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Title: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: purenaturalstrength on February 22, 2012, 01:00:15 PM
looking to move out of my mother's basement

is it a bad idea or a good idea to live together with training partner to share rent? i see this could be a good idea only bad part is it will be awkward when girlfriends come over etcetra
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: Voland on February 22, 2012, 01:01:12 PM
i don't pay rent cos i bought my shitty apt. but i pay about 300/mo worth of gas, electricity, phone, water and all that bs.
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: purenaturalstrength on February 22, 2012, 01:03:32 PM
i don't pay rent cos i bought my shitty apt. but i pay about 300/mo worth of gas, electricity, phone, water and all that bs.
buying an appartment is probably smarter than renting one but i dont think i'm ready to buy
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: Henda on February 22, 2012, 01:03:42 PM
we spend £120 a month on gas/electric not sure what that is in dollars
mortgage is £215 a lot cheaper that renting
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: Dr Dutch on February 22, 2012, 01:05:12 PM

is it a bad idea or a good idea to live together with training partner to share rent? i see this could be a good idea only bad part is it will be awkward when girlfriends come over etcetra
What has this question gotta do with the threads title ?   ???
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: purenaturalstrength on February 22, 2012, 01:06:40 PM
What has this question gotta do with the threads title ?   ???

sharing a slightly more expensive appartment with a friend can reduce the percentage of my income going to rent i meant
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: mass243 on February 22, 2012, 01:07:50 PM
buying an appartment is probably smarter than renting one but i dont think i'm ready to buy


Noooooot necessarily under the current uncertainty of the future in many places.

Depends also what country you live in. USA and southern Europe are most probably going to take big hittage economically which automatically means depreciation in values of real estate as unemployment raises.

By renting an apartment now and patiently waiting for the prices to drop you can save big bucks.
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: purenaturalstrength on February 22, 2012, 01:09:38 PM

Noooooot necessarily under the current uncertainty of the future in many places.

Depends also what country you live in. USA and southern Europe are most probably going to take big hittage economically which automatically means depreciation in values of real estate as unemployment raises.

By renting an apartment now and patiently waiting for the prices to drop you can save big bucks.
interesting

i always thought prices are only going up when it comes to houses etc

Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: Rearden Metal on February 22, 2012, 01:11:31 PM
My rent plus utilities is roughly 1/7 of my net monthly income. The real expense is food/entertainment/clothes.
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: purenaturalstrength on February 22, 2012, 01:12:31 PM
My rent plus utilities is roughly 1/7 of my net monthly income. The real expense is food/entertainment/clothes.
you must earn big money

what job do u have?

i gotta get rich like getbiggers

Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: mass243 on February 22, 2012, 01:17:29 PM
interesting

i always thought prices are only going up when it comes to houses etc



Haha, even if you're not serious (which I hope you aren't), this is not funny - many people really think that.

Look at what happened in USA few years back when real estate bubble burst.
Look at Spain now... homes are sold at half the price they were sold sum' time ago... and it keeps fallin'
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: purenaturalstrength on February 22, 2012, 01:19:16 PM
Haha, even if you're not serious (which I hope you aren't), this is not funny - many people really think that.

Look at what happened in USA few years back when real estate bubble burst.
Look at Spain now... homes are sold at half the price they were sold sum' time ago... and it keeps fallin'
yeah but in my part they have been steadily increasing over the last 30-40 years
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: SamsonD on February 22, 2012, 01:28:42 PM
All of my bills together(rent, cell, electric, water, tv) are about 1/3 of my take home each month.  I have been as high as 1/2 when I made less money and that is as high as I ever want to go.
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: Rami on February 22, 2012, 01:28:48 PM
looking to move out of my mother's basement

is it a bad idea or a good idea to live together with training partner to share rent? i see this could be a good idea only bad part is it will be awkward when girlfriends come over etcetra

sharing rent is a good idea, yet it is awkward at times, but if you work the same job you can save on transportation costs too.  It's truly strange how people accepts being scamming out of our money for the oil and electricity.
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: Voland on February 22, 2012, 01:29:59 PM
you must earn big money

what job do u have?

i gotta get rich like getbiggers



he's a getbigger. CEO at the very least.
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: purenaturalstrength on February 22, 2012, 01:32:11 PM
sharing rent is a good idea, yet it is awkward at times, but if you work the same job you can save on transportation costs too.  It's truly strange how people accepts being scamming out of our money for the oil and electricity.

for instance i could get an appartment nearly twice as big with two bedrooms instead of once for 20-25% more rent

if i do this with my buddy i save definitely a lot of money

definitely considering this lately

only downside seems that i dont really know if it would be possible to have my girlfriend basically live there as well and in case he gets a girlfriend how that would all work....

