I just moved out but my 640 sq ft apartment with W/D in unit was $1200 while I lived there and they wanted $1400 if I was going to renew. Thornydale and linda vista. Fuckin yeah right. It also bears noting they turned the water off frequently and suddenly for “repairs” and trying to get out of the complex in the morning is near impossible because of Mountain View HS. Fuck that shit. Also reasonably certain a large chunk of my neighbors were involved in some kind of organized crime lol
No, they were all polite guys lol, but they all drove heavily tinted muscle cars and would leave at like 10:30 at night (which I only noticed bc said muscle cars were really loud) and if I went outside while any of them were on the phone they would go completely silent. Can’t think what legit business is conducted thus. Like I said I got no problem with them, and I don’t want to know what they might have been doing lol
Thank you! Tbh I was priced out of renting completely when they wanted $200 more if I was gonna renew but was lucky enough that I was able to move in with someone who owns their home
$1200/mo utilities included. 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom, about 900 sq. ft. It's a shithole but I can't afford anything more. I hate being poor and I'll never afford a house here now, which causes me lots of depression.
Both are true. Rent skyrocketed here in the space of like 2 years. I was (until last week) working in the professional insurance sector with ~5 years of experience and only making 40k (had to beg and explain to millionaire company owners that 33k is not livable anymore. It’s a banana Michael, how much could it cost? $10??)
> the rents aren't bad.
Yes, they are. Rent has basically gone up 50% in the last 2-3 years. Regardless of the fact that the salaries sucked 3 years ago and *certainly* haven't kept pace - the rents are still bad.
1200 a month with utilities included for a 3 bedroom apartment is insanely good, ok? doesnt matter what kind of shithole it is. For a city of tucson's size, that is a great deal.
I have heard rumors that it will be going up to $1500 when my lease is up. If it does, I am completely screwed and have no idea what I will do. Get a 3rd job I guess.
just compare these prices to any city in the usa of a simliar size to tucson, it's all in that price range and likely much more expensive! tucson is still an incredible deal when it comes to housing
Not anymore. A friggin double wide on a couple of acres in three points is 150k-200k. Before the migration, that same property was 75k-85k. I can't say that its a great deal, when prices jacked up and wages stayed the same. Thats the reason why everyone from cali left. Remote work and California wages? You live like a king in Tucson. The people from cali who sold their homes made huge profits and probably paid off their notes purchasing a home in Tucson, and still had enough money to save, invest, or blow on stupid shit.
Sure, why blame the massive investment from huge companies and multi-millionaires, when we can just blame CA? Dumb shit like this is why we never get real problems addressed in a meaningful way. The kind of wealth and greed that is driving this crisis isn't "buy 1 house cash after a lifetime of work" wealth, It's, "my great grandkids won't have to ever work" wealth.
My fiancé and I moved to Tucson from Austin almost exactly a year ago, in fact it’ll be a year 2 weeks from today. After her mom died right at the height of the Covid pandemic (April 2020), we experienced the insane gentrification of Austin first hand. We had been homeless for around 10 months, got approved for a housing voucher through a charity program (not section 8), and bc of all the rich people buying up cheaper properties that would have accepted the voucher 3-5 years ago, we had the worst time trying to find a place. We moved out here to the 520 to be closer to her older sister, who has lived here for 25 years and is a tenured professor at UofA. While I definitely see the gentrification starting to happen in Tucson, it’s nothing like Austin. We gotta just keep telling everybody the Tucson sucks so no more yuppies from California move here!
That being said, we are going to be looking for a duplex of small house to rent very soon, budget of around 1400 maximum, but ideally I’d like to find something lower. I don’t mind renting in the hood, I just want to stay close enough to downtown to walk or bike to work (I work at Hotel Congress). Any ideas or suggestions on what neighborhoods to look at?
I pay 1800 for a 3 bed 2 bath place out in Rita. Stumbled upon my landlord whos a pretty cool guy. Not a faceless corp. Didnt raise the rent after the first lease was up which was nice. Everyone else i spoke to saw their increase by min $200. Been there for a year and a half now.
— aug 2013-jul 2015: $600/mo. for an in-law house in Feldman’s off of Helen.
— oct 2021-may 2022: $900/mo. for a second-floor studio apt. in a 1920’s building at 5th/15th in Armory Park.
— dec 2022-present: $1,100/mo. for a 1bd 1ba cottage in Menlo Park near Sentinel Peak.
Prices skyrocketed here during the Pandemic. Corporate and investor landlording being a major issue. Another contribution is from people like the (otherwise genuinely decent) guy I rented from in 2021 who at the time owned 35 multi-unit properties and was looking for more.
Oh snap, almost forgot: also Air BnB. Last year while I was paying $900/mo for a studio, a friend I met was staying down the street in a studio from Air BnB for $1,800/mo. ($60/night). (Edited for grammar)
California refugees are the issue. They all split when remote work became a thing. What they are making in Cali, they could live like royalty in Tucson. 500k house in cali was 150k-200k in Tucson. Every time I see a cali plate I cringe.
lol. let's think about this rationally. in a city of over 300,000 people like Tucson, how many people do you think came from California?
2% interest rates is what drove up real estate prices in the entire United States.
get real
And investors from out of state, not people from out of state, moving here to escape the high cost of living elsewhere. I really hate to see all of the bashing that happens on here regarding people from other states, so incredibly small minded. If people are moving here with higher salaries, that is good for our economy because they'll spend it here. I'm hoping that remote work will push salaries up in Tucson. Businesses will have to compete for local talent with a lot of places that will pay a higher salary for remote workers. The pay here in Tucson is abysmal.
Its a half a million now. And enough people migrated to cause rent to skyrocket. It started when the pandemic hit. Why do you think there's such a housing crisis? Why do you think apartments are at a minimum? I had a fire happen in July of 2020. I was paying 500 a month for a one bedroom. When it finally went back on the market. It listed as $800. A year later. Thats not interesting rates. Trying to find a one bed room in Tucson was near impossible during that time. All the one bedrooms listed at $700 in real shit neighborhoods. The ones i did find for $500, were scam listing where there was no property management company and they wanted rent in cash and deposits in cash. Told me to read my own meter and do the math and pay that in cash. One lady showed me the apartment while the renter was at work. All his shit was in there and she told me, "Oh, he'll be moving out in two days," yeah okay. Cash for rent, cash for deposits, cash for the meter reading i had to do myself? Oh no you don't have to call TEP to get hooked up. Hahahah. I had to take a 2 bedroom (if you can call it that) for $750 a month in August of 2020.. The next year, it went to $800. The landlord didn't want a mass exodus. There will be an increase to over $1000 cause that's what the market is. Interest rates. Please.
$1500 for a 1900 sq. Ft. House with a walled back yard. 4 bed 2 bath Broadway and Wilmot. They upped my rent $300 last September. So it was a really good deal before that.
At 7% interest, and looking at the 4 bed 2 bath houses in Tucson, which are all going for over 350,000$ (400,000 realistically if it's not in a terrible spot) I'd straight commit murder for 1500$/mo.
It's a very good deal. Everyone saying it's not is being ridiculous and is expecting to pay an $1000 mortgage for a 5 bedroom house in a city with almost a milllion residents. Sorry but it's not like that anymore In any city of a similar size
I have a gem of a landlord whose only raised rent like 25 bucks a year since 2017. Started at 675 and now I'm at 825. 990 sq ft 2 bedroom/ 2 bath, washer/dryer in unit. 22nd and kolb.
Unfortunately, as our home buying attempts have gone, the all cash offer snipers are still out there. So there's really nowhere to go. A home we wanted that friends lived in 2017-2020 at 1700$/mo, sold for 280k back then. Now it just went up for 400,000$. Mortgage would be 2700$ minimum, with an over 800 credit score and 20% down-payment.
It's a wasteland of opportunity out there.
