Imagine looking for a place to live and a friend who owns a rental property asks if you would like to rent their place? Would you do it, or would you refuse to rent from someone you’re friends with?

In this story, a man finds himself in this situation, and he decides to rent from his friend, which makes his friend his landlord. Everything is great at first, but then they got into an argument about rent. I’m pretty sure this friendship is officially over.

Keep reading to see if you think the tenant did anything wrong.

AITAH for tell my landlord (my friend) I’ll move out if they increase my rent?

My (24m) landlord (24m) is one of my classmates and neighbors from college.

He rented out his place to me back in 2022 stating that his uncle had given him one of his properties to start off as a real estate investor. He called and asked if I needed a place to stay since he saw I got a job in the city and needed a good place with a decent commute.

He said I would be sharing the space with two other people which isn’t bad as it is a nice 3 bedroom 2.5 bath unit.

He was okay with this deal at first.

What we agreed on was my rent would be $1,250 as long as I watch over the place and kind of be the “in-house” landlord in case things go wrong and need fixing. Things such as plumbing, small repairs, finding tenants, and such.

I agreed as the rent being $1,250 was great for the added responsibility and also my financial situation with student loans.

However, our relationship has changed as of late as he started getting more into real estate investing. He considers it his full time job despite being hands off on properties he “owns.”

Does the landlord remember that OP is more than just a tenant?

Turns out the place I am staying at is already paid off (by his uncle) and he gets to pocket most of the money from rent.

That part I do not care about but what I do care about is that he wanted to raise my rent from $1,250 to $1,800 and maybe even about $2,000 stating “it’s what a place like this is in the market for.” He also stated that he wanted to start “profiting” off his investments.

I straight up told him “no” as that is beyond what I would pay for a shared space and being his “landlord” to the other tenants.

He said I was taking advantage of him because for the longest time he has kept my rent at $1,250 while the other tenants paid more than me and that I was given a great deal.

I think the friendship is over.

I told him if he raises my rent, I’ll just end up moving out and finding my own place for that price.

He told me the housing market is trash and I won’t find a suitable place that fits all my needs at the rent he is offering. He said I’m one of those people that uses his friends until they’re not meeting his needs.

I said “that’s rich coming from a guy with a silver spoon and never actually worked a day in his life.”

He didn’t take that too well and called me an AH and said I have no idea the work that goes into being a RE investor.

It would probably be best for OP to move out at this point.

Let’s see how Reddit responded.

This person calls the friend entitled.

This person thinks he was already paying too much.

Another person explains why his friend was upset.

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Perhaps his friend should’ve been paying him!

I’ve had several friends who have been the building manager at an apartment complex. In those cases, they got free rent in exchange for basically being the on-site landlord, finding tenants, dealing with maintenance requests, etc.

I don’t think the friend should’ve charged OP anything if he wanted him to take on landlord duties. I don’t blame the friend for being upset at the rent increase; however, he didn’t have to insult his friend during the argument. He could’ve just refused to pay more and moved out.

Renting from a friend is a good way to end the friendship.