Apartment - not sure where to post - admins, please move this topic

[paola12]

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hello, is it possible to rent an apartment/studio in a not-dangerous neighborhood when your salary is only 25,000? also, do landlords always have restrictions on how much you must earn in order to rent an apartment? thanks!

[samlynn]

Apartments

It depends on where you live. It will be a challenge to find a good apartment in a nice neighborhood. Most apartments do have those requirements but you would have to check around to confirm. The other option is the extended stay places. Those don't have those requirements but they are small.

[Bastad]

Sorry! I just could not find where to post this question to get replies. Admins, could you please move it to where I could get some replies? Thanks!

hello, is it possible to rent an apartment/studio in a not-dangerous neighborhood when your salary is only 25,000? also, do landlords always have restrictions on how much you must earn in order to rent an apartment? thanks!

Is that 25K a year? is that BEFORE or AFTER taxes ? I hope it is AFTER taxes, because if it is BEFORE taxes, then it is incredible low income. Check

http://www.justice.gov/ust/eo/bapcpa/20140401/bci_data/median_income_table.htm

for the median US income across all 50 states. NOTE: it is MEDIAN, not AVERAGE. The lowest MEDIAN income is like $40K

Assuming for a second that is the money in your pocket, divide by 12 months, means about U$S 2K per month. A rule of thumb is you can't spend more than 30% of your income in rent - which would mean U$S 600 for rent.

Nobody can answer your "apartment/studio in non-dangerous neighborhood" without knowing city and state where you plan to live. In any case, with $600 to spend maximum, I would recommend you instead to find someone willing to share an apartment - there's a lot of people doing that. And if you're new to the US, it'll be hard for you to rent anything by yourself, w/o an established credit history.

It seems you're planning to move to the US. Let's make sure you do it legally - that salary sounds pretty low, like unqualified manual labor - washing dishes or flipping burgers. And nobody sponsors anyone for a work visa for flipping burgers . . .

Also consider the costs of food, clothing, transportation from/to work, medical insurance, and a long list of other stuff.