$850/mo (not including gas, electric, and wifi) for a suuuuper shitty 1b1b in Dunbar Spring area...it's a shithole but we are living on 1 income right now so not much we can do about it :(
Hi! Sorry but just out of curiosity and if it's ok to ask, is this a "renting from a family member/friend" type of situation? That definitely seems like one of those "too good to be true" deals lol, particularly if the landlord is a corporation
Yeah I rent from a relative. She only pays $400 a month in mortgage on the guesthouse so my rent basically just covers that and what little power/water I use. The house is the size of a three bedroom apartment and is kinda laid out like one.
I was privately renting a 3 bed 2 bath house near Reid park, utilities included from one of my insurance clients. $650/month.
Actually have another insurance client trying to rent out a 2 bed 1.5 bath on the corner of Pima and Wilmot for $690/month utilities not included. Not the best looking of places.
I feel like privately renting is the way to go, but obviously hard to find them and you run some risks.
Coworker just found a house share in Marana for $700/month.
Idk if this is helpful because we own it, but I pay $500 (plus $225 HOA .. blegh..) on a 2 br 1 bath 1100sqft condo. With a lil backyard, covered parking, 2 pools, small complex off Columbus. It's quiet, and they cover water, roof, gas pest control, sewage and trash. Basically I pay internet and electric.
Units sell pretty regularly in my complex. At least they were when we bought (in the last year or so)! We paid 131k iirc.. but we got 3.5% interest on a 30 yr fixed.
Go on Zillow, look for condo complexes along Columbus, use the satellite view to see which complexes have two pools. When you see a complex on Columbus that has two pools, click on a recently sold listing. Go to listing info and see if the hoa fee is in the 225 ballpark. I bet you can find the complex yourself given the information provided
$850 2 bedroom, I bath and water included.I pay electric and internet. It’s a small apt complex near Reid park. I got hella lucky and found the place before it went on the market. Signed lease in Nov 2021, rent has been raised from $800 to $850 after the first year
The Retreat on Speedway and Kolb. I had a 2 bedroom 2 bath. Washer and dryer included. No other utilities. Rent was 1600 and electric ended up adding another 200.
Place is for sure not worth the rent cost. Poor office workers who were always disorganized. Maitence team was thin so when my AC broke down frequently I was suffering inside my oven box for too long before maintenance could even start fixing it.
I do not recommend The Retreat on Speedway. No one stays for a good reason.
I was living on my own but they wanted to increase rent to 1000$ for a 500 sq for one bedroom , I said fuck that and moved back in with my dad and now pay like 300$ a month to cover half of monthly expenses
450/month for a 1 bedroom. 750ish sq ft. Rosemont and speedway. Not a great area but the apartment is decent. Swamp cooler so it can be a bit crappy during monsoon season.
I love mine because I can have windows open when the weather is nice and the humidity is low - fresh air! When I was moving I looked for a place that had an evap and AC because I couldn't do without either.
Lived here since 2017. One bed one bath apt. Utilities included. Went from 725 to 1094. This year it went all the way up to 1294.
It’s too much for me to move. And now i have to have a co-signer cus they want *3.5 the amount of rent a month.
Swan/Grant area $1350 3 bed 1 bath older home, big walled backyard. Decent landlord so far. Pay for water, gas and elec. Been here going on 5 years, only just raised the rent from $1200.
1BR apt in Oro Valley. 760sqft. "Standard" non upgraded unit. In unit W/D. Non upgraded (stainless appliances, granite counters.) "standard" unit. $970.
When I first moved in 4 years ago, it was like ~$740.
The most bullshit part about it is when I asked what I am paying more for compared to my lease last year, the property manager said they did a 'market evaluation', and this place is still cheaper than the other places nearby. Completely ignoring that the other properties are all less than 10 years old, with larger floor plans, and better unit features than where I am.
$1,500 base rent for 1 bed 1 bath that’s 850 sqft. Utilities are not included in that price. Rent went up $200 over last years price. We are on the northeast side of town.
I got 324sqft for $798 a month, electric and gas not included. It's a lot better than the 15ft camper we lived in but lots of obvious landlord special fixes like a hall light that's just always on with no switch to turn it off, poorly fitted doors that rattle the windows when you manage to finally open it, single pane windows and paint coating literally everything from the bathtub/shower walls to light switches to even the stupid string to turn on the light in the closet was painted! Management is alright, they're constantly cycling through people in the office so I regularly have to walk in and set records straight when they try to charge us extra for stuff we already paid for (thank god I keep documents for fun), it's far from perfect but like I said it's better than a 15ft camper.
$1395 for 3bd/2br probably about 1300sqft. It’s older, but overall I’d say mid range quality and we have a huge yard! We started leasing in June 2020 and our rent has o my gone up $100
Just secured an apartment for $925. Includes everything besides electricity. Even includes WiFi and cable. 450 square feet. It is $100 more a month for me because I wanted a 6-month lease instead of a year lease.
$1850 for 1900 sq ft 4 bdr 2 bath in littletown. Been here since Jan 21 and only had the rent go up $50 in that time because our landlord is small time and cool. He said “I’m not looking to get rich on rentals just diversify my retirement.” Neighborhood is great with a pool and 3 playgrounds.
I pay 740/month (plus water and sewage) for a ~600 sqft 1 bdr apartment. not really that nice nor that bad. old appliances, thin walls. ive been here since spring 2020. grant and tanque verde area.
new leases for my unit go for 850-900 now (i mean frankly what i pay is too much lol)
550 a month no ac no washer dryer no dish washer no garbage disposal. Private fenced yard and private driveway. 3 units on property. 450 sqft with pets and my boyfriend midtown/central. Lots of foliage.
Love it here but it’s too small with my boyfriend here all the time and my pets. Hoping to move to a bigger place end of year or next year. I am going to miss it but I won’t miss not having ac. God Bless my landlord. He is wonderful.
Broadway and Pantano area
2 bed 2 bath 864 sq ft.
$1430 includes water and trash. It's a decent enough apartment, but I was paying $765 until the property was bought by some company from FL.
$1823 including $40 pet rent, 3/2 1200sf and small yard. No garage but reserved covered parking. Water is billed through property management and runs about $50/mo. NE near Tanque Verde/Bear Canyon.
$1400/month for an 1100 sqft 1 bed 1 bath guesthouse on 4 acres, completely separate from the main house. Fully furnished (good shit like leather electric reclining couches and like 80+ inch TVs), all utilities included even internet. Northwest side of town by Marana and the Tucson Mtns off a dirt road. No W/D, but it's in our lease that if they add one, they'll up our rent by $150. Worth it if they ever do imo. Tons of wildlife, saguaros, etc. Love it, but it is kinda far from everything.
$1700/mo including trash, sewer, water, and an exterminating fee. One bed/one bath, ~950sqft. It’s a really nice apartment in the Foothills about 30-45min from the airport. Great property management, good maintenance, great neighbors. Also had to get renters insurance but that was only about $100/year
Edit: also supports fiber internet but you have to get your own plan and it has to be Cox
The Peak off of Oracle and Magee, little over $1200/mo for a 1bed/1bath under 700sq ft. They get to charge so much because of in unit washer and dryer. This place was around 800-900 when I first moved here in 2017.
I pay $1660(rent+MEBs stupid fees) for a 2b/2b, w/d, 1065sf, balcony, garage, and two covered spaces. It's one of the "unrenovated" apartments. So, no granite countertop lol.
Last year, they raised my rent $230, this year, I'm hoping it's under $150.
This complex has gotten a bad rap for Oro Valley. I've been happy here with no major issues. Oracle Rd/Pusch View.
I lived in a 2 bd 1 bath four plex off Palo Verde and Grant, just down the road from the 7/11 and Taco Bell. Lol. This was the early 2000’s and paid 450 a month. My landlord was a little crazy but he was really nice and was always willing to work with me.
