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I know many landlords who are hesitant to sign a multi-year lease. This is because if you sign a new lease every single year, you are able to raise your rent, and in turn make a larger amount in passive income every year. While I understand this way of thinking, I tend to take the opposite approach.

Personally, I don’t care about implementing an annual rent increase. When a tenant asks to sign a long-term lease, they’re telling you how much they love your house. They like and respect your property, and they want to stay put. I think that’s a plus!

Certainly there is money to be made in the small rent increase, however I find that tenant turnover is one of the most costly processes in the real estate business. As you probably know by now, I factor the cost of vacancy into my ROI formula, but tenant turnover can still be a hassle.

Think about it like this: a tenant turnover is like a double whammy. Not only are you forgoing rental income while your property is vacant, but you’re also spending money on the cost of the turnover. You’ll have to paint, re-carpet, and patch any drywall.

Let’s say your property rents for $700 a month, and during a tenant turnover, you don’t collect rent for a month. Let’s figure in the cost of repairing the rental while you find a new tenant, probably around $300. Total, you’re looking at about $1000. I would rather mitigate that cost by allowing a tenant to stay multiple years.

My experience has been that tenants that want to stay for a long lease are quality tenants. They pay on time, and they treat my property as if it were their own. To me, it’s worth it to allow a tenant to sign a multiple-year lease.

For more on leases, check out my new video, 5 Things You Need to Know About Leases! 

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