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ScuttleCrab729 OP t1_j1ere0e wrote

Reply to comment by m9rockstar in It’s a Christmas miracle… Landlord lowered our rent unexpectedly..? by ScuttleCrab729

Only went down $21 but it’s still a pleasant surprise considering I was expecting to owe something.

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Snownel t1_j1f7iwt wrote

Wait, your rent was $2191? What kind of maniac landlord sets rent like that?

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ScuttleCrab729 OP t1_j1f9l8w wrote

NJ landlord lol. I’m actually essentially “grand fathered” into this rate and if I were to move out and right back into the same unit my rate would go up $600.

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Rainbowrobb t1_j1fo0l0 wrote

They your unit if not subject to rent control ordinances, as the price is not tenant dependent. If you're unsure, you can reach out to your municipality and ask them.

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blackcap13 t1_j1hfhbj wrote

christ man you're making me glad I bought last year. My mortgage is 1550 for my 3 bedroom in Hamilton nj

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_bekku_ t1_j1hran4 wrote

I hate to admit the bitter jealousy that fills me when I read this. Lololol

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Mundo_89 t1_j1hsq9w wrote

That was a shameless cheap mortgage plug

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Vegoia2 t1_j1ggw08 wrote

Is it a home? 3-4 bedrooms, wth?

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ghostfacekhilla t1_j1f9rn5 wrote

My rent has 67 cents on it haha.

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Zyoy t1_j1ftvjc wrote

That would make me happier because at least it seems like they are basing it on something. Instead of something random.

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ghostfacekhilla t1_j1g4rov wrote

It's based on the max 4%. My town has rent control thank God or this year woulda been brutal

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im-so-startled88 t1_j1hybqm wrote

Our mortgage payment is such a specific number lol. Ie ends in like $XX46.21 or something like that. I have to round up my payments to the nearest whole dollar (5s or 0s only dammit) for my own sanity. My husband thinks I’m nuts, I am, but when we get our statement at the end of the year I get to boast and say look I paid an extra $200 down on the principal just by rounding up! 😆

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Snownel t1_j1fbtv2 wrote

I hope you don't have to pay by check at least

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ghostfacekhilla t1_j1fdeus wrote

Ome thousand seven hundred eighty nine and 67/100. Hard to even fit in the check. It's a great apartment way under market with a parking space. Guess there has to be one wierd quirk.

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storm2k t1_j1g00up wrote

assuming op lives in a town that has rent laws that allow it to only be raised by a specific percentage each year. that number is probably what you get from last year's number + the allowed percentage.

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kayjaypee77 t1_j1gu1mw wrote

Your comment just made me actually laugh out loud. What kind of maniac. Ha

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SpacelessWorm t1_j1f7b3i wrote

Hey even if only $21 thats an extra 3 Taylor ham egg and cheeses a month

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ahappylildingleboi t1_j1f93uw wrote

it’s pork roll ya got damn snart fiffer

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fishingwithmk t1_j1hro6n wrote

If you call a band-aid an adhesive bandage and a Q-Tip a cotton swab then I won't argue with you but if you don't then you're a hypocrite

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wcs2 t1_j1fbfg9 wrote

Upvote for correctly calling it Taylor ham.

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Torvaldr t1_j1gpjxu wrote

What if it's not produced by Taylor's?

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throw_bundy t1_j1h9o12 wrote

Even if the pork roll in question is produced by Taylor Provisions, it's not "ham" and legally cannot be marketed or sold as such. That's why it's called pork roll.

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_bekku_ t1_j1hri7h wrote

Okay and what do you call Q Tips then?

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Torvaldr t1_j1iqr8t wrote

Q-Tips or cotton swabs interchangeably. Same for Kleenex and the like, it depends on my mood and what’s fresh in my mind, I guess. Though with Q Tips, It says Q Tips on the tin in big letters. It hasn’t said “Taylors Prepared Ham” on the tin since 1906. Taylor’s themselves have called it pork roll for over 100 years on their packaging. That’s all assuming it was made by Taylor’s. Sometimes it’s made by Case or Mercer Meats, in which case it’s not Taylor’s and it’s not Ham.

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WaltzThinking t1_j1fyw5t wrote

Were they illegally overcharging you before? (It's probably not Christmas cheer)

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ScuttleCrab729 OP t1_j1g7c2j wrote

That’s our thought. Going to follow up next week to see if they actually owe us.

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Zhuul t1_j1g57qj wrote

My rent's a weird ass number because there's a percentage cap for how much they can raise it every year. When I moved in it was a tidy $1150.

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