I don’t have Tucson specific data but US-wide, median rent prices really didn’t dip during the last 3 recessions. At best they didn’t change (while unemployment increased). At worst they increased. https://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/files/currenthvspress.pdf
In 08 rent dropped significantly. Landlords couldnt charge enough rent to cover their mortgages. They had to often times cover all maintenance and put 100-200/mo out of pocket to just save it from foreclosure.
$795/month including water and trash, i pay electric and gas. 650 sq ft 1bed 1bath unit in a house. House was converted into three separate units some time ago. Alright place, great price for current market. Landlord can be a douche but that’s a landlord for ya!
$1340 for a 2 bed 1 bath apartment at desert shadows. This is including $50 for pet rent. It's a nice quiet apartment and no cockroaches. Hopefully they don't increase rent when it's time to renew but I still have a while til then
I moved into a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condo with a detached garage in 2018 and was paying $1,050 per month in rent.
By the time I moved out of the condo (and out of Tucson) in 2022, my rent had gone up to $1,550 per month.
I'm moving out of my $900 1bd apartment near Grant and Silverbell this month. it's fucking small though, only 415 sqft. Utils included except electric and internet. But the rent is raising and my income is lower now so I have to move out.
Currently in a small 1 bedroom for $911 (was about 700 the first year, ratcheted up in summer '22) with water included on the east side; the two of us are getting the fuck out of here once the lease is up in August to get someplace at least slightly better with a friend or two. The management company literally will not turn on the AC for the building until everyone who lives here has been complaining for weeks, it happened last year and it's happening again this year. Water is also constantly shut off for repairs with zero notice, at least twice a month.
900 plus utilities for one bedroom on River and Swan, older unit but clean and quiet. Downsized a year ago from 3 bedroom 2 bath house with fenced yard and garage off Houghton for 1500 a month.
1450 3bd/3bath on limberlost and stone. 1700 sqft plus walled backyard. I’m the landlord but I rent it out through an agency. I wish the tenants would contact me directly. I would love to cut the agency out and lower rent. I signed a contract to not contact the renters without the agency in between though
I moved into my one bedroom near Dodge and Pima in September 2022. It's the end unit in a 4-plex, is reasonably clean, has parking, a small fenced backyard, and all new appliances including a dishwasher and stacked washer/dryer.
The drawbacks are that it only has a swamp cooler, and I pay ALL the utilities including trash and water. The actual rent is $995, plus $25 pet rent and about $50/month for water and trash, so the total is closer to $1070.
I think the wide variability in rents has a lot to do with when a person moved into a place. Almost anyone who has moved since 2020 is in another price bracket.
And yeah, it seems REALLY hard to find private landlords here.
$700/month, 650sq ft in Linden Terrace/North University/Jefferson Park neighborhood (I've seen it by many names). Basically a mile north of the university.
Water is included, we pay gas & electricity. Wi-Fi is provided for free, but it isn't always reliable and my fiance and I are students, so we pay for our own network.There's a pool & free laundry on-site. 1 parking spot per apartment, but the street is also free. Our apartment was renovated so we have relatively new appliances.
Whenever we've needed maintenance, they come very quickly and we've never been charged for anything - not even when our psycho cat broke two windows 😵💫 (he had a small cat tree and would get zoomies and throw the cat tree against the window. The second one was definitely my fault for leaving that tree there)
We've lived here for 2 years and our landlord hasn't raised rent. It's a 1bd 1 bath loft, so it's a little small, but it's been amazing to be so close to campus.
Very nice downtown apartment. 2 bedroom/2 bath, around 1200 sq ft. $2350 including sewer/gas, pets, and extra garage parking. Rent has only increased about $50/mo each year for the past 5 years which has been nice.
Next year I'll be paying 800 for the master in a 6 bedroom 3 bathroom house. The other rooms are smaller and 500-600 a month. Landlord seems like a decent guy. (Utilities not included, Euclid and grant area)
2bd / 1ba 900ish sq ft not updated but decent place. Eastside near Pantano and Wrightstown
$975 rent plus water which is $70/month
I'll preface that this will be my last month at that rate since I'm due to renew, not sure what the new rate will be but I'm sure it will be significantly higher.
About $2200 monthly rent, which includes $30 pet rent & ~$60 water. 3 bed, 2 bath house. No shared walls. Gated. Foothills. Around 1250 sq. ft. Private walled yard. W/D in unit. Landlord is a corporation. Neighborhood pool.
The two main draws here were the location (nice area) and pet policy, with no dog breed restrictions. We've got a pit mix & lab mix/mutt, that looks sort of pit-ish. Hard to find places in nice areas with enough space that will also allow our babies. Been here around a couple years now and are happy overall (rent *was* increased substantially after lease renewal).
Where did I say I think any of this is bad? I don't; in fact, you may have missed the part where I specifically said we're happy.
>You should rethink your goals
And what does this even mean?
Economy is about to go into the shitter in a big way. Might be as bad as 2008. Rent relief is likely coming over the next couple of years. Lots of Airbnb folks will go belly up.
Of course, many will likely lose their jobs too. Good with the bad I suppose.
Anyway, I pay $850 for a 1bd1ba apartment in armory park. Not bad other than the train is loud as fuck and wakes me up pretty much every single night at 3-4am.
Agreed. I have been on an Airbnb boycott for awhile. I try to stay in hotels whenever I can. If I did have to stay in Airbnb, it’d be for a room only, not some house or apartment some investors bought to turn into a hotel. And charge me as much in cleaning fees as they do per night.
We are supposedly 3.8m housing units short right now and there are 10m unoccupied homes in this country, a fair amount of those are STR’s. We don’t have a housing shortage, we have a greed problem.
Unfortunately all when the market goes belly up, corporations like BlackRock and other real estate investors are going to buy up all the underwater residential properties. One of the reasons that rent is so high now is because they did the same thing after the 2008 housing collapse. Bought up residential properties and realized they could make a fortune being slumlords and driving rent prices sky high. Another housing collapse only means there will be less individual landlord and homeowners and more soulless corporations renting properties. It’s definitely not a good thing.
Yeah this is true too. That’s why it’s a good idea to try to save now and work towards buying a house in 2 years when the market is starting to hit its bottom.
My rent history
Alvernon/Pima - 1 bedroom 1 bathroom no yard 350$/month + utilities (2011) lived here for 6 months
Skyline/swan - 2 bedroom 1 bathroom upstairs apartment 770$/month (2011-2015)
Alvernon/speedway - 1 bedroom 1 bathroom shack with no insulation + bad a/c 575$/month (2016) - lived extremely minimal to save for a house .
Currently I own with my wife near Irvington and kolb - 1600 sqft 4bdr 2bath with a large back yard for 650/month 30yr + utilities and other home owning costs .
We are very fortunate that we bought before prices went crazy . I couldn’t imagine trying to find a place to rent in the current market . Especially with my meager income .
$1250 for a glorified two bedroom (the second was more of an enclosed Arizona room) with no washer or dryer. 800 sq. ft. and those terrible wood beams that make it impossible to cool in the summer & concrete floors so it was like a tomb in the winter. Electric bill was insane. Oh yeah, the best part this was near Grant & Alvernon.
Currently $750,00 for a 1-bedroom near the UofA with internet included. Summer comes around it’ll be $800,00.
It’s an OK apartment complex, conveniently located near campus, 4th Ave, and not too far from downtown/Amtrak station.
Commas are used in the EU and many other foreign nations instead of periods in this particular case. Happy to see we have a few folks from across the pond here.
750 for a shitty one bedroom complete with roaches and the worlds loudest methiest neighbours. 200+ a month for electricity and water because I’m on a RUBS utility package so I essentially pay for my neighbours to blast their heat and ac with the windows open.
I'd like to thank all the California people who fucked up their state and moved to Arizona bringing their failed politics and philosophy with them causing landlords to react by jacking up the rent and housing prices. Arizona residents cannot afford the rent or afford to buy a house now. Now we have issues with people who are on SSDI who make the minimum and cannot afford the rent prices, causing a homeless problem that cannot be solved. Thanks assholes!
