you can't compare south florida to the tampa area, south florida it a whole different beast. that's why so many people are moving from miami-broward-west palm to polk-pasco-hernando. unfortunately, that's causing another whole wave of increases in the central FL areas.
I'm looking to move back home to the Greenfield/Amherst area once I'm done with my education about 5-6 years plus work a little bit in my field (healthcare) beforehand. I just turned 30 my goal is to be back home before I turn 40. I'm in upstate NY now nothing compares to where I'm from.
I just happened to luck out at the beginning of the pandemic when I found this place. It’s a really old building that’s not in great shape and the landlady does everything as cheaply as possible - but it’s cheap and spacious with lots of natural light.
Yep! There isn’t a lot to do besides drink and our people and laws are pretty backwards. Bad weather all year long- hot, humid summer and unbelievably cold and long winter. You have to travel for hours, out of state typically, to do anything fun. Cheap rent in most places here though, lmao.
Rent in my town is definitely cheap... But there is nothing to do in this town of 70 people besides go over for a gab with the post lady, or go to the bank. Both of which are only open a couple of hours a day. lol. Two hour drive to Sioux City, or a 2 hour drive to Des Moines.
It is. But can't move somewhere 'better' (more expensive rather) until I get my brand new car paid down (my lovely old, and paid for, beater tried to eat a deer. lol. Deer lost. Beater still runs, but is a bit... interesting to drive now.)
All I can say is that I'm glad that Iowa doesn't require inspections, and that I have a lovely junkyard shop willing to do a lot of work for cheap if I show up with parts in hand. lol. But she needed parked until I decide if she's worth fixing up the right way, or if she just needs to go to car heaven. 21 year old corolla with 300k miles, but she's been extremely trusty.
Corollas are trusty. Good deal that it lasted for 300k, probably time to lay her to rest though, instead of spending more money. Save your money to move to the city! 😁
Thinking about trying to get on at the Wells. Heard they pay well, offer a ton of hours, and have relocation assistance. Sioux City isn't Des Moines, but it's better than where I'm at. lol.
While riding in the car with my daughter in law driving we almost hit a deer. Ran right out in front of us. Then, on the way home, all of these dead deer were dead on the side of the road. So sad.
My house payment, still buying my house, is 523. including taxes and home owners insurance. It’s only 2 bedrooms, 1 bath rooms. 1100 sq ft. One of the most gorgeous, spacious backyards that I have ever owned. Small one car carport that I have had built a year ago.
After reading this thread again tonight, I believe that I am sitting on a gold mine.
Thankfully mine didn’t go up as much as it could have and is still cheaper than others in the neighborhood, but it’s still up 65% from when I moved in 4 years ago.
we looked in pasco and other tampa 'burbs from january 2024 to about may 2024. in that period, rent for small SFH in the nicer working-class areas went up from about $1300 to about $1800. doubled or tripled practically overnight? no, but it could seem like it.
we left a HCOL area in florida when our admittedly way-under market rent of $1400 was about to be increased to $2400 literally overnight. we obviously said nope and moved upstate.
right? the best part was this was after we'd lived with the aftermath of a sewage leak (you are reading that correctly) behind our bathroom wall that the LL refused to address. after a year, the bathroom walls just...crumbled. we left
How do you swing that big of a jump? I had to move out of Pinellas because of it. I make ok money and I couldn’t make it work anymore. Mine went from $1100 to $2100 same area… it’s crazy!
You can move down to Port Arthur, Texas. Cheap rent and plenty of jobs, what you give up is the scenic Colorado view. It’s flat as a pancake but we have forest to make up for it I guess 8)
that's why many retirees are expatriating, taking their paltry social security checks to places where that money goes a lot farther.
i'd be in fat city on my social security if my rent were $90
$540 a year “property tax”. Placed a bid on a silent auction and bought a home for $700, put about 10k into it and been living in it ever since 2010. You can find a lot of property under silent auctions. My county used to have these all the time. Not sure if they still have them
I moved (became homeless) when rent went up to 1700 for a 2 bedroom in Pasco county, Florida. It's about an hour+ north of Tampa. One year it's $800 and next $1700.
My friends went from $900 to $2400. she wasn't even there a year and it was time to sign her new lease.
Really? I feel like I’m living in a Comedy Central Show. We used to joke about this level of idiocy. Now it’s now to pass.
Can someone check the governor’s GPA while he was at Harvard? I know he was there on a baseball scholarship.
I lived in Florida for 20 years, I enjoyed it. Floridians were really nice and mostly welcoming to us foreigners (from another state) but, ya, the political climate isn't doing much for it these days. RD attacks Mickey Mouse....that's just bad optics. I hope his mistress gets pregnant. (that was really mean to say)
We now have a house, but when we had an apartment it was $1300, however it's only that 'cheap' because we moved in there in 2019, people moving in today is being charged almost $1700. 1700 for rats, roaches, and black mold they refuse to get rid of. (This is for a 2 br/ba)
ETA: Oh and those are for the old apartments that was made in the 1960s, the newer ones that were made in the 2xxx era are electric and way more expensive with the same issues
300 a month to rent 2 rooms and a private bath in a home I have full use of in a great neighborhood. The thing is I also clean and take care of the owner's pets so that's part of the rent agreement too.
