The Personal Finance Podcast - How to Handle The RISING Cost of Rent (And not Panic!)
Episode Date: August 1, 2022In this episode of the personal finance podcast, we're gonna talk about how to handle the rising cost of rent. Checklist of what we talk about: How to handle your financial situation How to negotia...te your rent Why is rent increasing How much should you spend on housing Where rent increases are the highest and lowest Checklist of relevant episodes: How to Build Wealth (Even on a Low Income!) With Joshua Mayo How to Significantly Reduce Your Housing Costs with Live-In Flips How to Buy a House with Only 3.5% Down! (The FHA Loan Explained) FREE GUIDES: ============== -Check out the free guide on where to put your money in what order! https://www.mastermoney.co/stairway-to-wealth -Here is the free How to Ask for A Raise ebook! https://www.mastermoney.co/get-a-raise-ebook -Get Access to the 75-Day Challenge: https://www.mastermoney.co/75daychallenge ============= We have a YOUTUBE channel! Check it out here! Our Latest Videos: How To Grow A Podcast Organically What Would Happen If You Maxed Out Your Roth IRA By Age?! (These Results Will Amaze You!) How to Become a Millionaire With a Small Amount of Money (Is it Really This Easy!?) Pre-tax moves for high earners ============ Got questions? Ask me on Instagram Here. @mastermoneyco This is the fastest way to get in touch with me. ============ Sponsors: Thanks to Policygenius For Sponsoring the show! Check them out a Policygenius.com Thanks to Mint Mobile for supporting the show! Cut your phone bill to $15 a month by going to https://mintmobile.com/pfp Thanks to Fundrise for Sponsoring the show! Invest in real estate for as little as $10 by going to fundrise.com/personalfinance Thank you to Better Help for sponsoring the show! Go to Betterhelp.com/PFP for 10% off! Thank you to Chime for sponsoring the show! Check them out at chime.com/pfp ============ Want to Support the Show? Follow on Spotify or Follow and Leave a 5-Star Review on Apple Podcasts! ============ More Episodes You Will Love: The Stairway to Wealth 2.0 (The Order You Should Put Your Money in!) How to Track Your Net Worth How to Set Money Goals You Will Actually Achieve How To Prevent Lifestyle Creep (Lifestyle Inflation) 7 Ways to Pay Down Your Student Loans Faster How You Can Have a Free Car for Life (It's True!) Why Your Savings Rate Matters ============ Check out all the Stuff I Recommend! USEFUL RESOURCES: Best Place to Open a Roth IRA: https://m1finance.8bxp97.net/5vzD1 My Favorite Free Net Worth and Budget Tool: https://fxo.co/905L Best High Yield Savings Account: https://bit.ly/3HpPjAr Get a $10 Free Bonus with Acorns: https://bit.ly/3lV0LLE Best Bank and Debit Card for Kids: https://bit.ly/3pJeI09 Get $5 Free Bitcoin at Coinbase: https://bit.ly/3oIQOml Best Credit Building Tool: https://bit.ly/3rmBuwZ Best Personal Finance Books: https://kit.co/MasterMoney/best-personal-finance-books ============ DISCLAIMER: I am not a financial adviser. This Podcast is for educational purposes only. Investing of any kind involves risk. While it is possible to minimize risk, your investments are solely your responsibility. It is imperative that you conduct your own research. I am sharing my opinion. AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE: Some of the links on this channel are affiliate links, meaning, at NO additional cost to you, I may earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase and/or subscribe. However, this does not impact my opinion. ============ Check us out on social fam! Twitter www.thepersonalfinancepodcast.com www.mastermoney.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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On this episode of the personal finance podcast, we're going to talk about how to handle the rising cost of rent.
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Now, today, we're going to be talking about one of the biggest issues
that a lot of people have to handle right now,
and it's handling the rising cost of rent.
And this has been one of the biggest financial hurdles for most people,
in America. The reason being is that your housing cost is one of your largest costs within your budget.
In fact, it's part of the big three. And the big three are housing, food, and transportation.
And you have to control the big three to be able to truly build wealth. That is the major factor.
And if you can control those three things, you can really build and accelerate your wealth that
much faster. And nationally, one bedroom apartment saw an increase of 24% just in the last year alone,
according to rent.com.
And even some metro areas have seen increases as high as 40% according to Redfin.
I've talked to multiple people who have seen their rent go up 30, 40, 50% in one single year.
This is a major problem.
And this is a major struggle for a lot of people.
So I'm going to level with you here.
I know this is tough.