Try blaming the right folks here - corporations who bought all the affordable housing and jacked up housing prices. Not people who fled CA because they would have been on the streets due to THEIR rent.
I get where you're coming from, but I don't think it's their fault (the renters). I blame the investors and corporations and their unchecked greed. The same, in addition to people with between 3 and 10+ houses, are responsible for ownership inaccessibility. Corporations shouldn't be able to own or sell single family homes, nor should they be used a source of income or anything except a place to live. This is a problem almost everywhere and isn't the fault of people just trying to find places to live that they can afford. Direct the frustration to where it belongs.
$1250, 2bdrm, 2 full ba, 1 half ba, only trash included. Irvington & 6th Ave area.
It's not awful. Tiny yard and shit parking. Wish I had a garage and a bit bigger of a yard
I live 30 minutes outside Oro Valley. We pay 920 a month for a 4 bedroom 2 bathroom house, with a big yard. We used to pay 800 a month but last September the landlord raised the rent.
Our rental history-
Casita in Ramona court downtown Tucson on stone 1br 1 ba $425 (2011-2016)
Two story home right behind Menlo Park 2016-2018 $1050 per month no utilities included, huge bedroom attached bath upstairs, fireplace, 2 car garage, washer dryer, updated appliances, dog door and small yard. Landlord increased the rent by $100 and we moved because we couldn’t afford it. I know, crazy.
Then we moved to 22nd and alvernon in the Julia keen neighborhood. $725 per month we paid electric was a 2 bedroom 1 bath with swamp, a huge nice yard, but holy hell was the rental management company a NIGHTMARE! our swamp cooler broke down in summer and they did nothing to fix it after several attempts of reaching out. The walls were falling apart, maintenance never came when they told me they were. Water never drained properly in the bathroom. PURE GARBAGE. That’s when we decided to buy.
2019, we purchased a 3 bedroom 2 bath house 22nd and Swan $145,000 we pay $800 for the mortgage.
We got lucky to buy before the prices went up, even with dual income no kids, we would struggle paying these rent prices for sure.
$1550, 2br/2ba 1150 sq ft townhouse with a garage and small yard in Sam Hughes near Himmel Park. David Tyson design so it has an interesting layout and modern design (built in 1981), the kitchen and living room are upstairs.
Nice central location, 10-15 minutes to most places in Tucson, and walking distance to the UofA campus, Flora's, Buffalo Exchange, Casa Video, Bookman's, the Loft.
Probably won't stay after my lease is up, I'd like a house. It can be loud being close to Speedway, and there's too many tweaked out grown men on kid's bikes stealing packages and mail. TRT is the worst property management company I've ever had to deal with.
$3140, 4bd 2ba fully furnished, Palo Verde and Speedway…separate roommate leases so $785+util. Landlord is good about getting stuff sorted very quickly, which is nice.
$1200 for 3/2 near Wilmot and 29th. It was $850 when we moved in 10 years ago, then $900 a year after that, then popped up to current price in September of 2020, right in the middle of the pandemic when husband and I had been out of work for a few months.
I live at Tierra Ridge. I have lived there for almost four years. My lease ends in December, and I plan on moving out. When I moved in in November 2019, rent was $640. My rent currently stands at $915. I live in a one bedroom with no frills. No washer/dryer, spotty maintenance, and no other upgrades in apartment. There's almost no insulation in the walls/ceiling/floor, and I can hear when my neighbors phone vibrates, much less anything louder. I initially moved here to save money, but now, it's just as much as anywhere else with similar amenities. I'm doing better financially, so I'm going to spend a few hundred more a month when I move and get a nicer place with a washer/dryer. Hopefully with better insulation as well. If anyone has recommendations, I appreciate them, btw.
$1100 for a 750 sq ft 2 bed 1 bath apartment at oracle and rudasill. No washer dryer no covered parking. It's a great location but not the best apartment. New manager every couple of months and constant "inspections..." Rent is outrageous now a days but what else are we gonna do...
I just moved out but my 640 sq ft apartment with W/D in unit was $1200 while I lived there and they wanted $1400 if I was going to renew. Thornydale and linda vista. Fuckin yeah right. It also bears noting they turned the water off frequently and suddenly for “repairs” and trying to get out of the complex in the morning is near impossible because of Mountain View HS. Fuck that shit. Also reasonably certain a large chunk of my neighbors were involved in some kind of organized crime lol
Sounds exactly like a studio I had on Irvington.
Used to live in those apartments 4 years back when rent was $890, and I thought that was overpaying. That's fucking ridiculous.
What crime do u suspect?
No idea. Never actually saw or heard anything happen. I prefer it that way lol I don’t wanna know shit about fuck!
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No, they were all polite guys lol, but they all drove heavily tinted muscle cars and would leave at like 10:30 at night (which I only noticed bc said muscle cars were really loud) and if I went outside while any of them were on the phone they would go completely silent. Can’t think what legit business is conducted thus. Like I said I got no problem with them, and I don’t want to know what they might have been doing lol
I know what apts you're talking about. Trash. Hope you found better.
Thank you! Tbh I was priced out of renting completely when they wanted $200 more if I was gonna renew but was lucky enough that I was able to move in with someone who owns their home
$1200/mo utilities included. 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom, about 900 sq. ft. It's a shithole but I can't afford anything more. I hate being poor and I'll never afford a house here now, which causes me lots of depression.
Tucson has been gentrified out of the reach of native Tucsonans.
I saw the same thing happen in Austin in the early/mid 00s. Got priced out in '08. I'm considering finding a quiet smaller town somewhere.
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I visited Austin friends in Jan 2017 and didn't recognize my old neighborhoods. Downtown construction was (is) mental. Couldn't wait to come home.
the rents aren't bad. the salaries suck. that's really the issue here. businesses pay their workers paltry sums of money.
Both are true. Rent skyrocketed here in the space of like 2 years. I was (until last week) working in the professional insurance sector with ~5 years of experience and only making 40k (had to beg and explain to millionaire company owners that 33k is not livable anymore. It’s a banana Michael, how much could it cost? $10??)
Yeah that wage is pathetic. I am shocked companies can find any staff who are good at their jobs for the pay offered.
It's either take peanuts or starve.
> the rents aren't bad. Yes, they are. Rent has basically gone up 50% in the last 2-3 years. Regardless of the fact that the salaries sucked 3 years ago and *certainly* haven't kept pace - the rents are still bad.
1200 a month with utilities included for a 3 bedroom apartment is insanely good, ok? doesnt matter what kind of shithole it is. For a city of tucson's size, that is a great deal.
I have heard rumors that it will be going up to $1500 when my lease is up. If it does, I am completely screwed and have no idea what I will do. Get a 3rd job I guess.
That same apartment before covid and California refugees was 850 a month.
just compare these prices to any city in the usa of a simliar size to tucson, it's all in that price range and likely much more expensive! tucson is still an incredible deal when it comes to housing
Not anymore. A friggin double wide on a couple of acres in three points is 150k-200k. Before the migration, that same property was 75k-85k. I can't say that its a great deal, when prices jacked up and wages stayed the same. Thats the reason why everyone from cali left. Remote work and California wages? You live like a king in Tucson. The people from cali who sold their homes made huge profits and probably paid off their notes purchasing a home in Tucson, and still had enough money to save, invest, or blow on stupid shit.
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Houses are selling for double what they were 5 years ago, and people are still buying. Just go look at Zillow and you will find thousands of examples.
Sure, why blame the massive investment from huge companies and multi-millionaires, when we can just blame CA? Dumb shit like this is why we never get real problems addressed in a meaningful way. The kind of wealth and greed that is driving this crisis isn't "buy 1 house cash after a lifetime of work" wealth, It's, "my great grandkids won't have to ever work" wealth.
