[TheBreeze]

[quote=AN]sd_bear, I find big box complexes are just as likely to negotiate. When I was renting from an apartment complex, they wanted to raise my rate by $100. I negotiated down to only $25/month increase instead. So it’s very doable.[/quote]

AN, you should become some kind of tightwad consultant. You have the tightest control of your money of anyone I have ever seen.

Were you jealous when FLU posted his deal on cable internet/TV? If you were paying more than him, I bet you’ve already used your Asian Persuasion to knock down your total bill to less than his. FLU gives it a good go, but I don’t think anyone can compete with you when it comes to saving money.

[TheBreeze]

[quote=AN]sd_bear, I find big box complexes are just as likely to negotiate. When I was renting from an apartment complex, they wanted to raise my rate by $100. I negotiated down to only $25/month increase instead. So it’s very doable.[/quote]

AN, you should become some kind of tightwad consultant. You have the tightest control of your money of anyone I have ever seen.

Were you jealous when FLU posted his deal on cable internet/TV? If you were paying more than him, I bet you’ve already used your Asian Persuasion to knock down your total bill to less than his. FLU gives it a good go, but I don’t think anyone can compete with you when it comes to saving money.

[TheBreeze]

[quote=AN]sd_bear, I find big box complexes are just as likely to negotiate. When I was renting from an apartment complex, they wanted to raise my rate by $100. I negotiated down to only $25/month increase instead. So it’s very doable.[/quote]

AN, you should become some kind of tightwad consultant. You have the tightest control of your money of anyone I have ever seen.

Were you jealous when FLU posted his deal on cable internet/TV? If you were paying more than him, I bet you’ve already used your Asian Persuasion to knock down your total bill to less than his. FLU gives it a good go, but I don’t think anyone can compete with you when it comes to saving money.

[TheBreeze]

[quote=AN]sd_bear, I find big box complexes are just as likely to negotiate. When I was renting from an apartment complex, they wanted to raise my rate by $100. I negotiated down to only $25/month increase instead. So it’s very doable.[/quote]

AN, you should become some kind of tightwad consultant. You have the tightest control of your money of anyone I have ever seen.

Were you jealous when FLU posted his deal on cable internet/TV? If you were paying more than him, I bet you’ve already used your Asian Persuasion to knock down your total bill to less than his. FLU gives it a good go, but I don’t think anyone can compete with you when it comes to saving money.

[TheBreeze]

[quote=AN]sd_bear, I find big box complexes are just as likely to negotiate. When I was renting from an apartment complex, they wanted to raise my rate by $100. I negotiated down to only $25/month increase instead. So it’s very doable.[/quote]

AN, you should become some kind of tightwad consultant. You have the tightest control of your money of anyone I have ever seen.

Were you jealous when FLU posted his deal on cable internet/TV? If you were paying more than him, I bet you’ve already used your Asian Persuasion to knock down your total bill to less than his. FLU gives it a good go, but I don’t think anyone can compete with you when it comes to saving money.

[TheBreeze]

I’ve been watching rents in La Jolla and they appear be going down to me. For example, I don’t recall seeing any 2 bedrooms in La Jolla for anything like $1375/month last year:

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/apa/1008457152.html

As the ad says, those places are normally $1475.

For those of you in the ‘big box’ places, if you haven’t figured it out, yes, your landlord is going to try and raise your rent every time you renew. Last year, my landlord was going to raise my rent $150/month. I gave notice that I was moving out. Ten days before my lease expired I went back to my landlord and I agreed to renew for just $40/month more. This year, I decided to move into a bigger place and went from paying $1.90/square foot to $1.60/square foot.

You can get a decent deal on rent at the big boxes, but IMO you have to be willing to give notice and be willing to move out if someone rents your place. If someone hasn’t rented your place, you can go back to your landlord and negotiate 1-2 weeks before your lease expires. If you’re not comfortable with the prospect of being 1-2 weeks from homelessness, then it will be tougher to get a good deal on rent because your landlord is going to get more desperate the closer your lease gets to expiring without another prospective tenant. Also, if you decide to move, you will get a better deal on a unit that is currently vacant as opposed to one that is scheduled to be vacant at some point in the future.

I was surprised by the poster above who said that units in UTC are getting snatched up at $100/month increases. It seems like every place I’ve looked at in La Jolla/UTC is offering some kind of special (discounted rent, etc) because they have so many vacancies.

[TheBreeze]

I’ve been watching rents in La Jolla and they appear be going down to me. For example, I don’t recall seeing any 2 bedrooms in La Jolla for anything like $1375/month last year:

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/apa/1008457152.html

As the ad says, those places are normally $1475.

For those of you in the ‘big box’ places, if you haven’t figured it out, yes, your landlord is going to try and raise your rent every time you renew. Last year, my landlord was going to raise my rent $150/month. I gave notice that I was moving out. Ten days before my lease expired I went back to my landlord and I agreed to renew for just $40/month more. This year, I decided to move into a bigger place and went from paying $1.90/square foot to $1.60/square foot.

