Your landlord may be willing to add a grace period into the lease so you can pay your rent five days late. Any relatively minor changes can easily be hand-written into the lease and most lease forms have some space for additional terms where more extensive modifying clauses can be added. Be sure that any changes are initialed by both all parties. I'm sure that you have noticed that many no pet buildings have pets living in them. If you re a pet owner, it doesn t hurt to ask if the landlord will make an exception for your pet.
Many landlords are willing to give good tenants a break on the no-pet rule.
RHOL has a fair amount of discussion on the pet issue and you might use some of the discussion that we provide as negotiating tools. However, a knowledgeable landlord will do so to protect the new tenant and reduce liability. You can ask a landlord to change the locks before signing the lease, pointing out your concern that past tenants may still copies of the key, and who knows to whom they gave keys. Be sure that a promise to do so in the future is in writing. Other There are other circumstances when it might be desirable or necessary to negotiate with a landlord.