Hello fellow LL. I have a tenant who wants to pay their rent until the end of this year ! Some might say yes and some no. I usually do a rent increase in October for this tenant that’s when their lease is up. Should I sent the rent increase and a note letting them

I had a new tenant give me one year's rent up front. They had an insurance claim and knew they would blow thru the money.

Unfortunately they snuck in a puppy. When confronted about it I told them the dog had to go. She said if the dog goes we go.

I kindly accepted the end of their lease.

I guess I would do it again if the opportunity arose.

Sure! I'd be happy to work with you on that (I wonder why, though).

You know your lease is up for renewal half way through, so it sounds like you definitely want to stay and renew.

You know how that is the time that the rent must increase a bit each year, so let's calculate what the total will be through the end of the year, including the increase in Oct.

Why don't we just go ahead and sign the new lease /renewal now & get it done?

I am not aware of any issues with accepting it up front. I have taken 6 months at a time in the past.

It’s only 4 months of increases. You can always work out your loss for those 4 months and add that to your increase for the following year. This only if you aren’t giving out the maximum already.

Putting the extra funds in an interest bearing account is a great idea.