but the money factor seems more important than women matters so we dont need to struggle from pay check to pay check
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: HTexan on February 22, 2012, 01:39:28 PM
Shit. My mortgage is almost 50% of my income. The first thing I did when i got out of college and got a good job was to buy a new big house in the newest subdivision I could find. Wish I didn't. Why did a guy that didnt have a GF at the time. Need a 4 bedroom house?  :-\ I made one a gym. And still have 2 fucking guest rooms.
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: BayGBM on February 22, 2012, 01:40:14 PM
looking to move out of my mother's basement

is it a bad idea or a good idea to live together with training partner to share rent? i see this could be a good idea only bad part is it will be awkward when girlfriends come over etcetra

If you're really in shape then your schmoe will take care of those things.  :D
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: purenaturalstrength on February 22, 2012, 01:42:01 PM
If you're really in shape then your schmoe will take care of those things.  :D

i know this is a joke but it's still disgusting

this is what i imagine shane hamman's life to be like in between lifting fake plates
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: Papper on February 22, 2012, 01:45:03 PM
rent per month is about 23 percent of month inc. after tax

gas and electrics i dont know but per month it isnt much. maybe its 25-28-ish % altogether

Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: BayGBM on February 22, 2012, 01:50:49 PM
i know this is a joke but it's still disgusting

this is what i imagine shane hamman's life to be like in between lifting fake plates

Leave Shane alone.  Nothing fake here! ;D
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: purenaturalstrength on February 22, 2012, 01:51:14 PM
rent per month is about 23 percent of month inc. after tax

gas and electrics i dont know but per month it isnt much. maybe its 25-28-ish % altogether


i calculated that when i would do it with my friend at such an appartment, and i'd pay half of rent and electric stuff it would be 27% or so

if i would have to do it by myself in a smaller place it would be more like 50%

soo....


rent appartment with friend? some people have been telling me it's a bad idea if you have a girlfriend but i dont know ... i dont want to be broke
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: purenaturalstrength on February 22, 2012, 01:54:12 PM
Leave Shane alone.  Nothing fake here! ;D
holy shit

i meant ANDY HAMMAN

 :-X :-X :-X :-X
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: BayGBM on February 22, 2012, 02:02:41 PM
holy shit

i meant ANDY HAMMAN

 :-X :-X :-X :-X

ha ha ha ha  ;D
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: MikMaq on February 22, 2012, 02:07:40 PM
1/3, it could be 1/4th if I made smarter living/working choices.


P.S. I just quit my job, so really it's all my savings.
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: Papper on February 22, 2012, 02:15:41 PM
i calculated that when i would do it with my friend at such an appartment, and i'd pay half of rent and electric stuff it would be 27% or so

if i would have to do it by myself in a smaller place it would be more like 50%

soo....


rent appartment with friend? some people have been telling me it's a bad idea if you have a girlfriend but i dont know ... i dont want to be broke

financially the cost of about 27 % it think sounds reasonable. depending on size of apartment.

idk what kind of apartment you are talking about, but i guess its a slightly larger one but since you talk about awkwardness with girls, i conclude it is a one or two roomer? maybe under 380 sq feet?

i wouldnt live with someone personally, but many do it.
 
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: 1stkeepitreal on February 22, 2012, 02:16:59 PM
looking to move out of my mother's basement

is it a bad idea or a good idea to live together with training partner to share rent? i see this could be a good idea only bad part is it will be awkward when girlfriends come over etcetra



clearly gay for pay or in this case gay for rent is the way to go.   Good on you for getting off moms tit and joining the real world. Now somebody else can get on mom!
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: MikMaq on February 22, 2012, 02:22:20 PM
It'd be useful to note where you live when you say cost per month. Dumping money into a mortage in some area's is basically a savings account where the same can't be said in places like vegas. Also my guess is if  voland is in east euro the market gotta be pretty diverse.
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: Irongrip400 on February 22, 2012, 02:25:45 PM
Haha, rent...
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: purenaturalstrength on February 23, 2012, 07:39:30 AM
ha ha ha ha  ;D

shane hamman is a legend

shame on me  :-X


anyway the names are easy to mix up  ;D
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: purenaturalstrength on February 23, 2012, 07:40:51 AM


clearly gay for pay or in this case gay for rent is the way to go.   Good on you for getting off moms tit and joining the real world. Now somebody else can get on mom!


being gay destroys the purpose of getting a reasonable size and quality appartment for the girls

if ur gay might as well live in a small box for $500 a month
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: Rearden Metal on February 23, 2012, 08:10:12 AM
you must earn big money

what job do u have?

i gotta get rich like getbiggers



Family business. Marketing firm for residential and commercial building products. I also write door and hardware schedules.

