What do you pay a month in Rent/Mortgage?

lifesaver · #1 10-05-2004, 03:05 AM

The Providence thread got me thinking....

I pay $325 for the master in a 3 bedroom condo in the med center across from the medical school. The complex is about 25 years old, has new siding going up now and our unit was remodeled when the current owners bought it 4 years ago, with new windows, crown molding, saltillo tile downstairs, new applicances and 2 1/2 baths - 1600 sq ft. I am on a golf course as well, oh and covered parking.

I know I am getting a hella deal, cause I am friends with the owner (the third roomate is her son who is never here... lives with his g/f). Also, the owner only charges the other renter $340 (althoug the market would bear much higher and I am in charge of collecting rent so am going to charge $420 and use the difference to pay for a maid to come in weekly and just say its included in the price.

So... what do you pay??

_Lisa_ · #2 10-05-2004, 05:16 AM

I pay $624/month to live in a very nice apartment complex in a safe part of town. I could list a string of amenities if I could remember them all but they aren't important to me. What is important to me is to have a safe place to live & a safe place to park my car. And the extra space in my bedroom, bathroom, & living room don't hurt either.

lyrica9 · #3 10-05-2004, 06:49 AM

pfft. you adults with your grownup apartments

$400 for half of a tiny room in a new house a block off campus with a lot of asinine rules. but cable, internet and cheaper dues are all included.

mu_agd · #4 10-05-2004, 07:08 AM

$1200 for my one bedroom.

winneythepooh7 · #5 10-05-2004, 07:12 AM

$630 for a basement studio. I wanna move SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad....................

KSigkid · #6 10-05-2004, 08:09 AM

Boston prices...not quite NY or San Fran prices, but still pretty high.

ZTAngel · #7 10-05-2004, 08:13 AM

I pay $550 for 1.5 bedrooms and my own bathroom. (my roomie and I share one of the bedrooms as an office) It's in a house rather than an apartment so it's a little more expensive.
It's not cheap to live in Orlando. A one bedroom apartment in the good part of town runs about $700-800 per month.

SSS1365 · #8 10-05-2004, 08:24 AM

Mr. SSS and I pay a mortgage of $1234/month. Before we bought our townhouse, we were paying $950/month for a 1-bedroom apartment.

mmcat · #9 10-05-2004, 08:30 AM

600 a month for rent for an 1100 square foot, two bedroom two bath apartment that opens up to the franklin mountains and has refrigerated air. a biggie in el paso. this means the cat has his own bathroom.

Munchkin03 · #10 10-05-2004, 08:54 AM

Before I moved, I was paying $800 for 1 bedroom in a 3-bedroom.

I'm not paying rent now, as a condition of my fellowship, but I'm just saving the money that I would have normally paid for my post-grad apartment.

tunatartare · #11 10-05-2004, 09:21 AM

Oh the beauty of rent control: My parents pay around $700 a month for a large 2-bedroom apartment in Manhattan.

All of the apartments in my building now are going for about $2000-$2500. Our landlord wants us to move out sooo bad.

KillarneyRose · #12 10-05-2004, 09:38 AM

Mortgage - bleech! One of the yuckier aspects of being a grown up.

Mr. KR and I pay just a hair under $3,000 per month and this covers house payment, taxes and interest. I believe we put 30% down and the interest rate is 5 point something-or-other percent.

It's a nice, 4 bedroom with a good sized yard but it's not huge by any means. I think we're paying extra to be in a waterfront community.

KillarneyRose · #13 10-05-2004, 09:40 AM

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Originally posted by KSigkid
Boston prices...not quite NY or San Fran prices, but still pretty high.

Lots of "cost of living" guidebooks say that you should pay no more than 25% of your salary toward your rent. Someone once added to that, "If you're reading this in Boston, you're laughing and if you're reading this in New York, you're crying."

Tippiechick · #14 10-05-2004, 09:45 AM

We just bought a 4 year-old house. It has 3 bedrooms and 2 baths with 1100 sq. ft. We will pay $550 a month. It has an awesome park in the subdivision, too. We are quite pleased.

_Opi_ · #15 10-05-2004, 10:06 AM

I pay $650 for rent in a not-so-bad apartment off campus.

My landlord loves us, and has never increased our rent for 3 yrs, while he kept increasing the heck out of everyone else on our complex.

Apartments around campus run for about $700+ for a 2 bedroom. So I think we got a good deal.