Renting in New Hampshire

[Rochelle]

Apparently NH is the 9th most expensive state to rent in the USA counted by how much you have to earn before less than one third of your income goes to your rent

No friggin kidding me; i'm paying the same amount for a room right now as I would have paid for a whole one-bedroom apartment in Wichita, KS! But I'm also reasonably certain I'm getting paid more here than I would have been paid back home.

robably true, unless you live with a bunch of other people in Ron's house!

Or Alec's he's got a room open and is looking for a renter!

[Dreepa]

In some towns a $250,000 house can hit $5000 a year in property taxes (Derry). 

I guess you won't be moving to Hopkinton.
$250,000 would be about $5,500 in taxes.

[David]

robably true, unless you live with a bunch of other people in Ron's house!

Or Alec's he's got a room open and is looking for a renter!

Who is Alec?  I'm looking for a place to rent, prefferably around manchester or Keene. 

[Lloyd Danforth]

I tried to fix the above, but, couldn't move his question outside of the quote.

Alec Muller.  I don't how to contact him.  Try the member list on the FSP forum.

[stitcherman]

wheather you "rent" or "own"  slave boxes might be a more realistic term.

[burnthebeautiful]

wheather you "rent" or "own"  slave boxes might be a more realistic term.

So you avoid being a slave, how? Sleeping on a park bench?

[stitcherman]

no, but it is nice to be aware that you are one.

[Rodinia]

Hm, I'm going to have to make more money if I want to pay these horrendous property taxes!

Put into perspective with the overall tax burden of states in the US, NH ranks in the bottom 2.

And for the record I'm NOT justifying taxes of any kind.

[Russell Kanning]

for anyone moving from Kansas .... you will pay more for rent

for anyone from CA .... you know you will not have to worry .... nh is much cheaper than most of CA

[Lloyd Danforth]

Urban renewal and local codes have driven out a lot of inexpensive housing.

I rented a room in Portland, ME in 1970 for a dollar a day.  It was in an old colonial house where each floor had a hallway running down the middle and two rows of rooms little wider than a twin bed.  You got a bed, table and lamp  and one clean sheet a week.(the top sheet from last week became the bottom sheet) and shared a bathroom at the end of the hall.

[Russell Kanning]

Would seriously doubt anyone  in CA is paying only 5k for real estate taxes on a 400k home.

In CA you pay about 1% on the original sale price. So it partly depends on how much it was bought for. Even a newly purchased $400,000 house would be $4,000 + maybe a couple hundred.

[Dreepa]

Would seriously doubt anyone  in CA is paying only 5k for real estate taxes on a 400k home.

In CA you pay about 1% on the original sale price. So it partly depends on how much it was bought for. Even a newly purchased $400,000 house would be $4,000 + maybe a couple hundred.

It can be 1% - 1.5%.
Plus income tax.
Plus high sales tax.

[earthhaven]

Some Keene listings:

http://www.keene.edu/reslife/och_list.cfm

http://www.greenwaldrealty.com/rentals.html

http://www.keenecribs.com/home.html

http://www.move.com/searchresults.aspx?st=NH&ct=keene&styp=rent&poe=rentnet

http://www.sentinelsource.com/main.asp?SectionID=77&Class=1

[Edwin Sheldon]

Dear God, a studio apartment in NH goes for more than a 1-bedroom 1-bath with kitchen and living area in Mobile, AL.  I sure hope I can find a decent job, else my NH-related plans will have to be put on hold for a while.   

[Kat Kanning]

How much per year do the state sales and income taxes come to in AL?