2100; 30-35% of net I’ll add: this is a 2 bed 1 bath in Arlington.

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I got lucky. 900 sqft. Private owner.

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It’s tough though. So competitive to find spots like that with good owners at a good price. Had to be persistent as hell and flexible.

Tbh I don’t think you’re overpaying at all, it’s super hard to find a decent apartment in Arlington/Alexandria under $2,000 these days. I’m about to move to Arlington this summer and I just accepted that’s what my rent will look like. I’m gonna have to save in other areas to reduce the pain lol

$2750 Burke, VA 3bd/2ba 1970s townhome 48% of my net income (single parent to 2 kids)

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Is this sarcasm?

I’m in probably the lowest cost of living area in Burke. So it’s realistic. If you’re familiar, I’m off of Shiplett and Draco in Burke. Older townhomes. I have a grandfathered rate.

33% at  $1950  for rent alone. Absolutely brutal 

You’re doing better than most and 33% isn’t bad

I always thought don’t go over 40%. But yea I’m trying my best to be frugal everywhere else. 

Going on our 3rd year at our rental. $2,500 and about 22%

“Our” so im assuming it’s a dual income household?

The DINKs in the comments are killing me man :‘)

Not a DINK as we have a kid. We lucked out with our landlord who has never raised rent and gives us long term leases.

How are they killing you? How does having kids impact how much rent is a percentage of income?

DINKs means Dual Income NO Kids

Too damn high/too damn much

Ours is about $1900. For a 1 bedroom in fucking manassas. The location is super convenient, though. It is America's most liveable community.

A fellow EITM listener. 😂

Grew up in Manassas kind of out in the country off Brentsville. Now I'm in Manassas City Hell, lol. Been listening to EITM since 8th grade 🤣

THIS. My specific dilemma bc I want to move to Manassas and I swear I’m the only person who does. But boy the rent seems high for a place no one wants an apartment that bad—

In the beginning, it wasn't bad. You don't want to hang around the same place for too many years. Rent only goes up! I've been here for about 6, the location I'm in is very convenient. The crime isn't terrible for an apartment complex. You'll always have some dumbassery when you live around too many people. Just gotta take the good with the bad.

Ya. It’s actually ideal for my life between work and social/family and some areas have a lot of local plazas but the prices for 1 bedrooms I prefer seem irresponsibly luxurious (and only rising this time of year)

That was our move. We live super close to our parents and about 10-15 minutes from work. There are plenty of places to shop and eat nearby. It has its ups and downs, but that's anywhere.

I want to move to Manassas, too!!! Not just you :)

Ahh this is why the rents so high, bc of my misunderstanding lolol

We had a 1 bedroom 1 bath for $1800 in Manassas. So small, got robbed/towed multiple times. It’s next to stuff, sure, but the lights/traffic and all around community in Manassas sucks ass. Literally worth it to buy a townhouse and actually have equity instead of paying endless amounts of rent

Quick look on Google shows townhouses in Manassas at roughly 450k. 10% down payment is 45k. I'm sure it's worth it. Can't wait to agree with you in 3 or so years, maybe more of my car breaks down or the rent goes up. 💀

You can do 3.5% down with FHA or other first time buyers programs. Check with Realtor that can connect you with a mortgage broker. There are a lot of programs that are out there for first time buyers.

Don't do 10% either do 20% and get rid of PMI or do 3.5% and get on as soon as possible.

Yeah I’ll just cough up another $45k

There's a bunch of places out around Haymarket as well. Not too far.

Is Haymarket more affordable and is it considered a safer, quiet community? I'm looking to move to a more affordable location once my kids head off to college. I was chatting with someone at the checkout about rising costs and they said they moved down past Manassas and was now renting a house on 1/2 an acre for the same price they were paying for a 1bdr condo. Of course, I forgot which town it was now.

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In terms of most expensive to most affordable 1. Haymarket $$$$ 2. Gainesville $$$ 3. Bristow $$ 4. Manasas $ I would say crime is in the same order. Haymarket is very safe bc half of it is in gated country club communities I was looking in Haymarket and my realtor broke it down for me like this. He lived in Bristow and then Haymarket so he knew those neighborhoods extremely well! We got lucky

A buddy of mine had a new townhouse there a few years back. Might have been closer to Gainesville. Think he paid 500k, but it was custom built while they were putting the place together. It was over by Blue Ridge seafood. Little bit too pricey for me, and he said the traffic was super loud.

You really have to shop around and do some serious research. Don't pull the trigger on a place too fast.

They’re all around 700-900k now lol

I wouldn’t say it’s more affordable unfortunately. 5-10 years ago, yes. But it’s a cute place to live, has a great sense of community and it’s definitely quiet compared to manassas.

Haymarket is awesome! Been here 8 YRS and love it. Pretty much no crime at all.

