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What's UP with the Bay Area rental market?
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2010 Jan 31, 11:42am 32,138 views 96 comments
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PolishKnight
2010 Feb 23, 8:39pm
Seaside,
This is unPC for me to say so, but I hinted above that the reason why I found both quality and lower price in private apartments was that I'm a good tenant both financially and personally. Apartment complexes have to deal with "anti-discrimination" laws that require them to rent out to someone who passes minimal qualifiations (and perhaps even meet quotas.) They simply aren't in a position to negotiate.
The scary thing about buying is that it's sometimes just as bad as apartment renting but without the flexibility. A friend of mine had bad neighbors but since he owned his place, there was nothing he could do about it.
Regarding your problem with the police: You shouldn't have bothered too much with him. Just get him to write up a basic report and then quietly move on ASAP and later call the department and get someone better. Or better yet, if he was that bad call internal affairs and ask THEM for a recommendation.
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Rents seem to be going up in the areas I'm looking in (West San Jose, Cupertino, Sunnyvale... even as far south as Morgan Hill!)
Why? I thought demand was supposedly lower?
Take Morgan Hill, about 20 miles south of San Jose. It's a commuter town, the schools aren't good, and it was way overbuilt during the boom. $2000 to $3000 per month for typical 3BR houses? Why? How?
I've looked solely on Craigslist. Could that be the problem? What's a better place to look?
Also, could it be that rents are high because that's the final stand for an underwater homeowner? Either rent high to pay the mortgage or walk away?
Or should I just face it that my standards are too high for the bay area?
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