San Francisco area affordable apartments.. wtf!?

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San Francisco area affordable apartments.. wtf!?

Answer 1

$1200 per month??? Forget it. You will not find anything at that price anywhere within 50 miles of San Francisco, except maybe Vallejo, and that place kinda sucks. The only persons who pay $1200 or less per month are persons who have Section 8 housing assistance. If $1200 per month is your absolute max, you'll need to look through the Craigslist "rooms / shared" section.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

There is not really a ghetto in the same sense as big cities have. There are socio-economic conditions that cause more crime. Do not use Craigslilst, too many scams. You contact a real estate agency or property management company that has rental listings. Dont look online for these strange sites you mentioned. For Rent.com or Apartments.com are legitimate but a personal approach will get what you want.



You should come here and live in a residentail hotel for a few weeks and talk to other people to find out where you should live. For $1200 in San Francisco you may find a basement apartment away the historic and tourist neighborhoods in plain vanilla residential areas like Outer Sunset, Outer Richmond, Panhandle, Pt Lobos, Western Addition, Cole Valley, Excelsior, Outer Mission. Do not look at Bayview, Hunters Pt, Visitacion Valley, Junipero Serra, Bayshore, Civic Center, Tenderloin. Do not look at Oakland, Richmond, Vallejo, Berkeley because you dont know what neighborhoods to avoid.



Housing prices are starting to go up again. I would suggest to you the Peninsula, south of San Francisco and places like Brisbane, San Bruno, Daly City, San Mateo, South San Francisco and you can take Cal Train to work. In the E. Bay where the BART runs, you can check out Hayward, San Lorenzo, San Leandro, Fremont suburbs.



You might want to look at Novato in Marin county but it will take 1 hour ride to S.F. because there is only a commuter bus and no trains. You can find a 1-bdrm. for $1200.

Answer 4

I heard on the Wall Street Journal radio program last weekend that there are now more million dollar homes than ever before in Silicon valley and from what I recall San Francisco isn't really that far away. If you wanted to stay somewhere for a few weeks you can contact the employer and ask for a discount or a freebee of them putting you up in a nearby hotel while they interview you. I suspect it's the salary that will be offered for the job you're applying for that sounds superb however know that it's a drop in the bucket if the cost to live there takes up most of that salary or more. The cost of technology has made good jobs but comes along with knocking out the middle class. Just think if the electrical grid went down everybody there would be in real trouble. So don't cut ties back home when you go to SF, and be careful what you sign (whether it be a lease or an employment contract, know what others there have signed and how they worked their finances).

Answer 5

San Francisco is currently considered the most expensive place in the country. Followed by Los Angeles and then New York City (obviously, this based on the 5 borroughs not just Manhattan).



If there is nothing in your price range and you are doing a detailed search, time to change your requirements = look for roommate / shared housing situations or lower your requirement of what is a "ghetto" or expand the area of what you consider San Fran.

Answer 6

I am nowhere close to SF. But when I moved, the following site was recommended to me.



Website: http://www.city-data.com/



Forum for SF: http://www.city-data.com/forum/san-francisco-oakland/



Good Luck.

Answer 7

the entire bay area is extremely expensive

you do NOT want to live in oakland or richmond especially richmond it has one of the biggest crime rates in the state especially violent crime

Answer 8

I live around there. Sorry Mitch, but 1200 is going to be ghetto. There is no way to avoid it. You can't expect to pay ghetto rent but not live in the ghetto.



Try Richmond (whole place is a ghetto), maybe Pinole. Berkley will not have anything. Oakland is questionable, but anything you find that cheap is not going to be safe. I hate to sound racist, beause I am not, but unless you are black, and you are armed, you really should skip Oakland, It is a pretty violant city.



You might want to think about a roommate. You can rent a room in a safe area for that.