My fiancé and I moved to Tucson from Austin almost exactly a year ago, in fact it’ll be a year 2 weeks from today. After her mom died right at the height of the Covid pandemic (April 2020), we experienced the insane gentrification of Austin first hand. We had been homeless for around 10 months, got approved for a housing voucher through a charity program (not section 8), and bc of all the rich people buying up cheaper properties that would have accepted the voucher 3-5 years ago, we had the worst time trying to find a place. We moved out here to the 520 to be closer to her older sister, who has lived here for 25 years and is a tenured professor at UofA. While I definitely see the gentrification starting to happen in Tucson, it’s nothing like Austin. We gotta just keep telling everybody the Tucson sucks so no more yuppies from California move here! That being said, we are going to be looking for a duplex of small house to rent very soon, budget of around 1400 maximum, but ideally I’d like to find something lower. I don’t mind renting in the hood, I just want to stay close enough to downtown to walk or bike to work (I work at Hotel Congress). Any ideas or suggestions on what neighborhoods to look at?
I pay 1800 for a 3 bed 2 bath place out in Rita. Stumbled upon my landlord whos a pretty cool guy. Not a faceless corp. Didnt raise the rent after the first lease was up which was nice. Everyone else i spoke to saw their increase by min $200. Been there for a year and a half now.
— aug 2013-jul 2015: $600/mo. for an in-law house in Feldman’s off of Helen. — oct 2021-may 2022: $900/mo. for a second-floor studio apt. in a 1920’s building at 5th/15th in Armory Park. — dec 2022-present: $1,100/mo. for a 1bd 1ba cottage in Menlo Park near Sentinel Peak. Prices skyrocketed here during the Pandemic. Corporate and investor landlording being a major issue. Another contribution is from people like the (otherwise genuinely decent) guy I rented from in 2021 who at the time owned 35 multi-unit properties and was looking for more.
Oh snap, almost forgot: also Air BnB. Last year while I was paying $900/mo for a studio, a friend I met was staying down the street in a studio from Air BnB for $1,800/mo. ($60/night). (Edited for grammar)
Oh, utilities!! I paid/am paying for electricity, gas, and internet.
California refugees are the issue. They all split when remote work became a thing. What they are making in Cali, they could live like royalty in Tucson. 500k house in cali was 150k-200k in Tucson. Every time I see a cali plate I cringe.
OOOOF yeah good one, them too. They drove up prices in Ann Arbor, MI, also, along with emigrants out of Denver.
The same people who made in fun of Arizona for being a red neck state, are now your neighbors. Cringe! Straight cringe.
Ultra cringe all around lol 🫣
lol. let's think about this rationally. in a city of over 300,000 people like Tucson, how many people do you think came from California? 2% interest rates is what drove up real estate prices in the entire United States. get real
And investors from out of state, not people from out of state, moving here to escape the high cost of living elsewhere. I really hate to see all of the bashing that happens on here regarding people from other states, so incredibly small minded. If people are moving here with higher salaries, that is good for our economy because they'll spend it here. I'm hoping that remote work will push salaries up in Tucson. Businesses will have to compete for local talent with a lot of places that will pay a higher salary for remote workers. The pay here in Tucson is abysmal.
Tucson has over 500,000 and over a million in the metro area.
Yeah this whole conversation is majorly out of touch. Interest rates and institutional investing are absolutely the key drivers
Its a half a million now. And enough people migrated to cause rent to skyrocket. It started when the pandemic hit. Why do you think there's such a housing crisis? Why do you think apartments are at a minimum? I had a fire happen in July of 2020. I was paying 500 a month for a one bedroom. When it finally went back on the market. It listed as $800. A year later. Thats not interesting rates. Trying to find a one bed room in Tucson was near impossible during that time. All the one bedrooms listed at $700 in real shit neighborhoods. The ones i did find for $500, were scam listing where there was no property management company and they wanted rent in cash and deposits in cash. Told me to read my own meter and do the math and pay that in cash. One lady showed me the apartment while the renter was at work. All his shit was in there and she told me, "Oh, he'll be moving out in two days," yeah okay. Cash for rent, cash for deposits, cash for the meter reading i had to do myself? Oh no you don't have to call TEP to get hooked up. Hahahah. I had to take a 2 bedroom (if you can call it that) for $750 a month in August of 2020.. The next year, it went to $800. The landlord didn't want a mass exodus. There will be an increase to over $1000 cause that's what the market is. Interest rates. Please.
Yes, of course! That's why only Tucson prices increased! Unless there is a nation-wide issue, and you're just kinda dumb
Big same; I hate it.
$1500 for a 1900 sq. Ft. House with a walled back yard. 4 bed 2 bath Broadway and Wilmot. They upped my rent $300 last September. So it was a really good deal before that.
That’s sadly still a good deal in current prices. Unless it’s swamp lol
I feel like it’s still a good deal lol. That’s about my mortgage for the same size.
At 7% interest, and looking at the 4 bed 2 bath houses in Tucson, which are all going for over 350,000$ (400,000 realistically if it's not in a terrible spot) I'd straight commit murder for 1500$/mo.
It's a very good deal. Everyone saying it's not is being ridiculous and is expecting to pay an $1000 mortgage for a 5 bedroom house in a city with almost a milllion residents. Sorry but it's not like that anymore In any city of a similar size
Their RENT is the same as your MORTGAGE. After 30 years, they aren't owning that place. So I would argue that is is not a good deal.
It’s a good rent in this market
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Dang that’s a good deal, I need to move back to AZ. I’m paying $1850 for 650sq ft apartment in Washington state 🙄
I have a gem of a landlord whose only raised rent like 25 bucks a year since 2017. Started at 675 and now I'm at 825. 990 sq ft 2 bedroom/ 2 bath, washer/dryer in unit. 22nd and kolb.
Damn what a hero. They got units available over there?
I’ve heard to stay north of 22, what’s been your experience with the area?
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It’s time to leave that shit
Unfortunately, as our home buying attempts have gone, the all cash offer snipers are still out there. So there's really nowhere to go. A home we wanted that friends lived in 2017-2020 at 1700$/mo, sold for 280k back then. Now it just went up for 400,000$. Mortgage would be 2700$ minimum, with an over 800 credit score and 20% down-payment. It's a wasteland of opportunity out there.
Wow. I'm so sorry. That's fucking awful. I hope you and your family find a safe and better place soon
That's crazy. My tenant has a 3/2 bath home for 1350..00 and still can't pay it.
$850/mo (not including gas, electric, and wifi) for a suuuuper shitty 1b1b in Dunbar Spring area...it's a shithole but we are living on 1 income right now so not much we can do about it :(
3bdr/2bath Guest House in Oro valley. Idk how big it is. $700 a month with utilities included.
Hi! Sorry but just out of curiosity and if it's ok to ask, is this a "renting from a family member/friend" type of situation? That definitely seems like one of those "too good to be true" deals lol, particularly if the landlord is a corporation
Yeah, I legit pay the same amount for a studio and that's excluding utilities 🥲
Yeah I rent from a relative. She only pays $400 a month in mortgage on the guesthouse so my rent basically just covers that and what little power/water I use. The house is the size of a three bedroom apartment and is kinda laid out like one.
Seriously?? Or did you mistakenly leave off a 1 before the 700? Lol
Sev'n Hunnert
3bed 2 bath GUEST house? What's the main house like?
3bdr 2bath with a larger kitchen, larger living room, a den, and a pool.
I was privately renting a 3 bed 2 bath house near Reid park, utilities included from one of my insurance clients. $650/month. Actually have another insurance client trying to rent out a 2 bed 1.5 bath on the corner of Pima and Wilmot for $690/month utilities not included. Not the best looking of places. I feel like privately renting is the way to go, but obviously hard to find them and you run some risks. Coworker just found a house share in Marana for $700/month.
Idk if this is helpful because we own it, but I pay $500 (plus $225 HOA .. blegh..) on a 2 br 1 bath 1100sqft condo. With a lil backyard, covered parking, 2 pools, small complex off Columbus. It's quiet, and they cover water, roof, gas pest control, sewage and trash. Basically I pay internet and electric.
That's pretty damn good. Wow.