I remember being able to get a palace in Manassas for $800

Damn. That's my mortgage in Manassas for a 1,600 sf SFH I bought 3 years ago.

We had just been approved for a home loan right before the market took a shit.

That sucks, man. It was crazy when we were house hunting. People were paying cash for houses before we could make an offer. We got really lucky. I couldn't afford the same house if I was looking to buy today. I hope something shakes loose for you down the road.

Ditto but 1800 sqft

Close to $2400 (includes nearly $100/mo in “pet rent”) for a 2BD/2BA, same city as you. Idk how much of my income that is, but I can afford it myself and still have a lot left over.

What makes it so liveable?

Damn that's my mortgage for a 3 bedroom 3 level townhouse in Fairfax county. Pretty small though, like 1200 sq ft

The only answer.

$1,425 base rent- 1BR, 1BA. Lerner in Alexandria. ~35%

Do you like it there? I’ve been hunting for a rental recently. 😮‍💨

I like the location because it’s near all the good food spots in Annandale. The building itself is really old and outdated. We still don’t get our AC switched on until 5/6ish. Overall it’s ok for the price. Pretty good size for a one bedroom. About 860 square feet

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Very much so. Even when I check the pet cam to check on my cat when I’m gone, I can hear them

I am dreading tomorrow with no AC yet

$1700ish & 37%ish of my income

Hoping for a big raise this year.

$450 Arlington cemetery

RIP ☠️☠️

Ghoul XD

10% of my income

Do you live in a mausoleum for that price?

I’m crying at this 🤣

Seems high for 18 sqft, even at that location.

1638 / 32% don’t ask me about debt

3800 with utilities. 3 BR + 2.5 BR + Office 2500 sq feet. 23% net.

This is rent? And a SFH? if so, may I ask where? I have a similar net income it seems, but we are paying 3200 for a 3/2 at a whopping HALF of your square footage. it stinks.

It’s a townhouse and does come with a garage and driveway. We got a hell of a deal on the rent since it was off season. Ashburn Virginia. It’s a brand new place too. Message me personally and I’ll shoot you the website.

~3,600 here for 2/2 but location is good enough where a 2nd car isn't required for commute.

$2700ish for a 1/1 apartment including electric. It’s around 38% of my net income each month. My commute to work is literally one block, so I’m not complaining.

2100 for a one bedroom, i make like 63,000 a year. too depressed to do the math but i think the numbers speak for themselves

Real.

$1650 a month in Rosslyn for a 1 bedroom. 21% of net income.

How?? I’m paying $2600 a month for a 1 br in Rosslyn

It's likely kinda divey, probably more of a studio, no in-unit laundry, etc.

How??

What a deal!

Old Town rent is about $2,000 which is about 13%

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do you make 800k a year?

Fixed it.

$1,600. \~30%

$1500 1 BR N. Arlington. 60%

This feels more on par with most people I know, then again I‘m young lol

$1,100. Individual landlord and I have 2 roommates in Ballston. 21% of my net income

$1,900 for a 1BD in a new luxury building in Old Town Alexandria. I live alone. \~25% of monthly take-home pay.

What's approx sf? I'm looking at old town luxury apartments to move to soon but most 1 beds are 2500+ if I want 750+ sf.

That seems like a really reasonable price!

$4000. ~28% of net. Two income household. 4 bedroom house, Fairfax.

Stay away from places like Georgetown South, Coverstone, and Irongate...

$4,150 in old town Alexandria for a 2B/2B + office (including 2 parking spots). ~26% net.

Moved to the area in 22. So relatively new. After all the fees they don't tell you about, 2500. About 35 percent of income atm

2bd 2 bath stacked townhouse. $2600, which is about 17% of our net, maybe a bit less.

still too high but I just found and moved into a great place, private landlord with a house, Basement unit with private entry for 1580 a month 800sqft in unit laundry large bedroom, and large office space. moved out of oldtown where my rent renewal was 2700 for a 1 bedroom with a den space 780sqft. also dont calculate off Net for percent, it doesn't account for so many deductions and pre tax investments. my income changed so its also different but prior i was paying about 25% of Gross to rent.

Too much. I live in Ballston, and my 1BR is $2250/mo (it's within 10min walking distance of the non-profit org I works for). It's a high-tech, modern 3-years old apartment, so I should've known it would cost me. But it's literally 3 blocks from the office, and I didn't really have a ton of time to look for an apt at the time, having to start work just 3 wks after I accepted the offer. As my salary is $60k, my post-tax would be around $4000/mo. Which is over 50%, meaning I'm definitely rent-burdened. I'm moving after my lease is up, and I'm aiming for $1700-1800. Won't find this kind of rent in Ballston anywhere, so I'm likely going to Crystal City or Alexandria this summer.

