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If you rent, how much do you pay in rent?
Sorry don't know if that gets too nosy into your finances, but I would really like to know because I'm moving out this week. The rent total is 900 (including utilities)...I'm afraid that's too high!
However, I am in a desperate situation to move out already! The one for 700 was taken yesterday (darn!) and one wont be coming up until at least 2 more months!
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it all depends on how much money you make consistently.. do you have another job besides dancing with a regular paycheck? I also heard something about a formula that your rent should be a certain percentage of your income, but I can't remember how much it was..
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1080 including utilities, but this is between 2 places.
so on my atx place its 550, on my other place in an unspecified location its 530. both are nice places though.... spacious houses in good neighborhoods.
also i have no lease on either place. so i can back out whenever i feel like it.
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£400 per calendar month, for a four bedroom house.
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Mine is an apartment complex aimed at students, so you rent by the bedroom rather than the apartment as a whole in order to protect yourself from other people's damages, missed rent etc. My roommate and I rent our three bedroom apartment for $400 a month, all inclusive with internet/cable, water and power. Our third bedroom is a freebie for us since no-one else moved in, and so now it is "the pole room" }:D
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omg I signed the lease! it was actually $950 total. Its only a 6 month lease...
Ahhhh I can't believe I'm moving out!!
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I pay 995 for a 1 bedroom apartment.
Good luck with your move!
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$550 per week.. nothing included for a tiny but very trendy terrace that I love :) If only I could buy it one day.... If I have a spare million hanging around.
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sxcbbw
£400 per calendar month, for a four bedroom house.
Wow your not in London ru?
I pay £700 for a studio.
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I would KILL for rent like that. In a sh*tty area in NYC, my rent was $1500 for a STUDIO apartment WITHOUT utilities. Haaaa.
It all depends on your location, love.
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chanzep
Wow your not in London ru?
I pay £700 for a studio.
Oh goodness no - I'm over in Belfast. I could never afford London's rent, it's scary. In near the city centre here.
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3 bedroom, gorgeous apartment in a prime downtown location is $1200 a month for me.
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My SO and I started looking for a place really late last year (like 2 weeks before we had to move in). So we ended up with what we found. $895 no utilities included for a 2 bedroom w/ sunroom and large deck. It's a pretty nice place, but it sickens me to throw away that much money every month for rent. I make damn good money, but that's not how I want to spend it.
We didn't procrastinate this year and have already signed a lease on a place that we won't even be moving into until August! A $695 one bedroom w/ heat and water + 2 parking spaces (hard to find!) included. A pretty damn good deal for a place close to downtown. And anyway, I'd hate to live downtown. I iz antisocial.
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$505 for a studio apartment with a balcony. Utilities are not included. So with utilities I pay about $535 or $540.
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$850 for a studio apartment 3 blocks from the ocean, I pay my own electric.
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how does this grab you for $550 a month ???
Or if that is too extravagant, how does this grab you for $430 a month ???
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It depends on the location. My texas place was 800+ square foot 1 bedroom and I paid $650 for it.
My other places have been anywhere from $900 (my part) to share a studio, to $1600 for short term housing, to my current at $1400 for a studio ( I split with my BF, we each pay 700. The location and view make it worth it.)
But in general, $900 is pretty normal.
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^^^ this is one of the more obvious reasons that I chose to retire 'south of the border' !
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Melonie- I'm thinking of moving to central america- nicaragua, costa rica, panama or belize. Which do you recommend? I just want to own some land close to the ocean with a simple house and have a huge organic garden to support myself and earn some money. Any recommendations/advice would be so appreciated :)
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when i was renting it was $760/month-2 bedroom, 1 bath in a nice zip code, with 2 pets and utilities. there was also a pool, laundry room, and gym to go to on the complex.