I earn decent money but nothing like I did from 05-08.
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: Vince G, CSN MFT on February 23, 2012, 08:13:56 AM
I would say about 15%
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: purenaturalstrength on February 23, 2012, 08:15:23 AM
I would say about 15%

whoa getbiggers are making big dollars

hopefully me too in a few years
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: Voland on February 23, 2012, 12:21:15 PM
whoa getbiggers are making big dollars

hopefully me too in a few years

Well Vince is a multifaceted entrepreneur, he makes 7 figures.
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: G_Thang on February 23, 2012, 12:25:25 PM
whoa getbiggers are making big dollars

hopefully me too in a few years

vince lives in a trailer park with another man in the south, probably pays $200 for his spot. you really don't want to mess with that.

me, 27% (correction) in san diego after 5.5 mths.  that's not bad at all.
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: purenaturalstrength on February 23, 2012, 12:28:19 PM
vince lives in a trailer park with another man in the south, probably pays $200 for his spot. you really don't want to mess with that.

me, 27% (correction) in san diego after 5.5 mths.  that's not bad at all.
u paying that all by urself or splitting it with wife? (lol probably never gonna happen right)
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: no one on February 23, 2012, 12:36:46 PM

i figure a 1/3rd of what i clear.

i dont rent i own. water/gas/hydro expensive here. throw in cable/ internet and phone and its easily 1/3.

Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: NeilGM on February 23, 2012, 12:38:10 PM
Ok well to give you an idea in the Uk you will have the following "bills"

Rent/Mortgage
Ground Rent (If flat or if special site)
Maintainence (If flat or has communual areas)
Gas
Electricity
Water/Waste
TV/Radio License
Phone Line Rental
Internet connection
Contents Insurance
Building Insurance (If you own the building)
Council Tax (Tax paid to the local authority)

Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: G_Thang on February 23, 2012, 12:48:38 PM
u paying that all by urself or splitting it with wife? (lol probably never gonna happen right)

where you the guy who lived in san diego, was posting before i relocated?  it's expensive, but you can control costs going at it single.  plus i've met some really helpful women, even though people come and go here.   
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: BayGBM on February 23, 2012, 12:53:23 PM
Ok well to give you an idea in the Uk you will have the following "bills"

Rent/Mortgage
Ground Rent (If flat or if special site)
Maintainence (If flat or has communual areas)
Gas
Electricity
Water/Waste
TV/Radio License
Phone Line Rental
Internet connection
Contents Insurance
Building Insurance (If you own the building)
Council Tax (Tax paid to the local authority)



Ouch!  Schmoetime!  ;D
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: Rearden Metal on February 23, 2012, 01:10:54 PM
i figure a 1/3rd of what i clear.

i dont rent i own. water/gas/hydro expensive here. throw in cable/ internet and phone and its easily 1/3.



Close to the stifling point. Probably still very manageable as I imagine you have a very nice place that costs a lot and thus the other 2/3 is a significant amount.
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: BiGHer on February 23, 2012, 01:26:41 PM
I currently rent, but owning is what I would like to be doing within the next 5 years -

Here is what my monthly bills look like:

Rent: $1,450 <-- Heat and Hot water included
Electric: $70/month - average (it varies)
Cell Phone, Internet, and other Misc. Bills: Approx. $350/month

So Approx. $1,900/month which = about 25-35% of my net income.

Note: I work primarily in sales so commissions are a big part of my pay and some months are better than others... this is an average.  Oh and no, I'm not a drug dealer for all you GBer's who think that's what "sales" means lol.
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: no one on February 23, 2012, 04:55:54 PM
Close to the stifling point. Probably still very manageable as I imagine you have a very nice place that costs a lot and thus the other 2/3 is a significant amount.

i do ok.

not everyone here lives in their moms basement, saving every last penny to buy just one more kit of GH... but im pretty sure they are here too, and more power to them we all have to start somewhere and they'll get to where they want to be in time given opportunity and work ethic.

actually is amazing how many successful people actually do post here, and although its a running joke about the number of jet setters here banging playboy models and etc its not too far off the mark in some cases. i go away 4-5 times a year or so and im not extending myself to do so thankfully- playa last jan, memorial day in LV, peru and mexico again this jan and cuba in march. i have the toys someone my age would like to own, a nice property with a mortgage that over time and prudence has become negligible, disposable income. life is good, and im very lucky and appreciative that i have the live i live. i am truly blessed in every way, shape and form.
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: MichaelScottDM on February 23, 2012, 06:46:44 PM
Live with my mommy. So everything goes right into savings. No shame here boys! And I make a decent salary being right out of college.
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: Rhino on February 23, 2012, 10:03:06 PM

Noooooot necessarily under the current uncertainty of the future in many places.

Depends also what country you live in. USA and southern Europe are most probably going to take big hittage economically which automatically means depreciation in values of real estate as unemployment raises.

By renting an apartment now and patiently waiting for the prices to drop you can save big bucks.
also condo fee is high and is like paying rent :(
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: Rhino on February 23, 2012, 10:07:28 PM
If you're really in shape then your schmoe will take care of those things.  :D
reason why gays are more motivated to train ):
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: mahg2 on February 24, 2012, 05:11:26 AM
Dont just share apartments share girlfriends also.
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: Vince G, CSN MFT on February 24, 2012, 05:18:27 AM
u paying that all by urself or splitting it with wife? (lol probably never gonna happen right)


Actually my mortgage is now 95 dollars a month and electric is 35 dollars a month so in fact its more like 7%. 
Title: Re: what percentage of your monthly net income do you spend on rent + gas/electric
Post by: mahg2 on February 24, 2012, 05:19:57 AM
I would say about 15%

You look like you smell like shit.