[A CA Guy]

Same here in CA. I am a landlord in the Hills of Beverly and the same thing is tried here all the time because of a bad economy mostly.
We get near market rent but will ask for maybe another hundred or more a month for a relative to stay and they might be placed on the lease as well by name.
Taxes, water, trash, gardening, building repairs and cost of business expenses constantly go way up. Renters often don't get raised equal to increased expends, so most renters who get increases often are paying less in fact then when they moved in despite rent raises due to all costs increasing to the landlord.

[A CA Guy]

Ps: for a soldier I’d wait 3 months and would just ask them to pay for the extra costs of their use of utilities, which is about $100.
I wouldn’t want to charge, but as it is most profits are eaten up by government taxes, utilities paid for in the rent and building expenses.

[Shimmer1]

That is so right. In addition there’s added wear and tear on the residence.