I belive you I lived in mass bourne for ten yrs, impossible to buy a house, moved back to n.y. with in 2 yrs I had a 3 bedroom, 1 bath ranch .38 little spot, and still overpriced 1300 mortgage low taxes. Upstate n.y
$1,200 US, below market rent, brand new and legal 400 sq ft studio apartment. Large private patio with furniture, in-unit large washer and dryer, all new appliances, quiet established residential neighborhood.
Jesus answered my pleas - this is Orange County in Southern California.
yea, but dude. west virginia.
beautiful place, but working at walmart is a very coveted job there.
ps before all the west virginians downvote: i lived there myself, so i *know*
Yeah we actually got a housing voucher through HUD and they help pay some of the rent. Our rent here without any assistance is over $700/month for our 3 bedroom.
We pay that down south some, Vancouver Washington in. Small 1900 sq ft 3/2 ranch. But the landlords keep the outside immaculate. Yard maintenance is include and a full yard crew comes weekly. But man rent is what is keeping us poor.
$720 + utilities for a room in a shared apartment. About to rise to $760 in July. I live in the Charleston, SC inner suburbs. This will be my last year living here. Most rented rooms are going for $1000+.
About the same in Southern Indiana. We haven't closed yet, but if nothing goes awry that's what our house payment including property tax and insurance will be.
Rent on our current house is $750 it was supposed to be a buy on contract that would've been paid off 1.5 years ago if the company didn't dick us. 😑 After a year it suddenly went month to month and apparently the whole purchase agreement was out the window. Don't buy on contract, folks.
600 a month house payment. We got lucky with some kind of new home owners loan and I had busted my ass on my credit to get the loan. Live in the south though it’s a lot cheaper down here than say out west
Some of your rent is more than I make in a month! Crazy...
I'm in a small town in WV, though. I don't pay rent. I live in a family house but pay taxes and upkeep (which isn't as cheap as it may sound)
My son rents a 2 bedroom/1 bath, very rundown house in town, and pays $500/mo for rent (no utilities included). It's cheap for our area but, again, it's an old house that hasn't been well cared for.
I’m also in WV & pay $1250 for a 105 year old 3bed/1.5 bath house (really 2 bed the third bedroom is like a small office. It is on a good street but close to a rougher area. Nothing is updated, the carpets are stained, there’s a lot that could be better. I hate that I pay this much but it was the cheapest we could find that was somewhat livable.
New Mexico, $825 a month for a studio, utilities included. I get free urine water pouring from the ceiling and walls as a complementary gift every so often. Yes, that's how bad my place is.
$1530/mo, 3bd/1ba. Hudson Valley NY. We’ve been with our landlord since 2018, he’s an absolute unicorn gem. Other end of the block has 2bd/2ba going for $3310/mo.
I've been paying $1600 for a large 2 bedroom 4 miles from downtown Boston for 8 years. We moved in when Obama was President on a 6 month lease and have been month to month for 7.5 years. And meanwhile prices around us have gone crazy, so by now this place is a steal. But all good things come to an end. The landlord put the place on the market, we just an open house, and there should be a buyer this week. Then we'll find out if we can stay or not. We're willing to pay up to $2400. That's a 50% increase, but still cheap for around here. I'm a mover, and today we moved a guy into a $6500 apartment in a skyscraper in downtown Boston with incredible wrap around views of everything.
1100, one bedroom, no bedroom door, no fire escape, only 2 working windows, almost all outlets are 2 prong only, electric and Internet not included. maine
$1595/mo nw arkansas. it’s a brand new townhouse. new appliances, washer and dryer included. 3 bedroom 3 bathroom, privacy fenced backyard, wood floors, granite counter tops, huge two car garage, and bills come all on one bill (electric water trash sewer) about $350/mo. i LUCKED out finding this place. it’s expensive for the area and everyone always shits a brick finding out what it costs but it’s MORE than worth it.
Northern Ontario, Canada.
My mortgage is $776 property tax $3400/year on a 2 story, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home. The average rent in this area is about $1000 for a one bedroom apartment to about $2000 for a 3 bedroom house.
House was purchased in 2021 at 2.9%.
it WAS $1050 for a 2-bed townhome in idaho (and tbh, that was a steal. everyone else was paying $1450 for theirs in that same complex)
anyway, now i pay only $200 a month living at my mom’s house with my spouse. cuz that’s just the way the cookie crumbled. our landlord sold and we got booted. we just can’t afford a new deposit + rent at the new normal price. so now we live with mommy and save all our money to hopefully get enough of a down payment to have a reasonable monthly mortgage.
for anyone wondering, we made more last year than my family of 5 did while growing up. money just doesn’t do what it used to hahahha
$935, includes water and sewer and trash for a 2 bedroom, 1 bath in a duplex. Spacious unfinished basement (it's pretty dry too). Washer and dryer included without a coin box. back porch off one bedroom. 2 car garage shared with upstairs neighbor, unfenced yard. Older house, inner suburb of Cleveland, OH. I've been here over 10 years. The house next door, same layout, was bought buy someone last year to rent out. The neighbors pay almost 3x's what I do with nothing included. Not even trash cans, which my landlord pays the city a fee for based on how many we have.