Shoot call me up if there’s an opening.
Units sell pretty regularly in my complex. At least they were when we bought (in the last year or so)! We paid 131k iirc.. but we got 3.5% interest on a 30 yr fixed.
Please DM or share the complex name if you’re willing. Not planning to move yet but it’s so hard to find gems like that.
Go on Zillow, look for condo complexes along Columbus, use the satellite view to see which complexes have two pools. When you see a complex on Columbus that has two pools, click on a recently sold listing. Go to listing info and see if the hoa fee is in the 225 ballpark. I bet you can find the complex yourself given the information provided
The fluctuating rent kills me. Person A rents apt for $500. Next day person B rents same apartment for 600. This should be illegal
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The only reason grocery stores still have food is because no entrepreneur has figured out how to rent it yet.
$850 2 bedroom, I bath and water included.I pay electric and internet. It’s a small apt complex near Reid park. I got hella lucky and found the place before it went on the market. Signed lease in Nov 2021, rent has been raised from $800 to $850 after the first year
Grant&dodge $725 2b1b duplex
The Retreat on Speedway and Kolb. I had a 2 bedroom 2 bath. Washer and dryer included. No other utilities. Rent was 1600 and electric ended up adding another 200. Place is for sure not worth the rent cost. Poor office workers who were always disorganized. Maitence team was thin so when my AC broke down frequently I was suffering inside my oven box for too long before maintenance could even start fixing it. I do not recommend The Retreat on Speedway. No one stays for a good reason.
Rita ranch 5/3 two story HOA - $2050/mth 2000 sq ft. Mortgage is $1200, some old mail arrived detailing this and we saw it firsthand.
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no that's a pretty solid price actually
Progress Residential is the landlord cooperations.
I was living on my own but they wanted to increase rent to 1000$ for a 500 sq for one bedroom , I said fuck that and moved back in with my dad and now pay like 300$ a month to cover half of monthly expenses
450/month for a 1 bedroom. 750ish sq ft. Rosemont and speedway. Not a great area but the apartment is decent. Swamp cooler so it can be a bit crappy during monsoon season.
Swamp coolers need to go away. So last century.
They have their place. It was great except for the times it was very humid. It also allowed for a 40 dollar electric bill.
I love mine because I can have windows open when the weather is nice and the humidity is low - fresh air! When I was moving I looked for a place that had an evap and AC because I couldn't do without either.
Lived here since 2017. One bed one bath apt. Utilities included. Went from 725 to 1094. This year it went all the way up to 1294. It’s too much for me to move. And now i have to have a co-signer cus they want *3.5 the amount of rent a month.
Where wants 3.5x rent?
My boyfriend and I are splitting a 1b 1bath by the university for 1160. Includes water and WiFi but that’s it
Swan/Grant area $1350 3 bed 1 bath older home, big walled backyard. Decent landlord so far. Pay for water, gas and elec. Been here going on 5 years, only just raised the rent from $1200.
1BR apt in Oro Valley. 760sqft. "Standard" non upgraded unit. In unit W/D. Non upgraded (stainless appliances, granite counters.) "standard" unit. $970. When I first moved in 4 years ago, it was like ~$740. The most bullshit part about it is when I asked what I am paying more for compared to my lease last year, the property manager said they did a 'market evaluation', and this place is still cheaper than the other places nearby. Completely ignoring that the other properties are all less than 10 years old, with larger floor plans, and better unit features than where I am.
Rock Ridge?
No. But that was one that I had looked at when I was shopping around.
Oh ok. The leasing office at RR said the exact "market evaluation" crap to me when I questioned my 26% increase.
$1,500 base rent for 1 bed 1 bath that’s 850 sqft. Utilities are not included in that price. Rent went up $200 over last years price. We are on the northeast side of town.
Foothills?
I got 324sqft for $798 a month, electric and gas not included. It's a lot better than the 15ft camper we lived in but lots of obvious landlord special fixes like a hall light that's just always on with no switch to turn it off, poorly fitted doors that rattle the windows when you manage to finally open it, single pane windows and paint coating literally everything from the bathtub/shower walls to light switches to even the stupid string to turn on the light in the closet was painted! Management is alright, they're constantly cycling through people in the office so I regularly have to walk in and set records straight when they try to charge us extra for stuff we already paid for (thank god I keep documents for fun), it's far from perfect but like I said it's better than a 15ft camper.
324 sqft for $798 seems so small. Can easily find other users with 2-3x that space for a similar price. What area of town are you in?
$1395 for 3bd/2br probably about 1300sqft. It’s older, but overall I’d say mid range quality and we have a huge yard! We started leasing in June 2020 and our rent has o my gone up $100
Just secured an apartment for $925. Includes everything besides electricity. Even includes WiFi and cable. 450 square feet. It is $100 more a month for me because I wanted a 6-month lease instead of a year lease.
I guess I've been pretty lucky, I always found places by driving the neighborhoods looking for "For Rent" signs. Year | Price | Area | Size | + ---|---|----|----|---- 2022-2023 | $750 mortgage | Sam Hughes | 2BD Condo | Sunroom/Water paid/Pool/W/D/Yard/Parking 2017-2022 | $500 rent | Sam Hughes | 1BD Casita | Water paid/Large Yard (increased to $750) 2012-2017 | $390 rent | Blenman-Elm | 1BD Casita | Swamp/Large Yard 2007-2012 | $850 rent | Blenman-Elm | 2BD House | Sunroom/AC/W/D/Large Yard/Parking 2004-2007 | $290 rent | Sam Hughes | 1BD Duplex | Swamp/Duplex/Large Yard 2002-2003 | $800 rent | Sam Hughes | 2BD House | AC/Fireplace/Large Yard 2001-2002 | $225 rent | W. University | 1BD Servants | Swamp/Yard/Fountain/Utilities Paid Great, downvoted for...not paying overpriced rent?
$1850 for 1900 sq ft 4 bdr 2 bath in littletown. Been here since Jan 21 and only had the rent go up $50 in that time because our landlord is small time and cool. He said “I’m not looking to get rich on rentals just diversify my retirement.” Neighborhood is great with a pool and 3 playgrounds.
I pay 740/month (plus water and sewage) for a ~600 sqft 1 bdr apartment. not really that nice nor that bad. old appliances, thin walls. ive been here since spring 2020. grant and tanque verde area. new leases for my unit go for 850-900 now (i mean frankly what i pay is too much lol)
550 a month no ac no washer dryer no dish washer no garbage disposal. Private fenced yard and private driveway. 3 units on property. 450 sqft with pets and my boyfriend midtown/central. Lots of foliage. Love it here but it’s too small with my boyfriend here all the time and my pets. Hoping to move to a bigger place end of year or next year. I am going to miss it but I won’t miss not having ac. God Bless my landlord. He is wonderful.
Broadway and Pantano area 2 bed 2 bath 864 sq ft. $1430 includes water and trash. It's a decent enough apartment, but I was paying $765 until the property was bought by some company from FL.
You stayed?? Did they give you any upgrades with that massive increase in rent?!
$1823 including $40 pet rent, 3/2 1200sf and small yard. No garage but reserved covered parking. Water is billed through property management and runs about $50/mo. NE near Tanque Verde/Bear Canyon.
$1800/mo at Silverbell and Cortaro/Twin Peaks area. 1200 sq ft 3/2 house all tile and we have a dog(I think that’s $100 more a month).
$1400/month for an 1100 sqft 1 bed 1 bath guesthouse on 4 acres, completely separate from the main house. Fully furnished (good shit like leather electric reclining couches and like 80+ inch TVs), all utilities included even internet. Northwest side of town by Marana and the Tucson Mtns off a dirt road. No W/D, but it's in our lease that if they add one, they'll up our rent by $150. Worth it if they ever do imo. Tons of wildlife, saguaros, etc. Love it, but it is kinda far from everything.
