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Rooms for Rent: Wireless Broadband included!

post #1 of 15
5/6/03 at 8:35pm
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This is close to being OFF TOPIC, but I thought it interesting, nonetheless, for tech talk:

I was driving to lunch today when I noticed an appartment complex (near the local University) had put up it's sign advertising rooms... not so unusual around this time of year.

However, what caught my eye was the "Wireless Broadband Internet Access Included" (or something to that effect). I thought, "Gee, that's something new..." I mean, I know there are campuses and coffee houses with WiFi, but to have WiFi broadband as an "icing on the cake" for room rentals was just... weird.

I suppose it's a sign of the times, WiFi everywhere and whatnot. Of course, now I have to go get my laptop and hack... er, connect to their network and check it out.

-myrkat
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post #2 of 15
5/6/03 at 10:28pm
So, when do you move in?
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post #3 of 15
5/6/03 at 11:35pm
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Originally posted by hsetdc
So, when do you move in?
Oh, I have broadband in my house already... plus my mortgage is much cheaper than rent.

Typical rent around here is: $1100 - $1400 for a 2-bedroom apartment. Some places charge for parking spaces, too (one place is $150/space in addition to rent).

-myrkat
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post #4 of 15
5/7/03 at 3:48am
wow - that's a lot of money

My 3br appartment is only $650/month, ant its really nice / huge.

(and we are looking for another roomate - prehaps I should add "wireless broadband included" to the signs ...)
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post #5 of 15
5/7/03 at 11:02am
myrkat,

Sounds like around here in the Lehigh Valley, PA. Rents for a decent 3 bedroom apartment are $1,100 and up not including utilities.

We just bought a 3 bedroom 1/2 a double home with a corner lot, 2 car garage, central air, etc and my mortgage payment (including taxes and insurance) is only $815 a month. Hard to justify renting if you have any way or means to purchase a home these days. Interest rates are low, many many low down payment mortgages available even for people with "suspect" credit histories.
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post #6 of 15
5/7/03 at 12:40pm
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You don't even want to know what my mortgage payment is (well, with the extra towards principal)...

Hint: Think of buying a new 8887-V every month.

-myrkat
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post #7 of 15
5/7/03 at 1:31pm
don't ask about rents in boston/cambridge....

especially near harvard (I dont live near harvard anymore - too pricey.... )

Joe
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post #8 of 15
5/7/03 at 2:51pm
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Originally posted by myrkat
You don't even want to know what my mortgage payment is (well, with the extra towards principal)...

Hint: Think of buying a new 8887-V every month.

-myrkat
LOL It's just me and my wife (no kids - just 2 cats ) and our house is under 2000 sq ft. It suits our needs for now until I definitely decide what I'm doing with my career over the next few years (staying at my current employer or becoming an entrepreneur) before I will either buy or build our "die in" home.
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post #9 of 15
5/7/03 at 3:09pm
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Well, a somewhat-recent article (Jan 2003) in the local paper claimed that less than 1 in 4 familes can afford a house in this area.

News item. It really is becoming a problem; places like Boston and San Francisco can continue increasing costs of housing, because they have many surrounding areas. San Luis Obispo is somewhat isolated, and all the "surrounding" areas are also getting very expensive.

Not many places offer a 1300 s.f. tract home for $450,000 and up... wireless broadband or not, that's a lot of money for housing.

-myrkat
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post #10 of 15
5/7/03 at 3:27pm
We're pretty screwed here in San Diego for housing prices as well. The median house cost is well into the $300k range and the majority of new housing that I've seen being built is for the $500k+ range.

Not a good time to buy that's for sure.
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post #11 of 15
5/7/03 at 5:24pm
You can't even rent an apartment more than $1000 where I live down in Georgia...you can still drive around, stick a stake in the ground, and claim land
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post #12 of 15
5/7/03 at 5:29pm
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Originally posted by myrkat
Well, a somewhat-recent article (Jan 2003) in the local paper claimed that less than 1 in 4 familes can afford a house in this area.

News item. It really is becoming a problem; places like Boston and San Francisco can continue increasing costs of housing, because they have many surrounding areas. San Luis Obispo is somewhat isolated, and all the "surrounding" areas are also getting very expensive.

Not many places offer a 1300 s.f. tract home for $450,000 and up... wireless broadband or not, that's a lot of money for housing.

-myrkat
I believe it myrkat, very similar situation here in Western New Jersey. I could never afford to live here even If I wanted to. Living in Eastern, PA is MUCH less expensive and you get alot more value IMHO.
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post #13 of 15
5/7/03 at 5:43pm
I have a Cousin in Santa Barbra C.A. Who's paying $2500 a month for a 1 bdrm Apartment.

(Yep Mortgages are cheaper I think...)
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post #14 of 15
5/18/03 at 1:06am
I love my old house in Virgina Beach, but the property taxes keep going up. Really sucks. My house is alomost paid off, but I still need $300 a month for prop taxes. They have doubled in the last three years. Crazy thing is that it's not the house, it's the land. A real bummer since I don't plan on selling.

I've thought about offering broadband to my neighbors, through wifi. But I don't want to break the law. Could or would the cable company consider this illeagal? I suppose so.

I just want to retire early. It doesn't seem possible. I actually like my job, but would rather go to the beach, and spend more time fixing up my old house.
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post #15 of 15
5/18/03 at 1:54am
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Originally posted by tmapp
I love my old house in Virgina Beach, but the property taxes keep going up. Really sucks. My house is alomost paid off, but I still need $300 a month for prop taxes. They have doubled in the last three years...
OUCH! At least CA property tax payers have good 'ol Prop 13 to save them from such atrocities as this.

$3600 a year in property tax equates to roughly a $400,000+ house out here (about average). My parents (who bought their house in 1971) pay about $300 a year in property taxes... well, they did before they borrowed against it a few years back.

My wife and I typically allocate near $40,000 per year for housing/tax/insurance. So it's imperitive we both keep working (at least for the next 12-13 years until it's paid off).

-myrkat
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