$1370 for a 2br/1ba in Southern NH. Landlord just told us the other day that he wants to raise it to $1600 though. It is technically a condo in a garden-style building and he owns it, we rent from him.... The best part....
He paid ~$67k for the place in 2014 I think? So he's probably got it paid off by now or has a stupid low interest rate. He has never lived here.
Direct quote from him: "The rent I charge is quite below market rates. So rent change will be in line what what those rates are. I will keep them slightly lower than the market rates to help out a bit but cannot have them too low. Just an FYI so you can start planning on next steps. Thanks."
Scumbag.
$1660/month for a 2br 2ba 1100sqft in Indianapolis. Slightly sketchy "luxury" complex. In 2016 for the same floor plan I was paying $850. Lots of really nice people have been priced out.
I live in federal housing but it's a nice well maintained apartment complex. Our 2 br apartments go for somewhere between $720-$775 full price. They were $680 when I moved in in 2014 so I m just guessing. However I pay much less,32% of my income.
I live in montgomery Alabama on the west side. I pay $500.a month base rent plus $50 additional for my cat so $550 total. It's a privately owned smaller apartment complex probably built in the late 1960s. I have a 1 bedroom 1 bath unit.2 bedroom units are $600 and 3 bedrooms are $700 here.
The landlord does not accept section 8. He will.accept rental assistance like if you get help with move in costs or to catch up on back rent.
Apartment is pretty basic..no washer/dryer hookups, no garbage disposal dishwasher or fancy appliances. It's also not in the greatest section of town. Our property manager is pretty good about trying to keep out a bad element.
Mostly working people who dont earn a lot of money live here, like myself. people who are on fixed incomes and a few single moms with kids or young families.
The parking is free, water/sewer/trash is included in the rent. Tenant is responsible for their electric and wifi.
I like my little place and appreciate the blessing that it is.
I have been on the public housing wait list for 3 years and more than likely will have to wait one-two more years until a 1 bedroom unit is available.
The irony is that I will probably have to pay more in rent there in public housing or reduce my hours for lower rent. When it is time for me ro go tho I'm going to take advantage of the opportunity because there is no guarantee that this ittle complex won't be sold and the rents drastically raised or leases terminated or other things that can happen with gentrification.
So I guess going to public housing is my way of trying to make sure I don't find myself homeless if my complex was sold and rents raised or If my job status changed my rent would adjust accordingly.
There's a way to find out online. Research "rent and housing costs in America (or put in the area in question)". I assure you that public records are the give away.
This is on the list of things I will not put online.
$1400 for a 2/2 in one of the most undesirable parts of Miami (even then I know I'm getting a great deal). I commute 3h a day because I'd be lucky to get a tiny old one bed for 1600 in an area where I'd have a shorter commute.
$895/m going to $940/m in June. 3bd/2ba in SW Kansas, US.
It was $795 when I moved in 3 years ago.
The only plus is that I only pay half that because my fiance pays the other half. We're looking at buying a home. Hopefully we'll get that squared away sooner rather than later.
$1250 a month for a 1bed in Chicago, IL. I only pay $625 personally as I live with my boyfriend. Idk how anyone is living without a roommate these days
1500 for a 2b2b stand alone house in North Texas. And I am grateful for that because prices are outrageous our here and our awesome land lady hasn't raised the rent in 3 years. She has kept it the same.
$900, coastal virginia, exactly 8 minute drive from the beach.
It’s a family home im just paying the mortgage + $150. I’m also making upgrades. My rent on my one bedroom apartment was $1300 😭
My mortgage is $3500 USD/month. I bought a duplex in the Minneapolis area this year.
I might rent the other side depending on timing, but the intent was to open a daycare business for my wife on that side to turn a profit and save on daycare.
If I were to rent it, local comparables are renting from 2000-2400, though I would put mine up for $1600. Not because it's bad. It's actually quite nice. I'm just not interested in playing that game of trying to squeeze every penny out of someone else. For me, I just need about $1600 to make the mortgage more comfortable. My intent was to never do that by way of renting it though. However the $1600 comes is fine, though the ideal is through a child care business.
Locally, child care costs about $300-400/wk depending on the place. We were thinking like $220-250/wk at our place. That's enough to make it worth our while, hire someone at $15/hr to help out 20 hours per week, cover all the expenses and still make $3k/month (assuming the maximum number of kids).
We were also thinking about trying to churn a bit of money on Rover, but we'll have to think harder about that one.
I currently pay $2730 per month for my mortgage for a 3 bed 2 bath home that was built last year. I was paying $1179 / mo for a 1 bed 1 bath apt in Round Rock Texas in 2022. I just looked up rent for the same apt- $1200, and first month is free! Mind blown. Rents are cooling here because well, the economy is tanking.
1,475/mo water included, we also independently pay garbage, and gas (furnace) as well as electric.
2b/1b 1/2 garden patio w one parking space in central Cali, tbh if I wasn't with a roommate I'd never be able to live anywhere near where I live as technically I pay $740 give or take per month on my own and my partner covers the other half.
750/month, 1/1 'efficiency apartment', East KY (the owners previously had a small barber shop here and eventually converted it into a living space, Not sure of dimensions off hand but a bit wider and shorter than a standard singlewide trailer)
$1000 for a 2/2 1000 sqft 2nd floor, including water. My rent has gone up about $250/month in 2 years, and I expect it to go up again this year. I'm lucky, because the same unit without upgrades is $100-$200/month more than what I pay, and upgraded units are over $300/month more.
