Is 1600 per month too much rent for a single person in a medium COL city? Make 130K/yr, and I can definitely afford it, but as a standalone expense is it considered high

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I believe the rule of thumb is to keep rent below 25% of net take home pay in order to be comfortable

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I make less than half of that and my rents 1.7k

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Unless you have high debt balance, 1600 isn’t high at all in my opinion

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I make 85K a year and my rent is 1.5K, and I feel like I’m paying way too much....

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If you’re in NYC you’re fine

I mean I'm gonna disagree, if you look at the expense and how much time you are actually there, yeah that's a decent chunk of money considering how much value you can extract from it, assuming you travel. Otherwise disregard

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Do you really need to spend $1600 alone? We're home about 12 days a month. If lump in overhead $155/day. Are you open to a roommate arrangement? If you're comfortable spending 25% of your take home are you also saving 25%?
These are questions I've tossed around last 6 weeks. Thinking of buying a condo. Cost less for me in the long run.

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I second the 25% rule

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It's not high relative to your income, but what are you getting for that amount? That's more than my mortgage outside of a HCOL city for a townhouse. To me $1600 feels a bit wasteful if you can find something comparable for $1400, you'd be saving $2400 a year, which could be invested or a chunk of a down payment of you chose to buy.

If it were me, I'd only pay that much if there was a tangible perk over cheaper apartments AND if I valued that at the difference in price. That could be proximity to office or fun. Gym on site. Washer and dryer in unit, etc

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Not high at all

Nope.. ball out

1600 all in or just rent?

I make 105 and my rent is 2k in medium COL

If you can pay less, then you should! Try to save as much as possible for retirement

That's what I pay and wish I paid less but I have 3 kids and a wife; they spend all my other money.

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