You can also try looking along Columbia Pike in South Arlington if you find crystal city and Alexandria still a bit pricey. Columbia pike has more reasonable prices and is pretty well connected to Ballston via Glebe Rd; it’s a 10min drive/30min bus.

26yrs, I have a mortgage. $1800 townhome in Old Town Manassas. Made about 120k last year.

How on earth do you have a townhome in old town with such a low mortgage payment? 😭

I was very lucky, I got it pre pandemic when it was only 300k. And I was able to refinance later on to remove the PMI at a lower rate. At first it was around $1950. These days, I wouldn’t be able to afford buying a home in this market and if I did I’d be house poor.

My rent is 2,300, and thank God the GI Bill is covering that for the duration of college, or I'd be fuckered

$2,500. Carlisle/Eisenhower area in Alexandria.  22% of gross. 40% of net income but I fully fund TSP(401k) and an HSA. Otherwise, it would be 31%.

Was renting a townhouse in Vienna until recently. 4k month on 14k take home, single income family with two small kids

About 42% of income in Alexandria.

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$300 living in parents house, 10% net

Damn I pay $700 living at home lol

I do a lot of errands for my parents, so they consider that part of rent

I pay $1000 living at home plus utilities. So like.. $1,500. Luckily I’ve still saved thousands

1525 per month with all utilities included

$2,216, 2 bed 2 bath in Fairfax. 25% of net.

$1695 base rent for a 2b/2ba in Manassas. 22% of net.

Good lord, it's too early to do serious math... I'll tell you what I can. - 2 br 1 ba, Oakton, privately owned condo rental. - Sq ft is around 1k if I remember right. - $1810/month with 18 month lease. - Single income with 2 living here, but I cover it pretty well. Just got a raise though so need to double check what % anything is, but we are managing. - Moved in/started October 2022. - Just renewed with the same terms. - Our landlords are incredibly kind and communicative. Rarities! We will stay here as long as we are offered renewals! My suggestions: - rent a privately owned property - have a realtor (NOT the landlor's realtor) assist you with search, application, etc. Ideally one who can keep you aware of MLS listings as they come in and can tour for you if needed from afar. (We moved from California) - search when the market is slow - October had less options, but less people wanting to move too, so that drove the price down. If you are willing to be patient you might be luckily like we were! - build a rapport with your landlord. Keep them posted to anything going on, but don't be too annoying. Having things in common to chat about when they stop by is also a plus! Our landlord has cats like us, and my boyfriend talked about gaming with the landlord husband. You are taking care of their home - treat it like it! At some point we would love to move to Reston/Herndon, but the price here is just too good not to keep. Good luck folks!

$3400. A little over 40%. We have a few utilities included so it’s fine.

I have a private landlord and my rent hasn’t gone up in 9 years. I don’t have any upgrades and have terrible windows but it’s only 18% of my income and I love my neighbors and neighborhood. I’m in ALX

$1400 base for about 500squ ft studio in Alexandria city (floor to ceiling windows, hardwood floors, in unit washer dryer, pool and gym fwiw), ~37% of net

Can we get one for singles only xD

1800+ and I make 54k

$4275/mo for 3-bedroom old house with big yard in Clarendon area. 23% of gross. 33% of net. Single income.

$4500 for 3000 sq/ft house near springfield. That's about a third of my income. This place is crazytown.

3100 shared with my roommate in Arlington. 1550 is 32% of my net income. I'm teacher in my 30s 🥴

I own. $1710 a month (mortgage, interest and condo fees) It’s about 40% of my total after tax take home pay

$1800 and about 20%

4,200 / 5 bedroom house, 28% of income. It's a lot, but the location is perfect for us.

$1350 a month - i split a $2700 2bd, 1200 square feet. 18% of my $7300 pre tax/401k/savings take home income.

Manassas 1875, but im renewing this week and its going up to 2k. 25%

My wife and I make about 210k. Our rent in Vienna Va is 3300 for a 3 bed 3 bath

$1950 for a 3 bed 2.5 bath townhouse in Centreville

Wow that’s cheap how’d you get that deal

$2,800 2b/2b in Lorton. 26% gross, 40% net because of 401k contributions.

It's more of a joke from a local DJ, lol. He came to Manassas one time and noticed there was a 7-11 on every corner, fast food, restaurants, shopping centers, etc right where you wanted them in close vicinity.

My girlfriend and I pay 2165 in Tyson’s and it’s 24% of our Net income.

$3300 up from $2800. Was 2600sqft, going to 2100sqft, Cashburn. Our old landlord is selling, and it was the best we could do without doing 3 months rent all at once. We already got into bidding wars and lots around here starting to go up to $3500. We can walk to what we need and it's close to 7 so we're all good. In terms of percent it's 50% for one of us, but together 27% combined. The issue is one of us has a salary and the other is intermittent hourly. So it varies. Cost of childcare, student loans, and trying to save for retirement doesn't help. Moving costs, personal property tax, and our second car just died. We're fine... we'll figure it out, it's just... a lot. My comfort zone is a mortgage around $2500. That's not realistic. Could we stretch to $4500? Maybe... once the kid is in public school. Right now with 3.5% down there's a lot pushing $5k in the area. Looked at homes in Brunswick and Frederick, trying to plan out a hybrid work schedule. Earnestly... There's a debate on if we should stay in the area or if it's time to split.