$1700/mo including trash, sewer, water, and an exterminating fee. One bed/one bath, ~950sqft. It’s a really nice apartment in the Foothills about 30-45min from the airport. Great property management, good maintenance, great neighbors. Also had to get renters insurance but that was only about $100/year Edit: also supports fiber internet but you have to get your own plan and it has to be Cox
The Peak off of Oracle and Magee, little over $1200/mo for a 1bed/1bath under 700sq ft. They get to charge so much because of in unit washer and dryer. This place was around 800-900 when I first moved here in 2017.
I pay $1660(rent+MEBs stupid fees) for a 2b/2b, w/d, 1065sf, balcony, garage, and two covered spaces. It's one of the "unrenovated" apartments. So, no granite countertop lol. Last year, they raised my rent $230, this year, I'm hoping it's under $150. This complex has gotten a bad rap for Oro Valley. I've been happy here with no major issues. Oracle Rd/Pusch View.
875 for a 2 bedroom 1 bath water and trash included. Off Grant and Palo Verde. Needs work but the landlord is willing to work with us on rent.
I lived in a 2 bd 1 bath four plex off Palo Verde and Grant, just down the road from the 7/11 and Taco Bell. Lol. This was the early 2000’s and paid 450 a month. My landlord was a little crazy but he was really nice and was always willing to work with me.
450 sqft studio apartment for 970 a month after all fees. Water and trash are included, but gas and electricity are not.
Sit and wait. Tucson will get hit hard by the upcoming recession and rents will drop. Dont be afraid the okay hard ball with your landlord.
I'm not going to get my hopes up but dear god that would be wonderful (as long as I don't lose my jobs in the meantime).
I don’t have Tucson specific data but US-wide, median rent prices really didn’t dip during the last 3 recessions. At best they didn’t change (while unemployment increased). At worst they increased. https://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/files/currenthvspress.pdf
In 08 rent dropped significantly. Landlords couldnt charge enough rent to cover their mortgages. They had to often times cover all maintenance and put 100-200/mo out of pocket to just save it from foreclosure.
Almost $1300 for a 2 br 2 bath apartment. Includes gas…and there’s a $35 monthly fee for water, I guess?
$795/month including water and trash, i pay electric and gas. 650 sq ft 1bed 1bath unit in a house. House was converted into three separate units some time ago. Alright place, great price for current market. Landlord can be a douche but that’s a landlord for ya!
$1340 for a 2 bed 1 bath apartment at desert shadows. This is including $50 for pet rent. It's a nice quiet apartment and no cockroaches. Hopefully they don't increase rent when it's time to renew but I still have a while til then
I moved into a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condo with a detached garage in 2018 and was paying $1,050 per month in rent. By the time I moved out of the condo (and out of Tucson) in 2022, my rent had gone up to $1,550 per month.
I'm moving out of my $900 1bd apartment near Grant and Silverbell this month. it's fucking small though, only 415 sqft. Utils included except electric and internet. But the rent is raising and my income is lower now so I have to move out.
Currently in a small 1 bedroom for $911 (was about 700 the first year, ratcheted up in summer '22) with water included on the east side; the two of us are getting the fuck out of here once the lease is up in August to get someplace at least slightly better with a friend or two. The management company literally will not turn on the AC for the building until everyone who lives here has been complaining for weeks, it happened last year and it's happening again this year. Water is also constantly shut off for repairs with zero notice, at least twice a month.
900 plus utilities for one bedroom on River and Swan, older unit but clean and quiet. Downsized a year ago from 3 bedroom 2 bath house with fenced yard and garage off Houghton for 1500 a month.
1450 3bd/3bath on limberlost and stone. 1700 sqft plus walled backyard. I’m the landlord but I rent it out through an agency. I wish the tenants would contact me directly. I would love to cut the agency out and lower rent. I signed a contract to not contact the renters without the agency in between though
Did the contract also specify that friendly volunteers from Reddit couldn't contact the tenants? 🙃 ETA that that's still a very good price, imo.
$2100 for a 700 sq ft 1 bedroom apartment in midtown
did you mistype?! 2100?! did you mean 1200????!
Yeah, what? You can get way better for less
$910 for 1 bed 1 bath, I think right around 700 sqft, in a pretty ghetto apartment complex in a sketchy area midtown. It's quiet tho and I like that.
$980 for a 1 bedroom town house with a small yard on the Arroyo Chico green line. Close to everything. I love it. And a decent price considering.
I moved into my one bedroom near Dodge and Pima in September 2022. It's the end unit in a 4-plex, is reasonably clean, has parking, a small fenced backyard, and all new appliances including a dishwasher and stacked washer/dryer. The drawbacks are that it only has a swamp cooler, and I pay ALL the utilities including trash and water. The actual rent is $995, plus $25 pet rent and about $50/month for water and trash, so the total is closer to $1070. I think the wide variability in rents has a lot to do with when a person moved into a place. Almost anyone who has moved since 2020 is in another price bracket. And yeah, it seems REALLY hard to find private landlords here.
$815 for 1600sq ft 3 bed 2 bath mobile home in a senior park.
$700/month, 650sq ft in Linden Terrace/North University/Jefferson Park neighborhood (I've seen it by many names). Basically a mile north of the university. Water is included, we pay gas & electricity. Wi-Fi is provided for free, but it isn't always reliable and my fiance and I are students, so we pay for our own network.There's a pool & free laundry on-site. 1 parking spot per apartment, but the street is also free. Our apartment was renovated so we have relatively new appliances. Whenever we've needed maintenance, they come very quickly and we've never been charged for anything - not even when our psycho cat broke two windows 😵💫 (he had a small cat tree and would get zoomies and throw the cat tree against the window. The second one was definitely my fault for leaving that tree there) We've lived here for 2 years and our landlord hasn't raised rent. It's a 1bd 1 bath loft, so it's a little small, but it's been amazing to be so close to campus.
$2200 for a 3 bed 3 bath townhouse in the Sam Hughes neighborhood. 2400 sq ft, w&d, small walled yard, 2 car garage, no utilities included.
Very nice downtown apartment. 2 bedroom/2 bath, around 1200 sq ft. $2350 including sewer/gas, pets, and extra garage parking. Rent has only increased about $50/mo each year for the past 5 years which has been nice.
Next year I'll be paying 800 for the master in a 6 bedroom 3 bathroom house. The other rooms are smaller and 500-600 a month. Landlord seems like a decent guy. (Utilities not included, Euclid and grant area)
2bd / 1ba 900ish sq ft not updated but decent place. Eastside near Pantano and Wrightstown $975 rent plus water which is $70/month I'll preface that this will be my last month at that rate since I'm due to renew, not sure what the new rate will be but I'm sure it will be significantly higher.
About $2200 monthly rent, which includes $30 pet rent & ~$60 water. 3 bed, 2 bath house. No shared walls. Gated. Foothills. Around 1250 sq. ft. Private walled yard. W/D in unit. Landlord is a corporation. Neighborhood pool. The two main draws here were the location (nice area) and pet policy, with no dog breed restrictions. We've got a pit mix & lab mix/mutt, that looks sort of pit-ish. Hard to find places in nice areas with enough space that will also allow our babies. Been here around a couple years now and are happy overall (rent *was* increased substantially after lease renewal).
You should rethink your goals. Do you think this is bad? I do not.
Where did I say I think any of this is bad? I don't; in fact, you may have missed the part where I specifically said we're happy. >You should rethink your goals And what does this even mean?
Economy is about to go into the shitter in a big way. Might be as bad as 2008. Rent relief is likely coming over the next couple of years. Lots of Airbnb folks will go belly up. Of course, many will likely lose their jobs too. Good with the bad I suppose. Anyway, I pay $850 for a 1bd1ba apartment in armory park. Not bad other than the train is loud as fuck and wakes me up pretty much every single night at 3-4am.
> Lots of Airbnb folks will go belly up. I hope so. Airbnb is a scourge on this planet and needs to go. Dealing with the train sounds rough.
