However, there are some places in the country where a renter could expect to pay more than twice that amount and the average monthly rent stands at $2,757, or more than $33,000 per year.Why rental prices matterHome prices often get the most attention in the national media, yet only 65.4% of Americans own their homes, and that percentage has declined in each of the past eight years:Meanwhile, the percentage of vacant rental properties has also fallen dramatically after peaking in 2009 at 10.6%, and now stands at 8.7%:It will be curious to monitor how these two data points trend in coming years, and whether this will represent a fundamental change in where Americans live.

I am a Realtor with Better Homes of American Heritage Federal Realty.

If you have financial goals, there is no reason you can't move to one of the perfectly acceptably hundreds of U.S. cities with jobs that pay almost as much, but allow you to build wealth at 2,3, or 10X the rate and have comparable amounts of run.Here's a graph of A typical American's expenses:See that piece of the pie that is a THIRD of the typical American's budget?

Even though you might find a few American engineers that would argue I suspect that is the minority.

I am doing real estate investing and services, government and small business consulting services, and personal finance educational services.I was told in 1999 by Ken Hiyashi (former Japanese billionaire who went bankrupt in the late 1980's when the Japanese were buying up American commercial real estate):"One you have made money and lost it, it's easy to make it again. 

Here in Oswego the water is supplied by American Water company.

A way to find out if a specific counties info is online free to research or minimal cost is netronline.com...very good tool for any re investor. 1st American Title also has something they offer investors to research.

This American tradition is rather simple, it is our day to give thanks, however we chose to do that, for our blessings, our success, our families and our lucky stars if you like.It's going to be a day of turkey and ham, dressing and our favorite meals, usually with pumpkin pie with assortments of other things that will make you fatter.

If you own a house, have a car, basically a regular American poor average person.

Yes, that's what most of North America used to be like before us Americans' ruined it.So, you're investing in Wasilla?