I live in SoCal and y’all’s answers are making me cry lol
South Florida and same … I would be living a lot better if I had as low of a rent as these responses
you can't compare south florida to the tampa area, south florida it a whole different beast. that's why so many people are moving from miami-broward-west palm to polk-pasco-hernando. unfortunately, that's causing another whole wave of increases in the central FL areas.
Portland here. Same.
I’m in LA paying $2100 for a 2BR 1BA and I pay less than everyone else I know here.
Thats why we got such an influx of Californians to Oklahoma City & Tulsa, driving prices so high native Oklahomans are literally homeless.
Commiserates in Denver..
$850 plus utilities for a two bedroom. Western Mass.
I'm looking to move back home to the Greenfield/Amherst area once I'm done with my education about 5-6 years plus work a little bit in my field (healthcare) beforehand. I just turned 30 my goal is to be back home before I turn 40. I'm in upstate NY now nothing compares to where I'm from.
Ugh, I’m paying $900 plus utilities for a studio in Western Mass. I hate my greedy landlord.
I just happened to luck out at the beginning of the pandemic when I found this place. It’s a really old building that’s not in great shape and the landlady does everything as cheaply as possible - but it’s cheap and spacious with lots of natural light.
I can’t even find a studio for less than 1300 in denver..
I’m on my way I pay 2500 for a motel room
600.00/ month for a two bedroom with utilities included, NE Iowa. Very old but good house.
Rent is definitely on the cheaper side in this state, but at a huge cost in other amenities I've found.
Yep! There isn’t a lot to do besides drink and our people and laws are pretty backwards. Bad weather all year long- hot, humid summer and unbelievably cold and long winter. You have to travel for hours, out of state typically, to do anything fun. Cheap rent in most places here though, lmao.
Rent in my town is definitely cheap... But there is nothing to do in this town of 70 people besides go over for a gab with the post lady, or go to the bank. Both of which are only open a couple of hours a day. lol. Two hour drive to Sioux City, or a 2 hour drive to Des Moines.
That sounds…awful
It is. But can't move somewhere 'better' (more expensive rather) until I get my brand new car paid down (my lovely old, and paid for, beater tried to eat a deer. lol. Deer lost. Beater still runs, but is a bit... interesting to drive now.)
😂 😂😂 I’ve hit plenty of deer in my time, so I know exactly what you mean by ‘interesting’.
All I can say is that I'm glad that Iowa doesn't require inspections, and that I have a lovely junkyard shop willing to do a lot of work for cheap if I show up with parts in hand. lol. But she needed parked until I decide if she's worth fixing up the right way, or if she just needs to go to car heaven. 21 year old corolla with 300k miles, but she's been extremely trusty.
Corollas are trusty. Good deal that it lasted for 300k, probably time to lay her to rest though, instead of spending more money. Save your money to move to the city! 😁
Thinking about trying to get on at the Wells. Heard they pay well, offer a ton of hours, and have relocation assistance. Sioux City isn't Des Moines, but it's better than where I'm at. lol.
Hahaha. Hey, poor deer. Uh no. Your poor car.
Poor me 🤣 first deer I ever crunched and I wasn't able to bring it home for deer sausage. Husband was totally 🧐
While riding in the car with my daughter in law driving we almost hit a deer. Ran right out in front of us. Then, on the way home, all of these dead deer were dead on the side of the road. So sad.
My house payment, still buying my house, is 523. including taxes and home owners insurance. It’s only 2 bedrooms, 1 bath rooms. 1100 sq ft. One of the most gorgeous, spacious backyards that I have ever owned. Small one car carport that I have had built a year ago. After reading this thread again tonight, I believe that I am sitting on a gold mine.
Sound alot like Oklahoma
I’ve only lived in Iowa for a year and I feel like it’s a hell hole.
$1600 a month 2/2 SFH in an old scruffy suburb of Tampa Bay
I'm in Pasco... I swear right doubled and tripled overnight practically
Thankfully mine didn’t go up as much as it could have and is still cheaper than others in the neighborhood, but it’s still up 65% from when I moved in 4 years ago.
It's just crazy!
we looked in pasco and other tampa 'burbs from january 2024 to about may 2024. in that period, rent for small SFH in the nicer working-class areas went up from about $1300 to about $1800. doubled or tripled practically overnight? no, but it could seem like it. we left a HCOL area in florida when our admittedly way-under market rent of $1400 was about to be increased to $2400 literally overnight. we obviously said nope and moved upstate.
God what an evil increase. The nerve of some landlords.
right? the best part was this was after we'd lived with the aftermath of a sewage leak (you are reading that correctly) behind our bathroom wall that the LL refused to address. after a year, the bathroom walls just...crumbled. we left
1600 one bedroom in Pinellas Park
$2600/mo for a 2/1 800sq ft house right on the border of St. Pete & Gulfport. I was paying $1600/mo last year in Palm Harbor 😭
How do you swing that big of a jump? I had to move out of Pinellas because of it. I make ok money and I couldn’t make it work anymore. Mine went from $1100 to $2100 same area… it’s crazy!
me too! except my SFH in my old scruffy suburb of Tampa Bay is $1650. been here almost a year. hasn't gone up...yet
90 a month, 2 rooms 1 bath, livingroom and separated kitchen. Argentina baby...
