The rent is increasing
By NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (121649)
United States
March 1, 2025 5:44pm CST
Awesome. Smokey McSmokerson knocked on the door before to let me know that there was a notice on my door because it is really windy out. Those wind chimes must really be pissing off the people across from me. (they hate them) 
Anyway it was a rental notice that the rent is increasing by $125/month. I am in no humor to be okay with that when the tiles by the door are still busted and they are already saying that the pool may not open this year. When I moved here the rent was $1245 per month. Starting in April it will be up to $1550. That is nuts and the crazy think is that is still the cheapest rent in the area unless you want to live among gangsters.
This is insanity. I could be paying a mortgage less than that in another state. Ugh. And I am the idiot who was truthful and said I have pets. Everyone else around here either says they have fake service dogs or doesn't report them at all.
Good thing I do all of that tutoring!
Anyway it was a rental notice that the rent is increasing by $125/month. I am in no humor to be okay with that when the tiles by the door are still busted and they are already saying that the pool may not open this year. When I moved here the rent was $1245 per month. Starting in April it will be up to $1550. That is nuts and the crazy think is that is still the cheapest rent in the area unless you want to live among gangsters.
This is insanity. I could be paying a mortgage less than that in another state. Ugh. And I am the idiot who was truthful and said I have pets. Everyone else around here either says they have fake service dogs or doesn't report them at all.
Good thing I do all of that tutoring!8 people like this
8 responses
@moffittjc (122825)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Mar
Yikes! That really sucks.
I always found it really interesting that people can live in an apartment for say like 10 years, paying $1500/month, but then get turned down when they apply for a mortgage load to buy a house because the lender feels they can't afford a $1000/month mortgage payment.
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@FourWalls (71740)
• United States
2 Mar
Wowza. My mortgage was never more than $400 a month. (Remember that I’ve lived here for 36 years, though…)
On top of that, your pool isn’t open this year, right?!
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@MarieCoyle (41320)
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2 Mar
My rent goes up every single January, just like clockwork. I'm sorry, that is a huge raise in rent.
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