> Well, why is the rent still so high? Rent in SF is going down actually. 2 years ago we moved into our apartment with my girlfriend and whatever price they me

> Well, why is the rent still so high? Rent in SF is going down actually. 2 years ago we moved into our apartment with my girlfriend and whatever price they mentioned our immediate response "YES WHERE DO I SIGN" just because we were so happy to even find a vacancy at all. 1 year ago they wanted to raise our rent $400 (about 6%), we negotiated it down to a $40 increase. Pretty good right? Well, this year we negotiated our rent down by almost $300. In SoMa. Our rent is now cheaper than it was when we first moved in. Next year we're hoping to move to a bigger place for the same price or cheaper. It's probably going to be possible. Fun fact: Our apartment building considers it a success if they get 50% of their tenants to renew the lease.