Monthly income? Average monthly wage in dollars for Argentina is $199, that’s horrible
I would be happy if that was my rent to income ratio in USA
Touché, 40% on rent isn't that bad... Here in Denver, many of us are spending 60%.
Word and for a 1br not a 2br. None of my shit is separated either, 1 br is just a long studio with a wall for the bedroom. No separated kitchen
You can move down to Port Arthur, Texas. Cheap rent and plenty of jobs, what you give up is the scenic Colorado view. It’s flat as a pancake but we have forest to make up for it I guess 8)
that's why many retirees are expatriating, taking their paltry social security checks to places where that money goes a lot farther. i'd be in fat city on my social security if my rent were $90
It's a mortgage, not rent, but $950 in rural PA.
$299.00 affordable housing Denver, CO
Affordable housing or subsidized housing? There’s a huge difference.
Affordable
For reals??
Absolutely
Denver??? How
$540 a year “property tax”. Placed a bid on a silent auction and bought a home for $700, put about 10k into it and been living in it ever since 2010. You can find a lot of property under silent auctions. My county used to have these all the time. Not sure if they still have them
I moved (became homeless) when rent went up to 1700 for a 2 bedroom in Pasco county, Florida. It's about an hour+ north of Tampa. One year it's $800 and next $1700. My friends went from $900 to $2400. she wasn't even there a year and it was time to sign her new lease.
The governor made it illegal for cities and counties to have price ceilings on rent increases. Fuck You Ron DeSantis
Just wanted to add another FUCK YOU DESANTIS (not from Florida but follow politics)
Good to know he is despised NATIONALLY
The fact he had to amend his own book ban because the Bible kept getting banned lives rent-free in my head! What a loser he is.
Really? I feel like I’m living in a Comedy Central Show. We used to joke about this level of idiocy. Now it’s now to pass. Can someone check the governor’s GPA while he was at Harvard? I know he was there on a baseball scholarship.
adding another FUCK YOU DESANTIS just because, well he’s Ron fucking deSantis, need i say more
I lived in Florida for 20 years, I enjoyed it. Floridians were really nice and mostly welcoming to us foreigners (from another state) but, ya, the political climate isn't doing much for it these days. RD attacks Mickey Mouse....that's just bad optics. I hope his mistress gets pregnant. (that was really mean to say)
So wrong.
We now have a house, but when we had an apartment it was $1300, however it's only that 'cheap' because we moved in there in 2019, people moving in today is being charged almost $1700. 1700 for rats, roaches, and black mold they refuse to get rid of. (This is for a 2 br/ba) ETA: Oh and those are for the old apartments that was made in the 1960s, the newer ones that were made in the 2xxx era are electric and way more expensive with the same issues
300 a month to rent 2 rooms and a private bath in a home I have full use of in a great neighborhood. The thing is I also clean and take care of the owner's pets so that's part of the rent agreement too.
1025 one bedroom apartment decent size utility included, Germantown Philadelphia
Mortgage 4227 a month. Massachusetts.
I belive you I lived in mass bourne for ten yrs, impossible to buy a house, moved back to n.y. with in 2 yrs I had a 3 bedroom, 1 bath ranch .38 little spot, and still overpriced 1300 mortgage low taxes. Upstate n.y
Our mortgage is 3900 25 miles north of Boston.. bought in 2021.. absolutely could not afford our house if we bought now.
Boston area?
$1,200 US, below market rent, brand new and legal 400 sq ft studio apartment. Large private patio with furniture, in-unit large washer and dryer, all new appliances, quiet established residential neighborhood. Jesus answered my pleas - this is Orange County in Southern California.
Dude, you scored. I live in So Cal and you normally can't get a box under a bridge for that.
$1600 one bedroom with all utilities parking laundry pool gym gated in Sherman Oaks California
$644. I live an hour and a half from Atlanta.
Small town WV $454/month, 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment, water paid.
Seriously, am floored that anyone can find rent at $500 or less. Crazy to me you got a 3 bedroom!
yea, but dude. west virginia. beautiful place, but working at walmart is a very coveted job there. ps before all the west virginians downvote: i lived there myself, so i *know*
Yeah we actually got a housing voucher through HUD and they help pay some of the rent. Our rent here without any assistance is over $700/month for our 3 bedroom.
$2600 dollars 3 bedroom apartment outside of Seattle
We pay that down south some, Vancouver Washington in. Small 1900 sq ft 3/2 ranch. But the landlords keep the outside immaculate. Yard maintenance is include and a full yard crew comes weekly. But man rent is what is keeping us poor.
$720 + utilities for a room in a shared apartment. About to rise to $760 in July. I live in the Charleston, SC inner suburbs. This will be my last year living here. Most rented rooms are going for $1000+.
$800 Charlotte suburbs
Mortgage in Southern Utah : 1100 for half an acre 1800 sq ft 3 bed 2 bath.
One bedroom in Maine a little over $2000.
I thought Maine was cheap 🤔
What county?
Gulf coast of Texas. $1900 a month, 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bath house. 1500 square feet. Average neighborhood, nothing spectacular.
