What Would CR Do?
Positives: Our rent is inexpensive. Our land lords are raising our rent for the first time in ~3 years by only ~5%, but it will still be inexpensive. They don't care if our rent is a few days late. They will call us if it hasn't gotten their by the 5th and we can hand drop it off (has been lost in the mail a few times). Despite that they've never charged us a late fee. They are nice people and always seem to be willing to work with you on anything.
Negatives: They don't do very much for us... are slow to not fix things correctly. The condo complex does very little upkeep, won't tow cars in your spot or parked illegally... they are saying one of the reasons for the rate increase is the condo complex is increasing their fee. We notify our landlords about issues around the complex and nothing is every done.
Anyways, it's not all roses but it's not really not bad at all. I've had much, much worse experiences with renting at places that cost much more than our current place.
So, onto the question. They tried to mail out our increase notice in December but mailed it to our neighbor who sent it back return to sender. They sent us the original letter postmarked December in another envelope and we just got it. They are raising our rent effective Feb 1. This is not the 30 days notice we are supposed to legally get. Should we push the issue or not?
We are moving out sometime this year one way or another, likely buying a house somewhere in town. So maybe not worth it to push the issue.
Really, it's only $35 but there is some principal and legal 'rightness' behind pushing the issue.