We've been in our townhome for almost a year. It has flown by. I was reminded today of this fact by the notice we received on our door today reminding me that if I want to stay I will need to sign a new lease and if I don't want to stay I have to give them 60 days notice. If I want to stay my rent will go up. I knew this was going to happen because it happens everywhere but my question is: do the rent hikes ever stop? Doesn't it make more sense to reward people who stay and choose not to vacate, especially people who pay early every month, who don't cause problems with their neighbors and are overall good tenants that a landlord would like to keep? This is not the only instance where this occurs. Health insurance companies up their rates every year. I know lots of companies that change insurance year after year because it is cheaper to start over somewhere else than to stay with an insurance company. Why are these companies getting financially penalized for sticking ar...