[ankle_brains]

how many of you are renters? if so, how much do you pay for rent each month and what are you getting for your money (ex. # of rooms/baths/sq. footage)? What city?

i am a renter. i pay $700/month for a 1 bedroom/1 bath in st. paul, mn

what about you?

[Partisan01]

I pay $654/mo 1 bed, 1 bath, patio, gas, water and sewage included, stove and heat are gas. 770sq/ft .

I love in Pittsburgh PA....McCandless actually, a suburb in the North Hills.

nt

[historylme]

I'm tired of having these types of question from this ankle brains guy, what? Who do you work for? Do you harvest this information and then sell it or what?

[mitchell_pgh]

I pay 1300 1br 1bth... Alexandria VA

[SeSawaya]

I pay $600 a month for a 4 bedromm/ 1.5 bath house in my small town, 60 miles from Chicago. we are the only ones living in it.

Nothing included

[Agasthya]

810/month fully furnished apartment (inc. washer and dryer) in Urbana, Illinois. Internet and TV included. Two bedroom, 1 bath.

[dampeoples]

$500 a month for a house in town, came with all appliances. 3 bedrooms with a finished attic, turned into a bedroom. Great neighbors - Priceless.

[wataru]

$685/month for one bedroom, one bathroom on campus in Madison. Heat included!

[d4nth3m4n]

500/month for a 8x12' room in a cooperative on the cornell campus. utilities included so i leave the music blaring at all hours. muahaha. oh, and there is a washer and that crap too.

[awaspaas]

$600/mo for a 1br/1bath in St. Paul, near the U. Gas/heat included. Ankle_brains is getting ripped off.

[Ω]

$1700/month for a 2.5 bedroom house in NZ (about US$1200) and this is undervalued. I also have to pay for everything else.

[iWrite]

I'm tired of having these types of question from this ankle brains guy, what? Who do you work for? Do you harvest this information and then sell it or what?

[phoenixboy]

540,- � for 2 1/2 rooms, bath and kitchen (76 square meters). heat and electricity not included. (but the kitchen came completely "furnished", which is VERY unusual for europe).

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by phoenixboy:
europe

Explains a lot.

[Lateralus]

$410 for a 1 bedroom in Tulsa, OK. Might be moving into a 2 bedroom 2-floor town house in the same complex for about $500 later this year.

[paully dub]

770 euros for a one bedroom flat in Paris. Nicely located but the street and first couple floors are full of prostitutes. But I've dealt with worse in Brooklyn...

[philzilla]

reminds me of an episode of Spaced, when tim meets brian for the first time

tim: do you rent downstairs?
brian: do you mean "am i gay?"
tim: no, i mean do you rent downstairs?

[dillerX]

Originally posted by ankle_brains:
i am a renter. i pay $700/month for a 1 bedroom/1 bath in st. paul, mn

what about you?

OMFG they let you in my state?

i am so ashamed......

[philzilla]

Originally posted by dillerX:
OMFG they let you in my state?

i am so ashamed......

dillz, you know what to do. make it so.

[andi*pandi]

when we rented last winter, it was $1510/mo for 2BR 1BA in Newton, MA in a duplex. Wash/dry in the basement. Nice yard. Free parking.

So glad we bought. However, our mortgage also sucks. Wanna have a thread on that? I'll win that contest too.

[Face Ache]

Originally posted by andi*pandi:
Wanna have a thread on that? I'll win that contest too.

Stay tuned.

[Joshua]

$900/month for a ~500 square foot studio in a Chicago high rise. After the signing incentives they offered (free first month, discounted second) it ends up at more like $800/month.

[IceBreaker]

waiting on real estate market to crash.

[dav]

apartment complex outside my office building has a banner up - $1099/mo. 1 bedroom apt.

[brapper]

1600 split five ways, plus utilities.
university ghetto.

[wdlove]

Originally posted by IceBreaker:
waiting on real estate market to crash.

You would be smart to purchase while the interest rates are low. It will allow you to afford a larger home.

[GK]

1 bedroom , 1 bath, 670sqft. $1550/month

[gorickey]

Originally posted by GK:
1 bedroom , 1 bath, 670sqft. $1550/month

Damn, that's high! Nothing else out there cheaper you like or is the market up there like that?

[andi*pandi]

Originally posted by GK:
1 bedroom , 1 bath, 670sqft. $1550/month

A STEAL! It must be a palace... or on Palace Road?

nah, at that price you must be on Beacon Street, or South End. I imagine it's even more pricy on the Hill.

[Nonsuch]

Riverside, IL: 1 BR + DR, heat included, 2 off-street parking spots: $675. Would be $650 without the extra parking space. Laundry facilities on-site. Cats allowed.

[Jansar]

Santana Row in Santa Clara / San Jose.

1 bedroom/1 bathroom costs me $2000/month unfurnished. It's considered the nicest apartment complex in the city, so I'm not complaining.

[ASIMO]

San Diego market is insane. I am renting my previous home to a friend of the family for $1900 per month, and that is undervalued when compared to comps just down the road.

Four bdrm, 2.5 bath, 1800 sqft.

[mishap]

I'm in Boston (Jamaica Plain). Me and my girlfriend pay $1200 a month for 4 rooms (1 bedroom, living room, kitchen, and 1 for our studio) and a bathroom.