I know this is one of the hardest things that potentially you've had to go through financially,
specifically if you're just getting started in your financial life.
because as rents rise, it feels like there's nothing that you can do here.
It feels like you cannot control this.
So my goal with this episode and my goal with the next episode,
because we're going to have a two-part series on this,
is to teach you exactly how to handle your financial situation
if your housing costs are rising dramatically and you don't know what to do.
If your anxiety is rising, if this is extremely stressful for you,
and you think, how can I build wealth if housing is taking all of my money?
Well, we're going to talk through that in this episode
and the next episode
so that you can handle this
and navigate this like a pro.
I'm going to do everything I can
to help you get through this.
I'm going to give you as much detail as possible
so that you can navigate this situation
because that is what you have to do.
And see, people who are successful financially,
they figure out creative ways
to get through things like this.
Sometimes you have seasons
where you have to spend more money
than you planned on
to be able to just get by.
But guess what?
This is just a season.
And if you think rents are going to,
to increase this dramatically over a long period of time? They're absolutely not. If you have a 40%
increase, that is not going to continue over a long period of time because everybody would be broke.
And the tough part is a lot of people's wages are not increasing as fast as the rent increase.
So here's what we're going to talk about today. Why rent is increasing. Then we're going to talk
about where rent increases are the highest and how much you should spend on housing and where rent
increases are the lowest. And then we're going to talk about your options and what you should do
when your rent increases.
And some of the major things we're going to talk about there is how to research,
how to negotiate your rent,
and how to look for unique alternatives as well.
So all of these are things that we're going to be talking about.
In the next episode, we are going to do a deep dive on how to negotiate your rent.
Because this is one of the most powerful skills that you can have.
Because if you learn these negotiation strategies on how to negotiate your rent,
you can utilize this to negotiate your salary or your bills
or whatever else you're looking to do,
this is the way that you can make a major difference when it comes to your rent.
So if that's something you're into, let's get into it.
All right, so the first thing we're going to get into is why are rents increasing?
And the main issue here is supply and demand.
So to understand this, we have to get back in our old time machine
and head on back to the Great Recession of 2008.
So during the 2008 crisis, what happened was a lot of builders over.
built. And we had way too much supply. And then once the housing crisis happened, all of a sudden,
the demand absolutely disappeared. So a lot of people were fearful to continue building. So we have not
been building enough housing since the 2000 in a crisis because the millennial generation,
which is the largest generation to date, is now establishing households. And there's just not
enough housing to go around. So we have a major supply problem here. And what also factors into that
is that there were a lot of people looking to buy a house. And when people are looking to buy a house and
there's a very high demand of people who are looking to buy houses because there's not enough supply,
it impacts your rent significantly because either that landlord can sell that house for a very high
premium or they can rent it out for a very high premium.
So we have a really major supply and demand problem here.
And in addition, construction costs have continued to rise within the last three years.
And what happens there is that means housing prices are going up as well,
which means less people are building.
so it causes another supply problem.
And then obviously, inflation is a major factor here as well.
Your buying power is not doing as much as it could just three or four years ago.
So your buying power is going down, but rents are increasing dramatically.
And this is creating a problem.
This is creating a major problem for your financial situation.
Because as this gap gets larger, then you just have to figure out ways to navigate this.
And we're going to talk about some creative ways that you can navigate this as well.
But this is why you have to take action.
and you really have to plan this out.
And you have to anticipate that your rent is going to go up every year because nationally
it's going up in the majority of places.
So if you start thinking about these things now, maybe your rent and your lease is not due
for another six, eight, ten, twelve months.
It doesn't matter what it is.
You've got to anticipate and start to plan for this and figure out what am I going to do,
what is my next step so that I can reduce that housing cost as much as possible.
And like I said, seasonally, sometimes you're going to have to pay more than you want to.
And if it's for a short period of time, it's not for your entire lifetime, then guess what?
Sometimes you have to do that, and that's okay.
You don't have to be optimized financially at all times.
Because when things like this are happening, and this is not going to last forever,
but when things like this are happening, sometimes you have to make sacrifices in other areas.
Now, where is rent increasing the fastest?
So rent.com has a couple of different locations.
So they say Long Beach, California has increased 56.7%.
Chandler, Arizona, 50%.
Amarillo, Texas, 46.6%.
Huntington Beach, California, 44.9%.
And Jersey City, New Jersey, 43.6%.
And these are the cities with the highest median rents
according to zumper.com.
If you never heard of zumper.com,
they have a bunch of great information
on rent data and where rents are going
and percentage of rents in the cities that have the highest rent.