You can get a decent deal on rent at the big boxes, but IMO you have to be willing to give notice and be willing to move out if someone rents your place. If someone hasn’t rented your place, you can go back to your landlord and negotiate 1-2 weeks before your lease expires. If you’re not comfortable with the prospect of being 1-2 weeks from homelessness, then it will be tougher to get a good deal on rent because your landlord is going to get more desperate the closer your lease gets to expiring without another prospective tenant. Also, if you decide to move, you will get a better deal on a unit that is currently vacant as opposed to one that is scheduled to be vacant at some point in the future.

I was surprised by the poster above who said that units in UTC are getting snatched up at $100/month increases. It seems like every place I’ve looked at in La Jolla/UTC is offering some kind of special (discounted rent, etc) because they have so many vacancies.

[TheBreeze]

I’ve been watching rents in La Jolla and they appear be going down to me. For example, I don’t recall seeing any 2 bedrooms in La Jolla for anything like $1375/month last year:

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/apa/1008457152.html

As the ad says, those places are normally $1475.

For those of you in the ‘big box’ places, if you haven’t figured it out, yes, your landlord is going to try and raise your rent every time you renew. Last year, my landlord was going to raise my rent $150/month. I gave notice that I was moving out. Ten days before my lease expired I went back to my landlord and I agreed to renew for just $40/month more. This year, I decided to move into a bigger place and went from paying $1.90/square foot to $1.60/square foot.

You can get a decent deal on rent at the big boxes, but IMO you have to be willing to give notice and be willing to move out if someone rents your place. If someone hasn’t rented your place, you can go back to your landlord and negotiate 1-2 weeks before your lease expires. If you’re not comfortable with the prospect of being 1-2 weeks from homelessness, then it will be tougher to get a good deal on rent because your landlord is going to get more desperate the closer your lease gets to expiring without another prospective tenant. Also, if you decide to move, you will get a better deal on a unit that is currently vacant as opposed to one that is scheduled to be vacant at some point in the future.

I was surprised by the poster above who said that units in UTC are getting snatched up at $100/month increases. It seems like every place I’ve looked at in La Jolla/UTC is offering some kind of special (discounted rent, etc) because they have so many vacancies.

[TheBreeze]

I’ve been watching rents in La Jolla and they appear be going down to me. For example, I don’t recall seeing any 2 bedrooms in La Jolla for anything like $1375/month last year:

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/apa/1008457152.html

As the ad says, those places are normally $1475.

For those of you in the ‘big box’ places, if you haven’t figured it out, yes, your landlord is going to try and raise your rent every time you renew. Last year, my landlord was going to raise my rent $150/month. I gave notice that I was moving out. Ten days before my lease expired I went back to my landlord and I agreed to renew for just $40/month more. This year, I decided to move into a bigger place and went from paying $1.90/square foot to $1.60/square foot.

You can get a decent deal on rent at the big boxes, but IMO you have to be willing to give notice and be willing to move out if someone rents your place. If someone hasn’t rented your place, you can go back to your landlord and negotiate 1-2 weeks before your lease expires. If you’re not comfortable with the prospect of being 1-2 weeks from homelessness, then it will be tougher to get a good deal on rent because your landlord is going to get more desperate the closer your lease gets to expiring without another prospective tenant. Also, if you decide to move, you will get a better deal on a unit that is currently vacant as opposed to one that is scheduled to be vacant at some point in the future.

I was surprised by the poster above who said that units in UTC are getting snatched up at $100/month increases. It seems like every place I’ve looked at in La Jolla/UTC is offering some kind of special (discounted rent, etc) because they have so many vacancies.

[TheBreeze]

I’ve been watching rents in La Jolla and they appear be going down to me. For example, I don’t recall seeing any 2 bedrooms in La Jolla for anything like $1375/month last year:

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/apa/1008457152.html

As the ad says, those places are normally $1475.

For those of you in the ‘big box’ places, if you haven’t figured it out, yes, your landlord is going to try and raise your rent every time you renew. Last year, my landlord was going to raise my rent $150/month. I gave notice that I was moving out. Ten days before my lease expired I went back to my landlord and I agreed to renew for just $40/month more. This year, I decided to move into a bigger place and went from paying $1.90/square foot to $1.60/square foot.

You can get a decent deal on rent at the big boxes, but IMO you have to be willing to give notice and be willing to move out if someone rents your place. If someone hasn’t rented your place, you can go back to your landlord and negotiate 1-2 weeks before your lease expires. If you’re not comfortable with the prospect of being 1-2 weeks from homelessness, then it will be tougher to get a good deal on rent because your landlord is going to get more desperate the closer your lease gets to expiring without another prospective tenant. Also, if you decide to move, you will get a better deal on a unit that is currently vacant as opposed to one that is scheduled to be vacant at some point in the future.

I was surprised by the poster above who said that units in UTC are getting snatched up at $100/month increases. It seems like every place I’ve looked at in La Jolla/UTC is offering some kind of special (discounted rent, etc) because they have so many vacancies.

