By: scarabic
Thanks to crazy rent control, I've been able to stay in a nice two bedroom apartment (with, currently, one roommate) in Pacific Heights since August 1995. Clearly I can never move. I don't feel sorry...
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yeah, but it's in Houston! If you're going to go to that extreme to save money, you might as well move to Calcutta, $260 a month actually sounds extremely overpriced for Kolkata, although I guess India...
View ArticleBy: nath
Hell, if you're willing to look outside the trendy area, $525'll get you a nice 1-br in Houston. I've got one for $420 and, though it lacks a few amenities, it's rather nice, and largish. That's pretty...
View ArticleBy: Civil_Disobedient
aacheson - Points taken. But just to spice things up a bit, you can actually check the property taxes being charged for every single Boston building. In the North End, one of the more 'desirable'...
View ArticleBy: quonsar
each scabie is considered an additional tenant and required a seperate security deposit.
View ArticleBy: Mars Saxman
$525'll get you a nice 1-br in Houston.<snobbery mode="blatant"> yeah, but it's in Houston! If you're going to go to that extreme to save money, you might as well move to Calcutta, where you can...
View ArticleBy: aacheson
Civil_Disobedient, Just because insurance is a good thing doesn't mean it's CHEAP. Just because taxes go to good things doesn't mean they don't cost a shitload of money (and I disagree iwith you on the...
View ArticleBy: majcher
That's $5244 /month in mortgage payments, which doesn't sound like much. If that doesn't sound like much to you, then I want your job.
View ArticleBy: Civil_Disobedient
Houses and apartments cost A LOT to own, people! Let's say you buy a $750,000 apartment complex, with a 30 year mortgage at 7.5%. That's $5244 /month in mortgage payments, which doesn't sound like...
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Houses and apartments cost A LOT to own, people! Let's say you buy a $750,000 apartment complex, with a 30 year mortgage at 7.5%. That's $5244 /month in mortgage payments, which doesn't sound like...
View ArticleBy: trharlan
Civil Disobedient: I hope you realize that when (I believe it will happen, indeed) Fannie and Freddie start seeing defaults, you and I will be the ones bailing them out. Moral Hazard.I swear I'm not...
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So, boo fucking hoo for the landlords. In NYC, they've gotten around this by legislating the lowering the minimum rent to get rent-controlled apartments into the "fair market". I believe it was...
View ArticleBy: fidelity
Hell, if you're willing to look outside the trendy area, $525'll get you a nice 1-br in Houston. I've got one for $420 and, though it lacks a few amenities, it's rather nice, and largish.
View ArticleBy: badstone
just out of curiosity, what exactly was so awful about those dot commers? /rant Dot commers were just an anti-art dynamo in this town. Their hyperinflated salaries drove up rents. Furthermore, many art...
View ArticleBy: nath
people in the midwest are paying $500/mo. for their rent, while I've had to pay $1200/mo. for the luxury of living in a "major" US city. Man... this is another reminder of why I love living in Houston,...
View ArticleBy: kirkaracha
A major reason the landlords aren't lowering rent is because of the crazy rent control in SF. If they get someone in at a cheap rent during a bad time, they can't really raise the rent in the future to...
View ArticleBy: trharlan
Civil Disobedient: When you consider how much more expensive buying is than renting in the coastal metro areas, I imagine it will take quite a while for rents to really recede. By many measures, a...
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