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>Our landlord originally listed our unit back at $2,8000/month With a landlord demanding rent that high, how could you NOT move? :) Either way, this gives me a
by jdhn 6y ago
>Our landlord originally listed our unit back at $2,8000/month
With a landlord demanding rent that high, how could you NOT move? :) Either way, this gives me a flicker of hope that maybe I can negotiate my rent down a bit this year.
- GuardianCaveman 6y agoMy apartments reached out to me to offer same price lease which has never happened before in any apartment. Good luck!
- dannyw 6y agoAsk for a slight discount.
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- luxurytent 6y agoCalled out for my two typos in separate posts :facepalm:
- godzillabrennus 6y ago3 bedroom at that price isn’t crazy for a big city. It’s actually pretty low cost. Though, in the Midwest you could have a mortgage on a five bedroom house for that amount.
- mattmanser 6y agoIt is crazy, it's just that you've got used to that crazy. What value is your landlord adding to the world? He's literally just a parasite skimming off your success.
- zhaso 6y agoThe landlord provides the option to live somewhere with significantly less time or financial commitment than would be required if buying. The number isn't the landlord's parasitic decision, it's just economics.
- okasaki 6y agoSeems like it's both.
- csomar 6y agoI'm not sure if you are being sarcastic. The landlord is not giving you just "land". He is giving you a house that he bought with money or mortgage.
- imtringued 6y agoYou gotta spend money to earn money. That's how it is and for a lot of people that amount of rent is still worth it.
- BurningFrog 6y agoThe landlord adds the value of a home to the world. Surely you know this?
- talaketu 6y agoYou would know that landlords often seek to increase rent, without adding value to the home, while the fittings in the home age, as the amenity and wealth of the surrounding community increase.
- lr4444lr 6y agoThe value of the home is increased mostly by the location of the home, and relative availability of other alternative nearby homes, much less its physical trappings.
- steffan 6y agoYou would know that almost without fail property taxes increase, utility costs increase, labor costs increase, and building material costs increase.
- beowulfey 6y agoI hate these prices as much as the next guy, but if every other apartment charges that much, and they get rented... the landlord would absolutely be crazy NOT to charge that price.
- 0xffff2 6y agoAnd it's all relative. $2800 isn't crazy for a one bedroom in the South Bay Area, and rents have hardly moved so far down here.
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- OkayPhysicist 6y agoYeah, that's only slightly more than my roommates paid for a 2 bedroom in LA.
- pixelbath 6y agoDepends largely on the city. A few years ago, I owned a 4 bedroom, 2400+ sq. ft. home in Houston for less than half that per month, and it doesn't look like prices have gone up much (there) since then.
- nitrogen 6y agoA decent 3br in SF would be at least 2-3x that.