I make below average and average rent around here for a studio is over 5/7th my income and I don't live anywhere with especially high rent. How do I get the below average price to help offset the fact that I can barely afford a place? If there are a few hundred rentals available, give or take, accounting for the AVERAGE* (half of all units not right at AVERAGE cost should, theoretically, be below average, shouldn't they?)...
Should I play hardball and let them know I'm not in the market for above average price given my income? Because just turning down anything listed at or above average gives me very few options when, if the apartment could be had for less, it's not like that's gonna be what the management is gonna start off asking for, right? That's my thoughts on the matter, at least. I gotta get something I can afford.
November 20, 2017 at 02:58AM