Not rent but my mortgage 2 bdr 984 sq ft house, NE WI $775
About the same in Southern Indiana. We haven't closed yet, but if nothing goes awry that's what our house payment including property tax and insurance will be. Rent on our current house is $750 it was supposed to be a buy on contract that would've been paid off 1.5 years ago if the company didn't dick us. 😑 After a year it suddenly went month to month and apparently the whole purchase agreement was out the window. Don't buy on contract, folks.
Wow I pay $2150 for that same size 2 bedroom townhouse in Florida
$1500 + utilities 2 bed 2 bath in Illinois.
$650/mo 3 bed/3bath mobile home. Once it's paid off in 2025 it'll just be $350/mo.
600 a month house payment. We got lucky with some kind of new home owners loan and I had busted my ass on my credit to get the loan. Live in the south though it’s a lot cheaper down here than say out west
Live with my mom after divorce. 500.00 for a room and 200 electric. Atlanta Ga
$5,300 if I rented the house next door, 4 bed 2 bath + office, with great views. Central Coast California.
$625 a month w/ utilities included for a 1 bedroom, Bumfuck, Iowa. 🌽
2k one bedroom in Annandale VA 😭it has a den tho 😭😭😭😭
Used to live there, wow that's expensive
$400 per month, I pay $75 and hud pays the rest. In WV, two bedrooms.
Some of your rent is more than I make in a month! Crazy... I'm in a small town in WV, though. I don't pay rent. I live in a family house but pay taxes and upkeep (which isn't as cheap as it may sound) My son rents a 2 bedroom/1 bath, very rundown house in town, and pays $500/mo for rent (no utilities included). It's cheap for our area but, again, it's an old house that hasn't been well cared for.
I’m also in WV & pay $1250 for a 105 year old 3bed/1.5 bath house (really 2 bed the third bedroom is like a small office. It is on a good street but close to a rougher area. Nothing is updated, the carpets are stained, there’s a lot that could be better. I hate that I pay this much but it was the cheapest we could find that was somewhat livable.
I'm in a small town in WV. 3 Bedroom, 2 bath, water paid $454.00/month
$1200 rural Vermont
3100 Sf Bay Area
$2200/month 2bed basement suite vancouver Canada
$1000 a month for a one bedroom apartment in Columbus Ohio.
825$ 3 bedroom 2 bathroom. OHIO
New Mexico, $825 a month for a studio, utilities included. I get free urine water pouring from the ceiling and walls as a complementary gift every so often. Yes, that's how bad my place is.
$1530/mo, 3bd/1ba. Hudson Valley NY. We’ve been with our landlord since 2018, he’s an absolute unicorn gem. Other end of the block has 2bd/2ba going for $3310/mo.
I've been paying $1600 for a large 2 bedroom 4 miles from downtown Boston for 8 years. We moved in when Obama was President on a 6 month lease and have been month to month for 7.5 years. And meanwhile prices around us have gone crazy, so by now this place is a steal. But all good things come to an end. The landlord put the place on the market, we just an open house, and there should be a buyer this week. Then we'll find out if we can stay or not. We're willing to pay up to $2400. That's a 50% increase, but still cheap for around here. I'm a mover, and today we moved a guy into a $6500 apartment in a skyscraper in downtown Boston with incredible wrap around views of everything.
$900/month including water for a 1-bedroom, SoCal beach city. Nowhere near the actual beach. Landlord is a family friend.
I live in my van around Kansas City. Only way I can eat and I’m ready to leave this place so I’m saving.
Enjoy the fruits of your labor when you are ready, few are able to envision a brighter future and follow it. Wishing you the best
$1250 west Florida
$1950 4 bed 2 bath in North DFW.
1100, one bedroom, no bedroom door, no fire escape, only 2 working windows, almost all outlets are 2 prong only, electric and Internet not included. maine
$1595/mo nw arkansas. it’s a brand new townhouse. new appliances, washer and dryer included. 3 bedroom 3 bathroom, privacy fenced backyard, wood floors, granite counter tops, huge two car garage, and bills come all on one bill (electric water trash sewer) about $350/mo. i LUCKED out finding this place. it’s expensive for the area and everyone always shits a brick finding out what it costs but it’s MORE than worth it.
Hey I live in nwa and pay 900$ for a 2 bedroom apt!
that’s a STEAL at this point!! i just moved in Feb and eeeeverything was 1500+
$750 in Tampa but I live with three roommates and its small and dirty - alleyway kitchen, not supposed to house 4 people.
Northern Ontario, Canada. My mortgage is $776 property tax $3400/year on a 2 story, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home. The average rent in this area is about $1000 for a one bedroom apartment to about $2000 for a 3 bedroom house. House was purchased in 2021 at 2.9%.
it WAS $1050 for a 2-bed townhome in idaho (and tbh, that was a steal. everyone else was paying $1450 for theirs in that same complex) anyway, now i pay only $200 a month living at my mom’s house with my spouse. cuz that’s just the way the cookie crumbled. our landlord sold and we got booted. we just can’t afford a new deposit + rent at the new normal price. so now we live with mommy and save all our money to hopefully get enough of a down payment to have a reasonable monthly mortgage. for anyone wondering, we made more last year than my family of 5 did while growing up. money just doesn’t do what it used to hahahha
500 a month three bedroom low income apartment south Dakota
₱15,000 pesos or $280 for highrise condo with parking slot. Condo is 1 bedroom with pool and beside a mall great location as well - Philippines
$2,370 for a 4 bedroom 2.5 bath in Sacramento ca.
