@Barbara G.Yes I would say $1300 is the bare minimum.

Hello BP members,We are starting out with a single family home which is built in 2011 and barely used.

the price definitely sounds dirt cheap enuf to jump on, considerin around here that house would be listed at like 20X that and yet the rent, barely 3X that =L

When I see that a podcast is barely 60 minutes long, I'm not gonna lie..

Its barely noticeable at first.

I'm looking at the market rents in the fruitvale area of Oakland, it appears that the market rent is increasing for Oakland as a whole, but what are the neigborhoods like since most of the properties are C- to B-.  Are

So, even the applicants who barely meet your requirements may seek alternative means to live someplace else- even if it means being dishonest to do so.I think you're wise to go with a voucher program given your description of the place, but I would suggest modifying your requirements to obtain a better quality resident.

We have high taxes in CT, yet I'm satisfied with my ROI on houses that barely break the 1% rule.

In the Denver metro to Boulder there is no limit on pricing houses sell at almost all price points,the average new construction house in the metro is around $500k last I read - there is just not a market for the price point it takes to make sense in the smaller/lower priced areas.It says a lot about an area when rents are going up quickly and prices are barely following - rent of $1,100 amount buys a nice house in the areas you mentioned in Southern CO.

So you can see we are basically barely meeting demand, if that, as prices continue to appreciate.