We live in Alabama.... Small town--- Average income is between 65,000 to 90,000
We lock into a rental house for $1,100 that was 3 years ago now the rentals in this area are $1,350 or more...
1900 Sq ft
3 bedroom
2 baths
Garage
Master bath is 10 X 19--God, I going to miss that bathroom!!!
The landlord has never increase our rent,

He owns alot of properties in this area... I'm shocked we haven't seen an increase in rent. We plan on buying a home next summer and he said, he hates to see us leave.. he is going to have a hard time finding good renters like us We make most of the repairs ourselves.. we only had to call him out once when dh couldn't f igure out how to fix something
our expense
Rent $1100
Grocery Bi-weekly $350
Car payment $459
Gas Bill Winter time $200
Water & trash $65
Electric drops to $120 in winter
Phone,internet,cable $95
CC $50.00
Cell Phone (4 Phones) $105
Renter ins $15
Car insurance $1600 a year, no wrecks no speeding tickets just the cost of having 2 kids on our policy