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Melonie- I'm thinking of moving to central america- nicaragua, costa rica, panama or belize. Which do you recommend? I just want to own some land close to the ocean with a simple house and have a huge organic garden to support myself and earn some money. Any recommendations/advice would be so appreciated :)
Nicaragua probably has the best economy. Costa Rica probably has the lowest cost of living. Panama probably is the most 'stable' since the US military would be in there in 2 minutes if anybody threatened the canal ( even though the US technically gave it back to the Panamanians). And Belize speaks english.
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Melonie
Nicaragua probably has the best economy. Costa Rica probably has the lowest cost of living. Panama probably is the most 'stable' since the US military would be in there in 2 minutes if anybody threatened the canal ( even though the US technically gave it back to the Panamanians). And Belize speaks english.
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I disagree! The cost of living is high in Costa Rica. I lived there for high school and go back often. Nicaragua has the lowest cost of living in that list.
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Melonie do you have citizenship in the country you're currently living in?
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The cost of living is high in Costa Rica. I lived there for high school and go back often. Nicaragua has the lowest cost of living in that list.
^^^ even in central American countries, location also plays a large part. There are smaller towns in Costa Rica that are not tourism hot spots where the cost of living is EXTREMELY low - probably the lowest of any central American area. But in the larger Costa Rican cities and/or popular areas, industrial development and real estate speculation have indeed driven costs of living way up ... at least in comparison to what costs were several years ago. Same is true to some extent of the larger cities and/or popular areas in Panama - and also to some degree with the popular areas in Belize. In that sense, it's technically true that the larger Nicaraguan cities haven't yet seen the same sort of price increases, both because industrial development is far lower and popularity with ex-pats is lower as well.
However, there are REASONS that Nicaragua hasn't yet experienced major economic development or a major influx of ex-pats. The first is the difficulty for a person who does not have Nicaraguan family connections to obtain a really secure permanent legal resident status from the Nicaraguan gov't. The gov't itself isn't exactly rock stable either, with Sandanistas again demonstrating in the capital just a few weeks ago. The second is the widespread lawlessness directed towards 'Gringo' businesses and individuals with little or no law enforcement follow-up after a theft / robbery / other crime has taken place against the 'Gringo' by a local. Again if you aren't an obvious 'Gringo' or if you have local family ties you would probably be unaware of this situation.
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Melonie do you have citizenship in the country you're currently living in?
not yet ... it takes 5 years minimum unless you have a ton of money to invest in a new local business. However I do have permanent legal resident status ( the equivalent of a US green card ), meaning that unlike Nicaragua the gov't can't suddenly decide to kick me out of the country after deciding not to renew a temporary visa, and 'confiscate' my property in the process via some governmental excuse or another.
In the final analysis, any obvious 'Gringo' thinking of becoming a central American ex-pat really needs to do their homework. First important fact is that, no matter what you do after you arrive, you will never be treated the same as a native ( or even a foreign citizen but with native family ties ), either by the gov'ts or by the locals. The key differences between countries lie in HOW an obvious 'Gringo' will be treated differently.
As an obvious 'Gringa', I placed a lot of emphasis on picking a central American country with a relatively strong rule of law and a relatively stable government ... and in addition picking an area of that central American country where there are a fairly large number of ex-pat residents and business owners ( such that the locals and the ex-pat community 'understand' each other ) ... PLUS picking an area of that central American country where the local economy is dependent on ( Gringo ) tourism dollars ( such that local LE cannot allow a reputation for widespread crimes against Gringos to develop ). It also helps if the area also has such 'luxuries' as dependable electric power, phones, internet access, a WalMart and decent medical care within an hour's drive, etc.
Such an area is not the absolute cheapest place to live. But in relative terms, the area's costs of living are still far lower than those in the US !!! The comparatively low local costs of living ( and the 'offshore' tax advantages ) are what made it possible for me to 'retire' here ... where I would have found myself still needing to work had I remained in high tax, high cost of living New York. And of course the ocean being on one side, while Mayan Ruins and a wildlife refuge are on the other side, doesn't hurt either !
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