Rental Help- Seriously how can they justify these prices

[Anonymous]

Sorry!! PP 11:19 here. Didn't realize you were looking for a TH or SFH. The apartment may not work for you, but it's still worth a try.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looking for a town home, duplex, sfh something nice and "safe" for me and my son who will be at the new Two Rivers Young off Benning this year... anything between Brookland and Capital Hill area, Im really out raged at some of these scary places Im seeing and at the asking price. prefer a 3 bedroom as I work mainly from home and need an office.

Am I seriously looking at $2500 + and utilities.


https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/apa/5170422884.html

https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/apa/5168149052.html really???


this is depressing me

How can you be outraged at a market?

[Anonymous]

OP, try emailing some neighborhood listservs and say you are looking for a place to rent in the area. We found a very nice 3br rowhouse in for $2700 Brightwood that way. IMO individual homeowners are much more likely to offer affordable rent.

[Anonymous]

PP again - also agree Craigslist is not the best. We saw a few rental companies that would post nice looking houses in the $2500-2800 range again and again on CL, and but would never respond to inquiries. Not sure what the scam is, but it is a misleading representation of the market.

[Anonymous]

People can ask whatever they want in a craigslist ad but you can negotiate on rent.

[Anonymous]

hipsters and poor grads shack up by the dozen at a time to live there, no surprise

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:hipsters and poor grads shack up by the dozen at a time to live there, no surprise

What does this mean??

[Anonymous]

My two bedroom apartment rents for $4500 - I think you are getting a steal.

Welcome to city living.

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, if you are looking at a 3 br unit, you are competing against groups of young people, like Hill staffers who would gladly pay $800 each to share a house since a single apartment is closer to $2K.

[Anonymous]

What do you guys think is a fair price for a decent (renovated but not top of the line) 3br rowhouse in, say, Brookland or Petworth?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People can ask whatever they want in a craigslist ad but you can negotiate on rent.

sure you can negotiate - but good luck doing that in a market with < 1% vacancy rate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you guys think is a fair price for a decent (renovated but not top of the line) 3br rowhouse in, say, Brookland or Petworth?

Rent? I would say $3000 maybe more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you guys think is a fair price for a decent (renovated but not top of the line) 3br rowhouse in, say, Brookland or Petworth?

$3000

[Anonymous]

I don't know if this is where you want to be, but it looks decent and it's in Brookland.
http://www.apartments.com/3211-9th-st-ne-washington-dc/vnrnhve/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know if this is where you want to be, but it looks decent and it's in Brookland.
http://www.apartments.com/3211-9th-st-ne-washington-dc/vnrnhve/

Not too bad. Decent condition, central AC, 5 minute walk from the metro...