$935, includes water and sewer and trash for a 2 bedroom, 1 bath in a duplex. Spacious unfinished basement (it's pretty dry too). Washer and dryer included without a coin box. back porch off one bedroom. 2 car garage shared with upstairs neighbor, unfenced yard. Older house, inner suburb of Cleveland, OH. I've been here over 10 years. The house next door, same layout, was bought buy someone last year to rent out. The neighbors pay almost 3x's what I do with nothing included. Not even trash cans, which my landlord pays the city a fee for based on how many we have.
$1370 for a 2br/1ba in Southern NH. Landlord just told us the other day that he wants to raise it to $1600 though. It is technically a condo in a garden-style building and he owns it, we rent from him.... The best part.... He paid ~$67k for the place in 2014 I think? So he's probably got it paid off by now or has a stupid low interest rate. He has never lived here. Direct quote from him: "The rent I charge is quite below market rates. So rent change will be in line what what those rates are. I will keep them slightly lower than the market rates to help out a bit but cannot have them too low. Just an FYI so you can start planning on next steps. Thanks." Scumbag.
$900 in the city in houston one bedroom in NOT a shithole. don’t know how i got so lucky
$900 with two other roommates wilmington nc 😅
$1660/month for a 2br 2ba 1100sqft in Indianapolis. Slightly sketchy "luxury" complex. In 2016 for the same floor plan I was paying $850. Lots of really nice people have been priced out.
$1000 4bedroom 2 bath on 20acres in mi.... mortgage
350.00, furnished w/ all utilities and internet included, MX
$5,400.00 mortgage, Hawaii.
2 bedroom 675 a month ohio
2000 a month 1200 sq 2 bed 2 bath good size kitchen and living room, Bethlehem PA.
Mortgage and utilities and gas = $1200 a month in Akron, OH. 3 bed. 2 bath.
$1750 a month, one bedroom in Bozeman, MT.
2100 1 bedroom in Austin
1500/month for a 3bd/2Ba in Spokane WA
1850+ utilities for a 3 bed/2 bath condo about 30 min south of Salt Lake City, Utah
$1525, Bronx NY
I live in federal housing but it's a nice well maintained apartment complex. Our 2 br apartments go for somewhere between $720-$775 full price. They were $680 when I moved in in 2014 so I m just guessing. However I pay much less,32% of my income.
I live in montgomery Alabama on the west side. I pay $500.a month base rent plus $50 additional for my cat so $550 total. It's a privately owned smaller apartment complex probably built in the late 1960s. I have a 1 bedroom 1 bath unit.2 bedroom units are $600 and 3 bedrooms are $700 here. The landlord does not accept section 8. He will.accept rental assistance like if you get help with move in costs or to catch up on back rent. Apartment is pretty basic..no washer/dryer hookups, no garbage disposal dishwasher or fancy appliances. It's also not in the greatest section of town. Our property manager is pretty good about trying to keep out a bad element. Mostly working people who dont earn a lot of money live here, like myself. people who are on fixed incomes and a few single moms with kids or young families. The parking is free, water/sewer/trash is included in the rent. Tenant is responsible for their electric and wifi. I like my little place and appreciate the blessing that it is. I have been on the public housing wait list for 3 years and more than likely will have to wait one-two more years until a 1 bedroom unit is available. The irony is that I will probably have to pay more in rent there in public housing or reduce my hours for lower rent. When it is time for me ro go tho I'm going to take advantage of the opportunity because there is no guarantee that this ittle complex won't be sold and the rents drastically raised or leases terminated or other things that can happen with gentrification. So I guess going to public housing is my way of trying to make sure I don't find myself homeless if my complex was sold and rents raised or If my job status changed my rent would adjust accordingly.
There's a way to find out online. Research "rent and housing costs in America (or put in the area in question)". I assure you that public records are the give away. This is on the list of things I will not put online.
$1400 for a 2/2 in one of the most undesirable parts of Miami (even then I know I'm getting a great deal). I commute 3h a day because I'd be lucky to get a tiny old one bed for 1600 in an area where I'd have a shorter commute.
2175 a month boise idaho 1 bedroom
$978 One bedroom Las Vegas
$1000 for half of a 1br next to the beach in a very expensive city in CA.
$3300 mortgage on a 50-year old 3 bedroom townhouse in Maryland (DC suburbs)
Mortgage On a 3BR/2Ba on 2 acres. $1050/month. Includes property tax & insurance. Northern MI.
1,000 for a studio in socal
$1000 for a 700 sqr foot 1 bedroom. Louisville Kentucky
1,300 studio in Hollywood CA
2300 in Portland Oregon. 3 beds 3 baths
$1125 for my portion of a 1-bedroom apartment I share with my boyfriend. NYC
1300/mo for 2bd 1bt townhouse in downtown Salem, OR.
$914 for a run down motel room. Wyoming.
