Not quite 1997. $4,500 was our rent when we moved out in 1999, it went up once from I don’t recall what #. I picked 10 as a round number, but it is actually 7 years ago since I left SD (seems like 20). I did not live in SD yet in 1997.
The owners of that house lived in RSF and I recall thinking “why would they not live in this awesome place/location?” Emm, because 1,800 sf was too small for their family. Single guy brain just did not comprehend stuff like that. They were British and I think the last of their kids was out of the house so they were going to downsize and move into it, so we got booted out.
My next rental was $1,900/month in Carmel Valley with my future wife. That was a duplex near Carmel Country Road/Carmel Creek Road. On Corte de la Siena to be exact. It went on the market in 2000 for $325-$375k if I recall corectly once I decided to relocate back to the bay area. Don’t know what it is worth in this market, but I would be surprised if it were that low, very surprised, shocked even.
I have no ideas what those places would rent for today. It seems they would for about the same rent as back then. The Del Mar house was a corporate rental. I.e. The company my roomate and I worked for paid the rent for us. Yea, we did not leave that place willingly. They did not pay for the rent in my next place.
