Whats your rent/mortgage payment?

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: etech
I guess the under $200 works but you need an option for those of us who have paid off our mortgage. :

I may try to move next year. I am waiting for some things in the company to settle down first.

My mortgage has been paid off for years, but my property taxes are close to $550/month.

Yep, even when you own your house outright, you still have to pay rent to the state. :disgust:

 

[Fausto]

We pay a little over $1000/month for our house. 3bed/1.5 bath, 1400 sq/ft brick ranch on a quarter-acre lot just east of Atlanta. We live in a neighborhood that hasn't gotten "hot" yet so our mortgage isn't really reflective of the often-insane housing prices in Atlanta. I'm betting our property values are going to jump in a few years when people start figuring out there's a nice, cheap housing to be had 6 miles or so from downtown.

Fausto

 

[Hammer]

$2050 a month.

edit: about 4 years to go until its paid off Its an 1850 sq. ft 2-2 condo in a highrise. The other room I just use as a guest bedroom / study. Its about a block from downtown Austin.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: Fausto1
We pay a little over $1000/month for our house. 3bed/1.5 bath, 1400 sq/ft brick ranch on a quarter-acre lot just east of Atlanta. We live in a neighborhood that hasn't gotten "hot" yet so our mortgage isn't really reflective of the often-insane housing prices in Atlanta. I'm betting our property values are going to jump in a few years when people start figuring out there's a nice, cheap housing to be had 6 miles or so from downtown.

Fausto

thats a great position to be in.

 

[bunker]

$1170/month includes insurance and property taxes.

1750 sq feet house in Atlanta suburbs.

 

[Thegonagle]

I'm renting a little 1 BR 3rd floor apartment about 5 seconds away from downtown (ultra convenient location) for $540. I get compliments on the apartment itself from almost everyone who visits. What can I say, 80+ year old buildings are cool in a way. They let my cat stay for free because they like me. I get a reduction in rent to the tune of about $12 per hour for cleaning the halls and laundry rooms of two buildings. It's nice having liberals for landlords.

I want to buy a house. I'm gonna need to keep my mortgage under $1000, which means keeping it under about $150,000. With the average home price being well above that in the city, I'm going to need to do some careful shopping.

 

[bcterps]

$1275 for a 1BR apt. Not including utilities. Damn expensive I think, but my rent is about to drop to $770 since I'm moving to Delaware. It'll probably go up to $1000 or so when I buy a home this year.

--Ben

 

[killface]

My friends and I rent out a decent 4 bedroom house in Buffalo for 850/month.

 

[Mavrick007]

Apt $1050, 3 bedroom, 2 floors, 2 full baths, big storage rooms, about 1800sq ft. 2 blocks from downtown.
East Coast, rent is a bit here but not as much as some cities.

 

[Mister T]

I think I might have you all beat:

Rent: $2,525 per month
+
$220 expenses: Cable, cable modem, phone, electric, cleaning lady

It is a 1 bedroom on the upper east side of manhattan.

 

[Electric Amish]

~$1500 usd total for my 2 mortgages. (They are 15yr rather than 30yr, tho)

Started out at ~$750 before our money troubles.

amish

 

[hoihtah]

$900 Studio/1bedroom... in MA.

wow... why would you guys pay $2500.00 to rent?
why not just purchase houses?

i'm working my way up to that.

 

[shopbruin]

Originally posted by: sheselectric
$470 for my own room in westwood

OMG WHERE?!?!

i live in the dorms so this year i'ts 900 a month after like a $2000 down payment.

 

[Mister T]

Originally posted by: hoihtah
$900 Studio/1bedroom... in MA.

wow... why would you guys pay $2500.00 to rent?
why not just purchase houses?

i'm working my way up to that.

Becuase to buy the apartment I am currently renting would cost about $400,000.
I would need approximately 100K in cash to put down such that my monthly payment would be 2,500.

400K Property, 25% down @ 5% (3 or 5-year ARM amortized at 30-yr) --- $1600 mortgage
+ 900 for condo fees and property taxes ----------> 2,500.

That is assuming I have 100K to spare... not exactly there yet Give me a couple years

 

[ScoobMaster]

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Dang browser went ~KAPUT~ and I didn't realize it posted this blank message on the way down until AFTER I posted the one 2 spots down.


^&!%$%$^$@#@^%$!!!!

 

[DonaldC]

House is paid for. Still have taxes/insurnace of about $1500/year.

 

[ScoobMaster]

Sometimes it pays to live in a "depressed" economic area

Endicott, NY (upstate - in Binghamton Area)

We bought a nice 1400 sq ft brick cape cod two-story with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, finished basement, and carport. Price? a bank-account-friendly $52 000!

Full payment with all taxes included works out to $584/mo

WHOOHOO! Cheaper than rent and it will be all ours in 17 more years (30 yr mtg, but I am making bi-weekly payments!)

 

[shiner]

$570 per month on a 2200 sq ft house(excluding the 2 car garage) on 3/4 acres of land(corner lot) with lots of trees just above a small(about 10 acres) private lake overlooking downtown Tulsa. Ahhh Oklahoma where to cost of living is still cheap.

 

[FelixDeCat]

$19,750/mo int only

 

[Cerebus451]

My payment is around $1100. 4BR, 2.5BA house, 2 car garage, decent size lot (big enough to say you have a yard, not big enough to hate to have to mow it). Of course a big chunk of that is going to my skyrocketing taxes (bought the house for $106k in '98, latest assessment is for $140k). I pay about $550 in interest, $450 in taxes and insurance.

 

[yakko]

$200

I am living cheap right now.

 

[Beau]

$850 /mo in rent right now
$1440 /mo mortgage as soon as it closes.

 

[UltraQuiet]

No rent, no mortgage, no electric bill, no water bill, no gas bill. HAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Hammer]

...but you have a wife and kids

hahahahaha

Originally posted by: DaveSohmer
No rent, no mortgage, no electric bill, no water bill, no gas bill. HAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[UltraQuiet]

but you have a wife and kids

My kids are cool and the wife makes more money than the Chief. HAHAHAHAHAHA