It's the owners decision and most likely their direct offer but we can try to negotiate it more on your behalf. Give your account manager details that might help them to convince the owner. As we note above, we want you back and will try hard if we have something solid to present. Very few owners though will take a rate way below market rent and inability to pay is usually not the kind of what's in it for me explanation that will change their minds. Bashing the property or their repair decisions will backfire also. We normally need to point out some economic reason such as you will sign a two year lease and that will save them the cost of a hefty turnover for quite some time. Or, if you find homes on the market that are cheaper we can show the owner that you have very viable options, and that even if we relist the home we still probably won't get much more rent. Both of those approaches can be very effective.