[TheBreeze]

The U.S. government has no business subsidizing the purchase of multiple homes (I would actually end all government subsidies for housing so that housing could once again be affordable for all) so I think this is a great move by our government. The U.S. government should also end the subsidy of cash-out refis.

What public policy is served by making it easier for rich a-holes to buy multiple homes? What public policy is served by making it easy for people to do cash-out refis? Answer: None. There is no reason for the government to subsidize the purchase of any home, much less the purchase of multiple homes or cash-out refis.

The government’s focus on housing has been disastrous for our country. So many resources have been needlessly diverted from more productive uses to housing. Our government needs to focus once again on promoting real innovation instead of the sham that is ‘financial’ innovation. Let’s get back to funding useful research in our universities so that the U.S. can once again be a great innovative powerhouse. Take all that Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac/Ginnie Mae/FHA/FHLB money and spread it around to our universities in the form of research grants and watch how it is repaid 10x or 100x over with kick-ass innovations.

All of this focus on housing is just a waste in my opinion.

[TheBreeze]

The U.S. government has no business subsidizing the purchase of multiple homes (I would actually end all government subsidies for housing so that housing could once again be affordable for all) so I think this is a great move by our government. The U.S. government should also end the subsidy of cash-out refis.

What public policy is served by making it easier for rich a-holes to buy multiple homes? What public policy is served by making it easy for people to do cash-out refis? Answer: None. There is no reason for the government to subsidize the purchase of any home, much less the purchase of multiple homes or cash-out refis.

The government’s focus on housing has been disastrous for our country. So many resources have been needlessly diverted from more productive uses to housing. Our government needs to focus once again on promoting real innovation instead of the sham that is ‘financial’ innovation. Let’s get back to funding useful research in our universities so that the U.S. can once again be a great innovative powerhouse. Take all that Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac/Ginnie Mae/FHA/FHLB money and spread it around to our universities in the form of research grants and watch how it is repaid 10x or 100x over with kick-ass innovations.

All of this focus on housing is just a waste in my opinion.

[TheBreeze]

The U.S. government has no business subsidizing the purchase of multiple homes (I would actually end all government subsidies for housing so that housing could once again be affordable for all) so I think this is a great move by our government. The U.S. government should also end the subsidy of cash-out refis.

What public policy is served by making it easier for rich a-holes to buy multiple homes? What public policy is served by making it easy for people to do cash-out refis? Answer: None. There is no reason for the government to subsidize the purchase of any home, much less the purchase of multiple homes or cash-out refis.

The government’s focus on housing has been disastrous for our country. So many resources have been needlessly diverted from more productive uses to housing. Our government needs to focus once again on promoting real innovation instead of the sham that is ‘financial’ innovation. Let’s get back to funding useful research in our universities so that the U.S. can once again be a great innovative powerhouse. Take all that Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac/Ginnie Mae/FHA/FHLB money and spread it around to our universities in the form of research grants and watch how it is repaid 10x or 100x over with kick-ass innovations.

All of this focus on housing is just a waste in my opinion.

[TheBreeze]

The U.S. government has no business subsidizing the purchase of multiple homes (I would actually end all government subsidies for housing so that housing could once again be affordable for all) so I think this is a great move by our government. The U.S. government should also end the subsidy of cash-out refis.

What public policy is served by making it easier for rich a-holes to buy multiple homes? What public policy is served by making it easy for people to do cash-out refis? Answer: None. There is no reason for the government to subsidize the purchase of any home, much less the purchase of multiple homes or cash-out refis.

The government’s focus on housing has been disastrous for our country. So many resources have been needlessly diverted from more productive uses to housing. Our government needs to focus once again on promoting real innovation instead of the sham that is ‘financial’ innovation. Let’s get back to funding useful research in our universities so that the U.S. can once again be a great innovative powerhouse. Take all that Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac/Ginnie Mae/FHA/FHLB money and spread it around to our universities in the form of research grants and watch how it is repaid 10x or 100x over with kick-ass innovations.

All of this focus on housing is just a waste in my opinion.

[TheBreeze]

The U.S. government has no business subsidizing the purchase of multiple homes (I would actually end all government subsidies for housing so that housing could once again be affordable for all) so I think this is a great move by our government. The U.S. government should also end the subsidy of cash-out refis.

What public policy is served by making it easier for rich a-holes to buy multiple homes? What public policy is served by making it easy for people to do cash-out refis? Answer: None. There is no reason for the government to subsidize the purchase of any home, much less the purchase of multiple homes or cash-out refis.

The government’s focus on housing has been disastrous for our country. So many resources have been needlessly diverted from more productive uses to housing. Our government needs to focus once again on promoting real innovation instead of the sham that is ‘financial’ innovation. Let’s get back to funding useful research in our universities so that the U.S. can once again be a great innovative powerhouse. Take all that Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac/Ginnie Mae/FHA/FHLB money and spread it around to our universities in the form of research grants and watch how it is repaid 10x or 100x over with kick-ass innovations.

All of this focus on housing is just a waste in my opinion.

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