My rent is going up too. When the housing market flails, the rents go up. Landlords know they can get away with it and they do. Of course, there are still those who are more fair but.....
How long ago was that?Originally Posted by mrblanche
I would guess none of you wants to hear about the 2-bedroom lakeside condo we used to live in in Hot Springs, AR, and paid $450/month rent. We thought that was high, and moved into a 2-bedroom duplex we paid $375/month for.
Holy crap! That's great!Originally Posted by mrblanche
I would guess none of you wants to hear about the 2-bedroom lakeside condo we used to live in in Hot Springs, AR, and paid $450/month rent. We thought that was high, and moved into a 2-bedroom duplex we paid $375/month for.
Originally Posted by Natalie_ca
But I pay for my own Cable and Hydro. Hydro for me runs about $55.00 per month.
ElectricityOriginally Posted by laureen227
what is Hydro?
Originally Posted by StarryEyedTiGeR
Geesh, some of those rent prices make me so greatful that we own our homes.
We were thinking of buying, but every mortgage calculator was coming up with equal to our rent or more for a monthly payment. That's not including heat, power, insurance, taxes, etc. We also decided it was best to wait until I'm done with my associate's degree, in case I get a job that's a drive from here. Too bad...I was rather excited about a house.Originally Posted by laureen227
my mortgage payment [after almost 10 years of living here] is STILL lower than my rent was.
'course, now i have water, garbage, etc. that i didn't have there... but the rent where i was is probably higher now than my monthly totals, even including those things.
That's only a little more than ours will be in Philly this fall. We're not all lucky!Originally Posted by Aileen06
My goodness you people are lucky. My 2 bedroom apt in NJ is 1385.00 a months and goes up about 40.00 a year. I have to get out of this state!!!
your house is HUGE! very nice!Originally Posted by Lore
Wow, there are some great rent prices some of you are paying... & some insanely high.
We are paying $1800 a month for a 4 (technically 5) bedroom House.
This is the house we are renting, when I took photos before we moved in:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=...localeid=en_US
And just to sneak my kids into the pictureHere are some with us living in the house & the kids living it up in their new large space
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=...localeid=en_US
Because that how they make money. The keep your deposits and everything, tell you you did not clean it up well enough, and then they find someone to pay the amount of rent they want. Also when they tell you you get 1 month free rent, they are building it in the other 11 months of the year, so really nothing was free to you.Originally Posted by Rockcat
I understand rent increases. Afterall, the cost of living goes up across the board - property owners included. What I don't understand though is the apartment complexes that hook you at a reasonable rate for the 1st year and then raise rent excessively at every lease renewal.
There is a mortgage calculator in most spreadsheet programs, and lots of them online. I have a loan calculator I bought like 25 years ago when I was in real estate. I can come up with a payment for any time period, remaining balance, etc.Originally Posted by littleraven7726
We were thinking of buying, but every mortgage calculator was coming up with equal to our rent or more for a monthly payment. That's not including heat, power, insurance, taxes, etc. We also decided it was best to wait until I'm done with my associate's degree, in case I get a job that's a drive from here. Too bad...I was rather excited about a house.