Used to rent increases of $15 or $25, this year it's a shocker at $100...

[Deja Q]

yet doing some research has shown the rent being asked is - while slightly higher than 70% of the properties in my area, still very reasonable.

I could move; spend $2k to move to the next closest complex and walk another 1/4th mile... save $125/mo... but that could open up new problems and I'd be stuck there a year and to meet the added cost of the move, I'd have to live there at least 18 months...

[marzipanni]

1. Because so many foreclosures

are sending people to find places to rent, and the demand went way up? Sheesh, ya can't win... :(

[Deja Q]

2. Quite. And if I were to move now,

by next year their prices would catch up too.

Housing prices are down, so maybe in a year -- $100/mo for 12 months is nothing compared to other factors and I want my loan amount near zero again. (The big purchases being the new computer and laptop, of which I have no regrets.)

[rcrush]

3. I told the apartment manager lady that I'd dump sugar in her gas tank if she upped my rent again.

Every time I re-sign the lease they raise it 25 bucks!

[S n o w b a l l]

4. My property taxes went up $600 this year...

:cry: Maybe that's the case for your landlord too.

[Deja Q]

6. Good point...

:thumbsup:

It'll hurt. A flesh wound, but like my aunt says, "it's only money". :)

[NJmaverick]

5. What's that saying?

better the devil you know than the devil you don't

[Evoman]

7. My rent is going up in October from 600 bucks to 960. Beat that.