>any rational landlord That's a large assumption. >If you offer to pay at least as much for the building as the landlord would expect to make from renting it

>any rational landlord That's a large assumption. >If you offer to pay at least as much for the building as the landlord would expect to make from renting it out Over what time period? >Landlords have nothing to gain by gouging tenants who will only move across the street to keep paying what they are now, Where in SF is that possible? Do you know of any documented cases? >is completely reasonable and natural. Exactly the justification used for so many horrors.