So right now, New York has the highest rent.
and the median rent is $3,200.
San Francisco is in second place at 2,900,
Boston at 2660, then Miami at 2,500,
and San Jose, California at 2420.
And then rent increases are the lowest in Wichita, Kansas at 650,
Akron, Ohio at 680, Lubach, Texas at 690,
Shreveport, Louisiana at 730,
and Lexington, Kentucky at 800.
So, here's one thing to consider.
Let's say, for example, that you're a remote worker, and you're living in a very high cost of living area.
And you really want to build wealth.
You want to pursue fire.
You want to pursue financial independence.
And you're willing to do whatever it takes to get to that level.
Well, your housing costs really does need to be reduced if you want to pursue fire, if you want to retire early.
So what you want to do is if you want to get to financial independence as fast as you possibly can, one possibility is to get creative with how your living situation is.
If you have to go into an office, obviously you can't move away.
you have to go into an office. But what you can do is if you are remote, you can potentially live
in another city. And if you do that and you reduce your housing costs, say, by 30 or 40 percent,
that's 30 or 40 percent of your housing cost that you can now save towards your financial independence
or towards retirement. And the more dollars you get to put to work, the faster they start to
compound. And over time, the more dollars that start to compound, that creates freedom for your life.
And eventually, that snowball grows so large that it spits off enough,
where you don't have to work anymore.
And this is where it is incredibly powerful to reduce that housing cost.
Because here's where my issue is with people who say just cut out lattes.
That's the first thing you should do.
You need to focus on the big three first.
You need to focus on these big three items, housing, food, and transportation,
because reducing those is going to save you thousands and cutting out the latte is going to save
you hundreds.
The major impact from reducing your big three expenses is massive in comparison.
So stop worrying about the little things.
start focusing on those big things and doing whatever you can to optimize those.
Now, if there's nothing you can do, you can't optimize the situation.
You have to live in that high cost of living area because, let's say you have a family there,
you have your roots there.
You're not going to want to leave.
Let's get real.
You're not going to want to leave.
So you have to optimize that situation and figure out, what am I going to do?
Do I increase my income?
What's the next steps for me?
And we're going to figure out all of your steps here as well.
And we're going to talk about some other things as we go on here.
So how much should you spend on housing?
This is a big question.
we talk about all the time on this podcast.
Now, we talk about spending 30% or less of your income on housing.
Now, this is incredibly important to understand.
This is your net income, not your gross income,
but 30% of your take-home pay or less should be spent on housing.
If you want to achieve financial independence in 10 years or less,
it really needs to go down to 20%.
And if you want to be optimized, you need to go up to like 25% or less.
So this is where people in big cities may gripe about this.
So if you're in a bigger city, maybe you can make a trade-off.
So maybe you reduce your transportation expenses because you don't need a car.
So your transportation expenses are reduced significantly.
Well, if you can reduce your expenses somewhere else significantly, then there's a trade-off there that you have.
So there's a reason why landlords now require you to have your income more than three times the monthly rent.
Because they know that if your income is less than three times the monthly rent, you can't afford that property.
You can't afford to rent that property.
With our rentals, that's one of the requirements, is you have to make three times the monthly rent in order to even qualify to apply.
So this is one thing to understand.
It needs to be 30% or less of your net income.
And a lot of people say 25, but what we're factoring in there is we are factoring in your electricity costs.
We are factoring in your water bill.
And any other maintenance that's in there needs to be factored into that housing cost.
It should not go above that 30% range.
that if you're in a big city and rents are massively high,
you have two options.
Either reduce your expenses somewhere else like transportation,
maybe you take the subway, maybe you do something along those lines,
and or increase your income.
Those are the two options that you have there
because otherwise, if you're living above that 30% range of your income,
you are house poor.
Now, this is something that you can fix.
And guess what?
As your rents rise and if you can't leave and it's 35% of your income,
but you make adjustments somewhere else,
then you're going to be absolutely fine.
But keeping it below that 30% is really the best optimal position that you should be in.
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So let's talk about what your options are if your rent increases.
So if your rent increases, and it's anything less than like 10 or 20%,
some of these research items that we're about to talk about here might not qualify for you.
But the first thing to do is you want to research, research, and research some more if your rent increases.
Now, there are a few states that have things like rent control, which are New York, California,
Oregon, and Washington, D.C.
But if your state does not have rent control, then don't even look into rent control, because
this is just something for a select few of states.
But if you're in one of those states, that's definitely one that you want to look at.