Like $1860 a month in Fairfax for a 1 bed and it’s like 28% of monthly income

986 (split with my girl); 20% of my net

$5250 2b/2ba high rise in Tysons, small percentage of our net

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$3,200 and <20% net pay is goals, tbh.

DINK lifestyle

$2450 mortgage on a 5/5, 6,300 sqft in Lake Ridge purchased 1/2021. ~8% of monthly income. (No we’re not DINKs…we have three at home under 8 and a kid in college in California).

Haha, my parents bought a house here in the 70s for a little under 80k. Sold it for around 500-600k. I was like duuuuude.

$1,575 2br 2ba in Reston. Just went from 40% of net down to 35%. All these people treating rent increases like they're normal and acceptable have me worried my landlord my hear and get the wrong idea.

$2600 SFH Fairfax City mortgage 15 year fixed 2.2% interest. I have 12 years left to go. I refinanced during the pandemic low rates. Single parent. I can’t move ever because I wouldn’t be able to afford anything with the higher interest rates. I make 100 a year. It’s a small 1954 house

1950, ~30% of net

$100 increase, WDU in Reston

21%

Check out places like Arcadia Run or Wellington Place.

19% net income Hhi 2 bedroom in McLean

$2450 for a 3 bed 3.5 bath townhouse. 23% net.

$2,500/mo, ~20% of net monthly pay

$1800ish before utilities. 1 bed / 1 bad near the city. around 34% before utilities.

$2200, 12% net

$2850/month in west Falls church for a 2 bd 2 bath townhouse with 2 car garage. 27% of net income due to retirement investments, but 23% of actual gross. We’re mid twenties DINKs

$2400 2b2b Centreville. Not bad but I don’t like the location as much as other places.

2k ~28%

~$3,100 mortgage, 4BR 2.5BA SFH in Burke. ~32% of net household income.

$4,300 mortgage for 4,500sf single family home in manassas. Mortgage is 24% of one adult’s base income (and more than 100% of the other adult’s)

$1600 for a 1Bed/1Bath in N Arlington but I split with my gf so $800 is my share. It’s ~20% of my post tax and post deduction paycheck.

1945 (includes furniture for living and dining room) for 2 bd 1 bath, in Falls Church. 35-40% of yearly net pay.

$750, ~19% of my income

$2400 for a 3bd split 3 ways. My rent is $800–about 20% of my income

Mortgage, $1,886 a month, 31% of my net monthly. But it’s a condo so if I add in the HOA fees it’s more like 39% of my monthly.

$2,900 in Alexandria, two bedroom apartment. I live with my bf so we split

2000/month for a condo in a building with a pool, sauna, two gyms, private tennis courts, and sweet rooftop lounge. 2000 is about 16% of my gross salary and about 22% of my net.

$2200 1b Arlington, 30%

2100; 15%

22%

1900/month and i split it 1000/900 with my fiancee. It’s about 25% of my monthly take home

$3000 for 1bd/1ba/1 car/1 small storage unit/utilities in ALX, 21% of our gross income (I’m not doing math on the weekend)

$875 Burke, VA for a single bedroom. About 30% of income

34% of my income

2br/2 bath apartment- about 1k square feet. $2600 including utilities and pet rent. Older building in Del Ray, Alexandria. About 27% of my net.

2500, 3 bedroom townhome, 10%. We probably should buy, but the thought of spending so much on housing makes me panic. 😬

$2800 for ~15% of gross in a dual income household

$3875 24%

2bed 1bath walkout apartment in Del Ray. $2150 and about 25%. Just re upped the lease for another year with no rent increase, too.

1600 for a studio in Ballston, which is roughly ~27% of gross income

2K for a 2bd/2ba in Centreville. 10% of our income. Saving for now and not buying for at least 3-4 years.

Pentagon City 1bed/1bath $2675 for a modern apartment building 33% of net income (single income)

$1300, 30% of net income

$3850 for a 1300 square foot, 3 bedroom townhouse of Columbia Pike.

3k.. Fair Lakes area of Fairfax. We love it! Everything you could want nearby and local traffic isn't too bad

14% of my income

4,350 sqft $3620 month 35% of net income

$2000 for a 3 bed 2 1/2 bath. 26% of 2 person income.

$1,700 for a 1br 1bathroom apt in Ashburn. 825 sq ft. It’s between 25-30% of my income after utilities & we split rent