<prompt> Human: For the past five years I have rented at various places without negotiating price. Today my friends were discussing negotiating rent down, and I realized I may have missed out. Ill be moving to Pittsburgh soon, and I was wondering if there are any norms for rent negotiation. I assume its market dependent? What are reasonable asks? Is it worth the risk of annoying the landlord?Thanks for the help.  <response>: Negotiation is always possible, but it has to be done right. As a landlord, Im occasionally confounded by people who conflate negotiating with complaining and I end up rejecting them out of hand. For example:Bad Negotiation:This is a basement unit, so its going to put out a lot of radon, so Id want you to cover a monthly radon test to make sure its not too bad. And my service cats are going to have issues with the dryness, so youll need to cover a humidifier.That person got rejected out of hand, by the way.Good Negotiation:I see you do standard 12-month leases, but my fiance and I would like to sign a 16-month lease instead. That way, the unit will be up prior to the start of fall semester, youll probably find it easier to find tenants. Were happy to show the unit during that period so you have no downtime. In exchange, wed like a 10 off in rent per month.ORMy husband works for Comcast. We can get you a discount code for the units Internet good for 20month off; wed take 10 and youd take 10.Now, ten bucks sounds like small shakes. But as a landlord, if a single phone call that takes 15 minutes puts an additional 120 in my pocket by years end, sure, I will make that call.Point being, give-and-take is crucial. Come up with a reason for them to reduce rent to you. 