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Where do you get the idea apartments.com is a source that can inform you about the market price of shared housing? As a long-time participant in the bay area r
by fshbbdssbbgdd 3y ago
Where do you get the idea apartments.com is a source that can inform you about the market price of shared housing?
As a long-time participant in the bay area rental housing market, $1000 is enough to rent a bedroom in many homes, but how would such a listing get onto apartments.com?
If you’re paying more than $1000 to share a bedroom, you’re getting ripped off.
- o1y32 3y agoYour comment does not provide any concrete example. Even if what you say is true, access is a real issue. You think homeless people would know how to find those $1000 options if a random person cannot find them via a simple search?
- fshbbdssbbgdd 3y agoApartments.com seems very corporate, I doubt most people are even aware if they are allowed to post on there. Check Craigslist, that’s the main place people who are looking for randoms to rent a room will post: https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/roo?max_price=1000&min_price=100#search=1~gallery~0~0 https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/roo?max_price=1000&min_p... Of course, most people would prefer to room with family or friends (especially if we’re talking about multiple people in the same room). That’s not an SF issue, it’s human nature. So a lot of roommate groups are going to be formed through word-of-mouth, or smaller community group chats/boards.