RENT MEGATHREAD: How much do you pay for rent?

As title says, interested in knowing how much all of you pay for rent. Please be honest, this is for transparency to help everyone!

Position: ANL1 / ASO1 / VP1, etc Job: IB / AM / HF / etc Base salary: 110k Rent: $2000 Location: Upper East Side Apartment: 1 bedroom in shared 3 bedroom 1 bathroom apt

^ this isn’t my info, just an example! Hope we can help each other out and see if we’re overpaying, underpaying, etc. goodluck !

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-IB -ASO1 -175k -$3400 -NY UWS -1bed/1bath, 2 blocks away from park and gym, 40 minute walk to work, but multi story walk up lol

 
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ER
Base: $140k
Rent: $3,800 (gf pays $1,000)
Location: NJ
2bed (1,000sqft), W/D in unit, dishwasher, gym, pool, etc.

A true gentleman you are sir 

 

Location: NJ
2bed (1,000sqft), W/D in unit, dishwasher, gym, pool, etc.

NJ is a big place.  My respect for you is going to vary a lot if that's JC or Hoboken vs. Edison or the Princeton/Trenton area.

Fun fact, I almost bought a 3 & 1 rowhouse in Collingswood for $195k when I thought I was going to be in Philly long-term.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

Own- Astoria $3700 all-in but I put 25% down.  2BR with a hell of a view  It's inclusive of utilities and cable (with HBO) I guess we'd put it up to 3800 with the deeded parking spot. 

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 
lemickey

Only $100 for a parking spot? Would assume more like $300

It's definitely way below market.  The co-op is just trying to make sure that nobody leaves a car there just for the heck of it with the fee.  We don't open the offer to anyone else, you need to own an apartment in the complex to get a spot, and they only allow one per apartment.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

$2,800 in LCOL city which is really MCOL lately. 2BD 2BA luxury apartment with gym and pool.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
Sequoia

I thought you were still in NYC man?

Nah - in Charleston SC now to take care of my parents until they pass, then maybe LA and eventually will go back to NYC.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

So we were in a Luxury condo, if you want to call it that, with no pool, older like a 10-year prop; they did some big rehabs, but still. we were paying like 2950 it was 740ish sq ft, they jacked rent to like 3750 and we told them basically to F off. I found a lovely couple that owned two other properties and had kept this townhome since it was built in the late 90s. So we jumped on the chance. They were strict, with 720+ credit scores and 4x income. References. But they let us do a 2-year lease with an additional 2-year add, so seeing townhomes in the area are now 5500, I'm okay with it.

So we would have been right there with you, haha. 

 

Most on this thread pay under 2k for rent? Mannn WTF

Position: ANL1

Job: IB

Base salary: 110k

Rent: $3000

Location: Midtown

Apartment: 2 bedrooms, lots of windows, terrace, laundry in building

 
bawstin

Most on this thread pay under 2k for rent? Mannn WTF

Position: ANL1

Job: IB

Base salary: 110k

Rent: $3000

Location: Midtown

Apartment: 2 bedrooms, lots of windows, terrace, laundry in building

You split a $6K apartment? Or $3K for 2BR in Manhattan - what kind of sorcery is this....

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

IB AS1

Base: $175k

Rent: $2550 including parking

Location: SF

Apartment: Studio, probably 350-450 square feet, not particularly nice and no amenities

 

Pos: intern

Job: IB

Base: 100k

Bonus: nothing, I'm an intern

Rent: $1,500

Apartment: 3b2ba, so each person pays the same

Location: dt Toronto

Other amenities: pretty decent condo gym with steam room and hot tubs, pretty sick pool w/ view, laundry in my unit. No condo fees, internet, utilities 

 

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