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Should you try to reduce your rent?

Posted June 8, 2009 - 16:22 by Xin Lu

Personal Finance, Real Estate and Housing

for rent sign

Lately it seems that rent prices have been dropping in many areas of the country. Here in San Mateo some residential apartments are dropping prices as much as 20%. This seemed a bit unbelievable until I looked on Craigslist and found that a specific apartment my husband and I looked at around two years ago actually dropped its price by $300 a month from $1699 to $1399 a month. With our lease expiring soon, I wonder if we should move or try to negotiate a lower rent.

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Sometimes I wish I had beautiful long blonde hair and ample cleavage.

Posted May 12, 2008 - 20:01 by Paul Michael

Frugal Living, Shopping, Consumer Affairs

Barbie

Not on my body of course; that would be freakish. And if you’re visualizing it right now, I’m really sorry…especially if you’re eating. No, I’m basically reacting to several incidents over the past few weeks/months/years which have forced me to come to the following conclusion: getting deals seems to be a whole lot easier if you’re easier on the eye.

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