I've been told between 20 and 30 percent is about right

I've been on the high side of that for a while but with my recent downgrade in dwellings I'm back in that range

Charlotte is kinda weird with pricing and really inconsistent from neighborhood to neighborhood

12/5/2008 10:25:03 AM

0%

12/5/2008 10:25:20 AM

approx 10%

12/5/2008 10:26:15 AM

exactly 30% net



[Edited on December 5, 2008 at 10:27 AM. Reason : about 20% gross]

12/5/2008 10:26:18 AM

18% of my gross.

12/5/2008 10:27:41 AM

this thread has never been done before

12/5/2008 10:28:33 AM

about 15% of my bring home.

12/5/2008 10:29:00 AM

22% b4 taxes and whatever else gets taken out
29% after all the taxes and everything comes out

[Edited on December 5, 2008 at 10:31 AM. Reason : ]

12/5/2008 10:31:05 AM

i would probably refer to
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12/5/2008 10:33:04 AM

26% of my disposable income.

[Edited on December 5, 2008 at 10:35 AM. Reason : disposable]

12/5/2008 10:34:02 AM

10% of net

12/5/2008 10:34:40 AM

bout 17% after taxes. Boo taxes.

12/5/2008 10:34:41 AM

How many of you live alone or have roommates?

12/5/2008 10:35:30 AM

mine is a mortgage though....not rent

12/5/2008 10:35:50 AM

I live alone and it's way too high.

I'm changing that come March when my lease is up!!!!

12/5/2008 10:36:16 AM

alone

Went from a 1400 one bedroom to a 1080 two bedroom

[Edited on December 5, 2008 at 10:37 AM. Reason : x]

12/5/2008 10:36:43 AM

i have a roommate but i live alone

12/5/2008 10:36:45 AM

I have a roomate and am alone for 70% of the week. It's kick-ass.

12/5/2008 10:38:27 AM

I have a roomate and am alone for 70% of the week. It's kick-ass.

12/5/2008 10:38:27 AM

I have a roomate and am alone for 70% of the week. It's kick-ass.

[Edited on December 5, 2008 at 10:39 AM. Reason : holy shit triple post]

12/5/2008 10:38:27 AM

Who wants to be my roommate? I am clean and pay bills before they are due.

12/5/2008 10:38:33 AM

LIES, you psychic?

12/5/2008 10:39:49 AM

Yes and no.

12/5/2008 10:40:20 AM

ha, damn mine's way high

12/5/2008 10:41:05 AM

i would let DivaBaby19 move in with me in March

but i'm pretty confident that her dog will eat my cat

[Edited on December 5, 2008 at 10:42 AM. Reason : asdf]

12/5/2008 10:41:46 AM

Tie the dog up outside and problem solved.

12/5/2008 10:42:36 AM

mortgage+hoa ~ 40% of take home

(pay - taxes - 401k)

12/5/2008 10:42:51 AM

that sounds like a good plan to me

[Edited on December 5, 2008 at 10:43 AM. Reason : ^^^]

12/5/2008 10:42:59 AM

I was thinking about a condo or townhouse but I'm too much of a vagabond to tie myself anywhere for more than 6 months in advance

12/5/2008 10:44:27 AM

15% net

my landlord is a mean sonofabitch too


[Edited on December 5, 2008 at 10:46 AM. Reason : ]

12/5/2008 10:45:13 AM

i bet you slept with him to get your rent that low


you dirty ho

12/5/2008 10:46:17 AM

I will subsidize rent for sleeping with me.

12/5/2008 10:46:47 AM

my mortgage is about 30% gross, 35% net

i keep debating getting a roommate to rent the master bedroom, but i never around to making it happen...i love living alone (well, with my dog) too much...and it's nice to be able to have people over without considering anyone else

[Edited on December 5, 2008 at 10:48 AM. Reason : .]

12/5/2008 10:46:56 AM

^^^all the time...rent's due today actually. i think i'll sleep with him to buy me some more time

[Edited on December 5, 2008 at 10:47 AM. Reason : ^]

12/5/2008 10:47:07 AM

wat

12/5/2008 10:47:13 AM

it was about 40% of my take home pay.

but i moved out and am living with my parents for a little bit

so none now!

12/5/2008 10:49:40 AM

I think I'm gonna love having an empty extra bedroom

It'll be my conmbination dressing room/workout room/place to throw all my extra shit room

12/5/2008 10:50:21 AM

pffft

it'll be the beatin' room and you know it

12/5/2008 10:50:51 AM

haha Trixie will NOT be tied up outside. She's too much of a diva like her mom.

She won't eat your cat, but she will chase that thing until it kills over (she thinks cats are playing when they run) haha

12/5/2008 10:52:00 AM

yeah yeah

plastic lining covering the walls for my 8 foot ropes

12/5/2008 10:52:37 AM

17.12% of net

12/5/2008 10:52:56 AM

20% of net
Do have a roommate, or more properly, I am the roommate (he owns the condo, I rent room from him).

12/5/2008 10:53:12 AM

I live with my wife, but I pay the rent because my degree is worth more than hers

12/5/2008 10:55:29 AM

20% of net, in 3-4 years if at same place 3-5% of net

12/5/2008 10:55:58 AM

8.5% before taxes,
11% after taxes. But it's a mortgage too, and I usually pay a lot more than the minimum

12/5/2008 11:00:35 AM

in less than 8 years mine will be 0% of my income

12/5/2008 11:02:33 AM

it's possibly about to be 35-40%...and i really don't make that much.

time for a second job?

12/5/2008 11:03:38 AM

It is not rent, and my ARM adjusted down last year so its $100 dollar bucks cheaper now

17.8% of Personal Gross
26.1% of Personal Net (after 401K and Insurance Deductions in addition to taxes)


16.6% of Household Net

12/5/2008 11:15:18 AM

Quote :

"mortgage+hoa ~ 40% of take home"

12/5/2008 11:18:03 AM

10% net

12/5/2008 11:20:09 AM