And in addition, some cities like Minnesota, New Jersey, and Maryland have enacted some rent control on a citywide basis.
So you want to do some research.
What are my city regulations and what are my state regulations?
And figure out, is this even legal for my rent to increase this amount?
If your rent increases like 40%, for example, then make sure that that's even legal within the parameters of the city and state laws.
So here's some examples of some laws that have just been recently passed.
Florida is a very landlord-friendly state.
Miami recently just passed a law requiring landlords to give tenants at least 60 days notice
for rent increases more than 5%.
So if they don't do that, they can't increase your rent more than 5%.
So this is something that's very valuable to know.
So say, for example, you live in Miami and your landlord notifies you,
we're going to increase your rent 25%.
And they notify you 30 days before your lease is up.
Well, if they don't do it in writing before those 60 days,
then they cannot do that.
So here is where knowing this law is going to help you significantly so that they can't just blindside you that your rent increased.
And this is why it's so valuable to research these regulations.
For example, another one.
Landlords in Portland may be required to help tenants pay relocation costs if the rent increases significantly.
So maybe your rent increases really quickly.
And all of a sudden, you have to relocate and that's a very expensive thing for you and your landlord.
And you do your research and say, hey, this is going to cost me $2,000 to move.
move and your landlord is going to have to cover that if your rent increases, say, 20, 30%, something
within that range.
And there's a bunch of different laws just like this that you can research.
Now, if you want to research rent control and if your state or your city has rent control,
the National Multifamily Housing Council has information on rent control by state.
So that's where I would look if you're looking for that information.
But what I really want to say is, unless you're in a rent controlled area, don't focus on the
government to bail you out.
Because typically it's not the best option for most people.
Now, the next thing you want to consider is rental assistance.
Now, are there programs in your state or in your area that can help you with rental
assistance if you're really struggling financially?
Let's say you have a low wage and you're not making a ton of money where there are programs
out that can help you with rent assistance.
So check that out and Google in your area if there's rental assistance and if you qualify
for that.
Now, the next thing, we're going to get into the nuts and bolts now.
This is the stuff I really want you to be doing.
The next one is negotiate.
So the negotiation process is something that we are going to talk about the next episode.
The entire next episode is going to be about how to negotiate your rent.
And I'm going to give you the step-by-step guide on exactly how to do this.
And we're going to break it down.
It's an entire episode.
But we'll talk about some of the points here because you want to be able to negotiate.
This is a skill that you want to have and you want to be able to negotiate so that you can save those
thousands of dollars by doing so.
This is an incredibly powerful skill.
And if you think about it this way, if you're a good tenant, landlords don't want to lose you
because they want their tenants to stay for the long term because it costs them money to turn over
the property to paint the walls to clean the property to do all these different things and if you don't
tear up the property they want to keep you there if you're a good tenant you pay on time they want to
keep you there they want to sign you for long term leases because the pain it takes them time it takes
them energy and it takes them money so being able to negotiate if you're a good tenant is going to be
incredibly powerful for you and what we're going to talk about that episode is some of the levers that you can
pull in some of the things that you can do to use in your favor to negotiate your rent.
This is the single most important thing that you need to understand is negotiating your rent.
Now I'm going to get into some of the other options here, but make sure you're subscribed
to this podcast or following this podcast so that you can see that next episode when it comes out.
So it'll be out in the next two days.
The next one.
So once this starts to happen, let's say your rent hikes.
You may want to look at starting a budget if you don't have one.
Now, most people hate the word budget.
They can't stand that word.
But guess what?
When you're in a situation where drastic things are happening,
sometimes you have to take drastic measures.
So we talk about two budgets here.
We talk about the reverse budget,
which is where you just take your savings off the top
and then spend what you have left over.
And we talk about the line by line item budget.
Now, the line by line item budget is more optimized.
So you can look at your budget and say,
hey, where am I spending money that doesn't really bring me value
in my everyday life, that I can cut back
so that I can allocate more dollars to this rent increase?
Now this is something most people don't want to do.
I know it's painful.
I understand this is something that you definitely don't want to do, but how can you do that
so that you can allocate more dollars towards what's happening here?
Because the last thing you want to do is go into debt because your rent is increasing.
So figuring out where can I allocate some of those dollars so that we can make a massive
difference here in terms of how I'm spending my money.
The next thing is focus on increasing your income.
So we talk about this all the time.
Increasing your income solves the majority of your problems when it comes to your money.
As long as you have good spending habits, you track where your money is going and you understand where every single dollar is going.
