residential rent control law that the annual increase cannot be more than 2.3%. Units with rents exceeding PHP10,000 ($171) per month are exempted from this restriction.

Why do they try to raise rent by 10%? - @Fish83

When was the last increase, or, how long has your rent stayed at current rate?

@danfinn

This is my first year at this place

@Jackson4

Cool story bro 😎

The owner has never been to visit this place and nobody else has been here for any reason, ever. Also, I pay the dues. I pay everything and the owner has zero costs. I'm sure they pay the realtor if the realtor ever has to do anything but in a year I've taken care of everything. So, there's no cost for the owner..zero.

@Fish83

White mans tax not necessarily from the owner but potentially the agent lining their own pockets?

Have you ever met or dealt with the owners? 10% is a big jump and one has to question/fight for why.

As others have said perhaps time to move onto greener pastures and let them find another tenant and the loss of rent in the interim, Who knows you may find something better and cheaper?

Good luck Fish.

Cheers, Steve.

@danfinn
This is my first year at this place - @Fish83

Well in that case you can already see how the land lies. If your a foreigner they are going to try to screw you for every dime you've got because they assume that you don't know Philippines law with regard to rent and rent increases and they also assume that you will simply pay up.

@FindlayMacD

10% this year....... maybe 15% next year and 20% the year after that, remember they think all foreigners are so rich that they won't even notice

@Fish83 if you like the place offer to pay them 2.3% more per PI law. If not tell them to pound sand and move out. Forget trying to get any deposits back. That’s not going to happen!

Over 10 years of renting in the PI we have never had our rent raised or failed to get a deposit back at the end of the term. We take good care of the homes we rent, make small repairs (or bring the need for such to their attention) and my partner keeps a spotless home. Basically what I appreciate from my tenants in the US.

I rented a house in Cagayan De Oro for a few years, When I viewed the property I told the landlady it was really not liveable for a foreigner, but if she gave me one month rent free, I would make it liveable, which I did. I made so many improvements to that property over the almost five years I lived there all at my own expense I might add.

Then came the time that she realised, because of the improvements I had made, the rental value of the property had increased substantially, so she decided to raise the rent substantially, to which I objected, so she backed down somewhat initially but said she intended to raise the rent 10% per year for the next three years.

By this time my wife and I had already bought some land and were already building our own house so I did not respond to what she said about raising the rent. I then gave her notice that we would be giving up the tenancy so our one month initial deposit would cover the last months rent.

At this point she involved the subdivision President and committee who said, "that is not how things are done, I must pay the last months rent and after the property is inspected and the landlady is satisfied that all bills (electricity and water) relating to the property have been paid, then and only then, the property owner should return any deposit. Needless to say, after so many excuses and reason why, or should I say, why not, I didn't get my deposit back.

I rented that property very cheap because it needed so much work to make it liveable, The rent initially was 10,000 but by the time I left the rent had risen to 11,500........ after I left she was looking to let it out for 18,500, the motive for her actions were very clear all along.