5k a month Miami up $2300 the last 4 years 🤦♂️
36% of my income, Seattle
600 1 bedroom downtown Las vegas
2998- fife wa. 3 br
$900 studio in NYC. Might need some work but it’s affordable and I’m able to get to my job relatively quick. Can’t complain though.
$895/m going to $940/m in June. 3bd/2ba in SW Kansas, US. It was $795 when I moved in 3 years ago. The only plus is that I only pay half that because my fiance pays the other half. We're looking at buying a home. Hopefully we'll get that squared away sooner rather than later.
2200/month Tacoma WA
$1250 a month for a 1bed in Chicago, IL. I only pay $625 personally as I live with my boyfriend. Idk how anyone is living without a roommate these days
$1500 mortgage North of Detroit. 4 bedroom 1/4 acre. Lucky to have purchased at the low point!
1500 for a 2b2b stand alone house in North Texas. And I am grateful for that because prices are outrageous our here and our awesome land lady hasn't raised the rent in 3 years. She has kept it the same.
We live about 20 miles north of Seattle. Our 3 bedroom, 1500 sq ft house is $2000 a month.
$900, coastal virginia, exactly 8 minute drive from the beach. It’s a family home im just paying the mortgage + $150. I’m also making upgrades. My rent on my one bedroom apartment was $1300 😭
My mortgage is $3500 USD/month. I bought a duplex in the Minneapolis area this year. I might rent the other side depending on timing, but the intent was to open a daycare business for my wife on that side to turn a profit and save on daycare. If I were to rent it, local comparables are renting from 2000-2400, though I would put mine up for $1600. Not because it's bad. It's actually quite nice. I'm just not interested in playing that game of trying to squeeze every penny out of someone else. For me, I just need about $1600 to make the mortgage more comfortable. My intent was to never do that by way of renting it though. However the $1600 comes is fine, though the ideal is through a child care business. Locally, child care costs about $300-400/wk depending on the place. We were thinking like $220-250/wk at our place. That's enough to make it worth our while, hire someone at $15/hr to help out 20 hours per week, cover all the expenses and still make $3k/month (assuming the maximum number of kids). We were also thinking about trying to churn a bit of money on Rover, but we'll have to think harder about that one.
$2200 for husband and I in a 2b 1b apartment in San Francisco
$2350 - 1400 sq ft condo with 3 bedrooms and two bathrooms. We live in suburb of Phoenix, AZ.
750 a month, northwest Ohio here. Two floors, two bedrooms with one full bathroom and a half bathroom. Edit: added information
$3,000 for a 2/2 in South Florida.
2200, one bedroom in the HOOD of Tampa
$1845 +electric 2bed/1bath apartment 20 minutes from DT Seattle, WA
I currently pay $2730 per month for my mortgage for a 3 bed 2 bath home that was built last year. I was paying $1179 / mo for a 1 bed 1 bath apt in Round Rock Texas in 2022. I just looked up rent for the same apt- $1200, and first month is free! Mind blown. Rents are cooling here because well, the economy is tanking.
$1600 - 3bd, 2bth, 1 car garage house, Texas.
$915 for a 3/1 in Cen-Tex
1000 a month 2bed/1 bath half a duplexe Panama City Florida. Friends own it special deal
400/mo. 1 bed/ 1 bath ground floor in the middle of nowhere Iowa.
$1200/mo for a 3bed1ba apartment with a backyard. I'm on the 2nd/top floor of a duplex, triplex if you count the basement floor. Upstate NY
$3200 3 bedroom one bath no utilities included. NJ.
1,475/mo water included, we also independently pay garbage, and gas (furnace) as well as electric. 2b/1b 1/2 garden patio w one parking space in central Cali, tbh if I wasn't with a roommate I'd never be able to live anywhere near where I live as technically I pay $740 give or take per month on my own and my partner covers the other half.
$1320 CAD, Montréal suburbs, renovated 3br 1ba on ground floor in a 60s triplex.
My share is $333 with 2 roommates, Midwest college town
$2500 2+ bedroom (third bedroom is a three seasons porch with a closet and heater) New Hampshire, 30 min from the coast.
950, now 985 because I have a cat. For a 2 bdrm in a small town in Wisconsin
$875.00 3/1.5 townhome, with garage. Tennessee
750/month, 1/1 'efficiency apartment', East KY (the owners previously had a small barber shop here and eventually converted it into a living space, Not sure of dimensions off hand but a bit wider and shorter than a standard singlewide trailer)
$3000/mo 2bed in San Francisco, CA
Upstate NY is $1347.00 average for 1 bedroom.
$1000 for a 2/2 1000 sqft 2nd floor, including water. My rent has gone up about $250/month in 2 years, and I expect it to go up again this year. I'm lucky, because the same unit without upgrades is $100-$200/month more than what I pay, and upgraded units are over $300/month more.
$1200/month for 2 bedroom apartment. I live in south GA
2050.00 for 2/2 in Panama City Beach Florida
Mortgage is $4,200/mo in north Glendale, AZ.
$1600 one bedroom all itilities paid. Sherman Oaks California
$3150 for a 2500sq ft/3/3 plus bonus room 2 story. Pool. Hot tub. Phoenix AZ.
$795 for a 1 bed with utilities included, Northeast Vermont. I'm sure it will be going up again at some point this year.