Increasing your income is going to make a huge, huge difference.
So the first thing you can do is negotiate your salary.
We have a free e-book on how to negotiate your salary.
If you haven't checked that out, it's linked up in the show notes below.
The other things that you can do is you can start a side hustle.
You can start to make more money on the side.
You can start a side business or an online business.
There's a bunch of different ways to increase your income.
And we have YouTube videos on this.
We have podcast episodes on this.
There's a bunch of different ways that you can increase your income so that you can grow your wealth over time.
The next thing to consider is get a roommate.
Now, for super social people and extroverts, this may sound awesome.
You get to live with a best friend inside of your house.
But if you're an introvert, this may sound like the worst thing in the world.
I understand having a roommate is not always easy.
You need a dependence.
You need space.
But the fact is, sometimes we have to do things we aren't crazy about in drastic times.
If you really can't afford your rent and you're relying on all these other assessments,
programs, maybe it's time to get a roommate. If you're in a one-bedroom, maybe it's time to
find a two-bedroom, get a roommate, split the rent costs so you can reduce that housing cost below
that 30% range. This to me is another form of house hacking. Having a roommate is a form of
house hacking because you're reducing your housing costs by having somebody else help you out with
those housing costs. So this is another thing to consider. If you live by yourself or you're
a couple that cannot afford your rent currently, then this may be something to consider so that you
can reduce that housing costs as well. The next option is to obviously move. So this is the last resort
if all else fails is to move to a cheaper location. And for most people, if you're in the area and you do
some research and you see rent increases aren't as high as my specific landlord is increasing my rent,
then you know for a fact that it's time to start negotiating. And in that negotiation process,
I'm going to show you how to actually research rent prices in the area so you know exactly how
much rents are going for in that area. But moving is your last resort if all else fails.
Now, here's an alternative that I just want to present, because I've seen this happening a lot
more as of late, is you can find alternative housing at a cheaper price. So what is an example of
alternative housing? If you want to pursue fire, I think this is a very cool way, especially
if you don't have like a large family or anything along those lines, is you can, for example,
buy something like an RV. In an RV, you can travel around the country, but you can also
live in an RV and a lot of people who work remotely now are buying RVs. And an RV living
is a lot nicer than it used to be where you have a full kitchen. You can have a washer and dryer.
You can have all those different things. It's like having a little apartment on wheels.
And you can buy RVs. If you have a truck, you can buy RVs for very cheap, $10,000,
and you can do the RV lifestyle until rents in your areas come down. I just read a story
about a Google employee who's making $200,000 to $300,000 a year, who is renting an
RV currently, even though they have a really high income because they want to pursue financial
independence. So they're saving as much of their income as they possibly can. They live in an RV
and they get to travel around the country and still have that high income. So this is a lifestyle
shift that you can make. Let's say, for example, you absolutely hate your job. You want to get out of that
job as fast as you possibly can. What if you made this switch for four, five, six, seven years,
saved the majority of your income and you were able to become financially independent in 10 years?
What if you could do that?
Would that sacrifice be worth it to you?
So you don't have to get up every day
and go to a job that you absolutely hate.
For some people, yes.
For some people, no.
It depends on what you truly value
and it depends on what you want to do with your time,
your energy, your money, all that kind of stuff.
But if you truly value your freedom,
this is one option to look into.
Another one is look into tiny houses.
Tiny houses are significantly cheaper
than it buying a regular house.
And then once you are done with this RV
or the tiny house, if you go that route,
you can rent it out as an income.
So say, for example, you do it for a year and this is just not for you.
It's not what you want to do.
Well, you can now rent out an RV or rent out the tiny house
and have rental income coming in every single month.
So it's an investment that you can actually use as an asset later on down the line.
So this is just another very cool option where you can get creative with your rent strategies
as well if your rent is drastically going up in your area and there are no better options.
You don't want to leave the area.
Your job's in the area.
Well, this is another step that you can take.
specifically if you don't have a bunch of dependents.
Now, you can do this with dependents.
I've seen people travel around with a family of five.
But you've got to figure out what do you value most
and what are you willing to do to get after what you value most.
That's kind of the framework to think through this
as you go about deciding how to tackle the problem of rising rent.
Now, make sure you guys are subscribed to this podcast
to check out the next episode.
We're going to talk about how to negotiate your rent.
I can't wait to share that information with you guys
because we're going to do a deep dive on that episode
on exactly step by step what to do and how to negotiate your rent with your landlord,
because that is the number one way to reduce the cost of your rent as well.
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