Why would they risk losing all of that income when they would lose a lot less if they just negotiated with the tenants? Sounds like they’re really bad at business.
They could reach full capacity before they lost enough money to make it not worth it? Where would all of these people willing to pay their higher rates come from?
Why would they risk losing all of that income when they would lose a lot less if they just negotiated with the tenants? Sounds like they’re really bad at business.
Because they could replace them with tenants who will not only pay the new rate, but not be a pain in the ass.
Your hypothetical tenants are not negotiating from a position of strength at all, they can be easily replaced.
They could reach full capacity before they lost enough money to make it not worth it? Where would all of these people willing to pay their higher rates come from?
According to you, there is a shortage of rental properties, and no shortage of tenants.
There’s a shortage of affordable rental properties. Why are you not aware of this?
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/12/housing-renter-affordable-data-map