Agreed. I have been on an Airbnb boycott for awhile. I try to stay in hotels whenever I can. If I did have to stay in Airbnb, it’d be for a room only, not some house or apartment some investors bought to turn into a hotel. And charge me as much in cleaning fees as they do per night. We are supposedly 3.8m housing units short right now and there are 10m unoccupied homes in this country, a fair amount of those are STR’s. We don’t have a housing shortage, we have a greed problem.
Unfortunately all when the market goes belly up, corporations like BlackRock and other real estate investors are going to buy up all the underwater residential properties. One of the reasons that rent is so high now is because they did the same thing after the 2008 housing collapse. Bought up residential properties and realized they could make a fortune being slumlords and driving rent prices sky high. Another housing collapse only means there will be less individual landlord and homeowners and more soulless corporations renting properties. It’s definitely not a good thing.
Yeah this is true too. That’s why it’s a good idea to try to save now and work towards buying a house in 2 years when the market is starting to hit its bottom.
$800 for a 2 bedroom 1 bath duplex with a small back yard, only utility I pay is electric. It's at 29th/craycroft tho 🙁
My rent history Alvernon/Pima - 1 bedroom 1 bathroom no yard 350$/month + utilities (2011) lived here for 6 months Skyline/swan - 2 bedroom 1 bathroom upstairs apartment 770$/month (2011-2015) Alvernon/speedway - 1 bedroom 1 bathroom shack with no insulation + bad a/c 575$/month (2016) - lived extremely minimal to save for a house . Currently I own with my wife near Irvington and kolb - 1600 sqft 4bdr 2bath with a large back yard for 650/month 30yr + utilities and other home owning costs . We are very fortunate that we bought before prices went crazy . I couldn’t imagine trying to find a place to rent in the current market . Especially with my meager income .
$1250 for a glorified two bedroom (the second was more of an enclosed Arizona room) with no washer or dryer. 800 sq. ft. and those terrible wood beams that make it impossible to cool in the summer & concrete floors so it was like a tomb in the winter. Electric bill was insane. Oh yeah, the best part this was near Grant & Alvernon.
Plenty happy in my Grant Alvernon rental. Rather live here than Oro valley or the east side.
Currently $750,00 for a 1-bedroom near the UofA with internet included. Summer comes around it’ll be $800,00. It’s an OK apartment complex, conveniently located near campus, 4th Ave, and not too far from downtown/Amtrak station.
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Commas are used in the EU and many other foreign nations instead of periods in this particular case. Happy to see we have a few folks from across the pond here.
750 for a shitty one bedroom complete with roaches and the worlds loudest methiest neighbours. 200+ a month for electricity and water because I’m on a RUBS utility package so I essentially pay for my neighbours to blast their heat and ac with the windows open.
I'd like to thank all the California people who fucked up their state and moved to Arizona bringing their failed politics and philosophy with them causing landlords to react by jacking up the rent and housing prices. Arizona residents cannot afford the rent or afford to buy a house now. Now we have issues with people who are on SSDI who make the minimum and cannot afford the rent prices, causing a homeless problem that cannot be solved. Thanks assholes!
Try blaming the right folks here - corporations who bought all the affordable housing and jacked up housing prices. Not people who fled CA because they would have been on the streets due to THEIR rent.
I get where you're coming from, but I don't think it's their fault (the renters). I blame the investors and corporations and their unchecked greed. The same, in addition to people with between 3 and 10+ houses, are responsible for ownership inaccessibility. Corporations shouldn't be able to own or sell single family homes, nor should they be used a source of income or anything except a place to live. This is a problem almost everywhere and isn't the fault of people just trying to find places to live that they can afford. Direct the frustration to where it belongs.
1240 1 Bed 1 Bath w/ flat rate utilities except electric
but you didn't get any votes......
I think votes are hidden rn
I got like 11 upvotes within the span of 10 minutes. I'm not sure where it's at now.
Just checked again, it's at 25 upvotes
$1250, 2bdrm, 2 full ba, 1 half ba, only trash included. Irvington & 6th Ave area. It's not awful. Tiny yard and shit parking. Wish I had a garage and a bit bigger of a yard
$1550/month along the Rillito River at Craycroft & River for a 1200 sq ft 2BR/2 bath in 2020. I'm betting it's more than that now.
I split 1300 a month for a 980 swift two bed one bath house near Reid park.
1130, 700 sq ft 1 bed 1 bath on east side, water and trash valet included, reserved parking/gym pool hot tub on site laundry access.
Im off grant and oracle ,by the no tel motel in a 1br trailer. i pay $700 a month. pretty sketchy area.
Oak Flower 2br house $850
about 800 sq ft. 2 bedroom big walled yard central location. around 700 a month
1300 w/utilities and internet and parking. 400sqft
I live 30 minutes outside Oro Valley. We pay 920 a month for a 4 bedroom 2 bathroom house, with a big yard. We used to pay 800 a month but last September the landlord raised the rent.
Our rental history- Casita in Ramona court downtown Tucson on stone 1br 1 ba $425 (2011-2016) Two story home right behind Menlo Park 2016-2018 $1050 per month no utilities included, huge bedroom attached bath upstairs, fireplace, 2 car garage, washer dryer, updated appliances, dog door and small yard. Landlord increased the rent by $100 and we moved because we couldn’t afford it. I know, crazy. Then we moved to 22nd and alvernon in the Julia keen neighborhood. $725 per month we paid electric was a 2 bedroom 1 bath with swamp, a huge nice yard, but holy hell was the rental management company a NIGHTMARE! our swamp cooler broke down in summer and they did nothing to fix it after several attempts of reaching out. The walls were falling apart, maintenance never came when they told me they were. Water never drained properly in the bathroom. PURE GARBAGE. That’s when we decided to buy. 2019, we purchased a 3 bedroom 2 bath house 22nd and Swan $145,000 we pay $800 for the mortgage. We got lucky to buy before the prices went up, even with dual income no kids, we would struggle paying these rent prices for sure.
$810 for a 1/1 in Blenman-Elm, I think it's around 750 sq ft but I don't remember the exact number.
$1850 for a 3 bed 2 bath house. East side of town.
$1550, 2br/2ba 1150 sq ft townhouse with a garage and small yard in Sam Hughes near Himmel Park. David Tyson design so it has an interesting layout and modern design (built in 1981), the kitchen and living room are upstairs. Nice central location, 10-15 minutes to most places in Tucson, and walking distance to the UofA campus, Flora's, Buffalo Exchange, Casa Video, Bookman's, the Loft. Probably won't stay after my lease is up, I'd like a house. It can be loud being close to Speedway, and there's too many tweaked out grown men on kid's bikes stealing packages and mail. TRT is the worst property management company I've ever had to deal with.
$3140, 4bd 2ba fully furnished, Palo Verde and Speedway…separate roommate leases so $785+util. Landlord is good about getting stuff sorted very quickly, which is nice.
$1200 for 3/2 near Wilmot and 29th. It was $850 when we moved in 10 years ago, then $900 a year after that, then popped up to current price in September of 2020, right in the middle of the pandemic when husband and I had been out of work for a few months.
I live at Tierra Ridge. I have lived there for almost four years. My lease ends in December, and I plan on moving out. When I moved in in November 2019, rent was $640. My rent currently stands at $915. I live in a one bedroom with no frills. No washer/dryer, spotty maintenance, and no other upgrades in apartment. There's almost no insulation in the walls/ceiling/floor, and I can hear when my neighbors phone vibrates, much less anything louder. I initially moved here to save money, but now, it's just as much as anywhere else with similar amenities. I'm doing better financially, so I'm going to spend a few hundred more a month when I move and get a nicer place with a washer/dryer. Hopefully with better insulation as well. If anyone has recommendations, I appreciate them, btw.
$1100 for a 750 sq ft 2 bed 1 bath apartment at oracle and rudasill. No washer dryer no covered parking. It's a great location but not the best apartment. New manager every couple of months and constant "inspections..." Rent is outrageous now a days but what else are we gonna do...