It probably was a two bedroom. When I moved to SF in 1994, I was sharing a four-bedroom on South Van Ness that cost $1200 total. The next big rent spike came a

It probably was a two bedroom. When I moved to SF in 1994, I was sharing a four-bedroom on South Van Ness that cost $1200 total. The next big rent spike came around '98 or so, as the dot com boom was in full swing. Rents didn't only shoot up, it got so that there was no housing left to be had. You could show up to an open rental with stellar credit and references, only to have someone else offer the landlord 25% above the asking rent, and pay the entire first year in advance.