[phoenixboy]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
Explains a lot.

LOL. yup. sure does!

[iWrite]

Well, I'm not renting as we own our home, but we have two homes we rent out:

Sarasota, Florida: Old Victorian home from 1926 with hardwood floors and pool, waterfront on a little river that leads out to the Gulf of Mexico, 1800 sq. feet and good-sized yard and I pay for landscapers to cut the lawn and take care of the place once a week. The rent we charge there is $2000 a month. A dentist leases it. 3 bedrooms.

Seattle, Washington: House on Capitol Hill overlooking Lake Union and the University of Washington across the water. Old home (1911) with hardwood floors, two stories with a little clerestory studio (that has 360-degree view) on top and has 2300 sq. feet, tiny yard on a sloping hill, but beautiful views and completely restored. The rent we charge is $2800 a month. Two professors live there -- they split the rent. 3 bedrooms.

We haven't raised the rent in either place, despite different tenants being in there over the years, in about 6 years.

It seems to me that with all things considered that people are paying as much for rent as they would for a small house.

Both of those homes were bought as decrepit dumps and we took time off to physically repair them ourselves (as much as we were able to) and restored them. It was a lot of work and effort, but it was worth it.

[fizzlemynizzle]

$1200 a month, 1000 square foot loft, on the line between midtown and downtown Atlanta, GA.

[spiky_dog]

Originally posted by ankle_brains:
i am a renter. i pay $700/month for a 1 bedroom/1 bath in st. paul, mn

ditto. except in portland, oregon.

[Turias]

I have an amazing 2br 1bath with a study and a large living room in Minneapolis. It's the top half of a duplex.

$900 a month, no utilities included.

[iWrite]

Doesn't ANYONE rent a house? Or share a house? It seems that everyone rents apartments?

[spiky_dog]

Originally posted by iWrite:
Doesn't ANYONE rent a house? Or share a house? It seems that everyone rents apartments?

i get to commute to work on foot. 20 minutes max. that makes living in an apartment worth it. plus having the apartment amenities (a fully stocked athletic equipment room namely) is nice.

[DoGoodDrugs]

damn i didnt read em all, but yall must have nice places. i rent one floor of a house in morgantown wv, it costs 212.50 each per month plus all utilities. i live with one other person, and two girls live above me on the second floor.

[spiky_dog]

Originally posted by DoGoodDrugs:
damn i didnt read em all, but yall must have nice places. i rent one floor of a house in morgantown wv, it costs 212.50 each per month plus all utilities. i live with one other person, and two girls live above me on the second floor.

the region of the country + how close the places are to cities has a whole lot to do with it. if i could suffer a 30 min commute i could have a place for two thirds of what i pay now (or less), but convenience == money to me.

[olePigeon]

When I lived in San Jose, I payed $1610/month (not including utilities, even water/sewage) for a 2 bedroom 1 1/2 bath.

Moved to Sacramento, now I pay $750/month for 2 bedroom 2 bath. Utilities still not included, but it's a lot cheaper than San Jose.

But I miss San Jose a lot, I love living there.

(And that's California, folks.)

[Kitschy]

I rent a two room 900 square foot apartment loft on one side of the upstairs of this house:


Its a really nice 1920's house in a beautiful neighborhood just north of downtown Oklahoma City. It has gorgeous hard wood floors throughout, lots of windows and a gas fireplace. The loft setup makes it so that either of the two large rooms could be a bedroom or living room. Just depends on how you set it up.

My rent costs $325/mo and I pay gas and electric.

The house itself is a two-story, 3,800 square foot house.

[Dex13]

Originally posted by olePigeon:
When I lived in San Jose, I payed $1610/month (not including utilities, even water/sewage) for a 2 bedroom 1 1/2 bath.

Moved to Sacramento, now I pay $750/month for 2 bedroom 2 bath. Utilities still not included, but it's a lot cheaper than San Jose.

But I miss San Jose a lot, I love living there.

(And that's California, folks.)

you loved the smog, the traffic, the high cost of living, $2 a gallon of gas, traffic, the mayor (Bill Clinton wannabe), the lack of entertainment (besides downtown), the horrible Public Transportation, crazy drivers, traffic, and the tech museum?

[gorickey]

Originally posted by Kitschy:
I rent a two room 900 square foot apartment loft on one side of the upstairs of this house...

Nice! However, it's not in Stillwater...so it doesn't count...

[Kitschy]

Originally posted by gorickey:
Nice! However, it's not in Stillwater...

And thank the good Lord for that!

[gorickey]

Originally posted by Kitschy:
And thank the good Lord for that!

Haha, figured you would like that....too bad the good Lord hasn't been so kind this year to your Boomer Sooner! basketball team....

[KP*]

$1374 for a studio in NYC. Thankfully it's rent-stabilized. If not it would probably be going for more than $2000.

[superTOR]

Down under, in Brisbane, my girlfriend and I are renting a rather large 2 bed 2 bath room in cathedralplace.com.au for just about 1200 AUD a month, or about 900 USD. It's OK but considering we're poor poor (poor) students it really isn't THAT low.

check the website out though, love the place!