Living in Hotels to Save Money in a Housing Crisis…

The extended stay owners just want rent. They can probably save because they don’t have daily cleaning services. Guests use laundromats. And like they said…school systems now send buses to hotels to pick up students.

Governments have done this. Not only with immigration but with not keeping up with how fast baby’s are born, I grew up watching the American dream and white picket fence to now at 32 seeing this is heartbreaking.

I delivered food to people in storage.

Damn, $1200 seems expensive.

I was thinking about living in a hotel for about a few months and looked up how much it would be for a month and said nope…it’s too expensive…

This has me for almost 2 months now

Hotels are 300 a night, run down ones maybe 125. 1,200 a month in Atlanta.?...NO WAY you can find a hotel room for 40 a night....Sorry the math ain't mathing.

I come from a big European-Asian country and in a big city an average salary is around 1000$. We are a family of three. We pay 350$ for a mortgage (27 years more to pay), which is pretty cheap compared to average rate around 500-700$ monthly payment, other 350$ for food, 100% commodities. Medical insurance is “free”, as well as nursing and schooling for kids. But this is all paid out of our taxes that are in total around 43%! Plus extra taxes are included into gasoline prices, alcohol, cigarettes and some more. That’s why when people in my country say that medicine is free and schooling is free so like don’t complain, I am laughing out loud. Because even with this system we live from paycheque to paycheque. And I feel really sorry and hurt for parents all over the world 🌍 who have to overcome so much from day to day in order to fulfil basic human needs in their hard way to bring up their kids.

Most the extended stay hotels here are normally maxed out, it’s crazy out here

I hit $113k today. Thank you for all the knowledge and nuggets you had thrown my way over the last months. Started last month 2024. Financial education is indeed required for more than 70% of the society in the country as very few are literate on the subject.

Roomates?

hell i pay about 250 in electric when we have to turn the ac on and the house rent is 1100 without fees dont get me started on internet and slum lord issues geting things fixed at least with a hotel you can move rooms and you get internet, water, tv, electric, trash and even a maid service and tolities if you need and no huge deposit and hotels are often in areas that actually have public transport. so even at 2k a month it could still be a deal!

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These people are living in hotels because they can’t afford housing, meanwhile I bought my house and can’t even afford a weekend getaway because hotels are so expensive.

Realize ..these places do not CHECK FOR PEDOPHILES..these people are putting their kids in danger

The worst thing about majority of motels, is pests. German roaches, water bugs, ants, bed bugs. You can have all or just one of those problems. The owners and managers of motels are very reluctant to do anything about it. Some of them just act like you are crazy, or lying, or you brought pests there yourself. I once wanted to stay in a motel in a nice area. The reviews were good, so I booked it for a week. Prepaid and everything. I got there and asked if I could see the room before I agreed to take it. They said they don’t allow that. (bad sign) So, I get my key, walk in, and immediately see a roach. Back to the front desk I go. Then they insist that I have to take that room because no other rooms are available and they do not do refunds. And after arguing back and fourth with them, and getting nowhere, I came up with a different tactic. These folks always had me step outside their front desk office to check in guests who were arriving because I was “inconveniencing” others by asking that they refund my money. And as I was standing outside, a couple walked up and they were talking amongst each other, “I hope this place doesn’t have roaches” and I immediately intervened with my comment “they do. That’s why I can’t accept my room because I saw at least one roach in there.” And even though I was standing outside, the hotel receptionist heard me through the window, and immediately called me over to say, “ok. We’ll call our boss to see if we can give you a refund.” And then, I also got on the phone with someone and was loudly telling them how I upset I am that I have found a roach in my room because it was some holiday and all the other places were either booked already or cost three times more.” Other arriving guests could hear me, which was a plus. I, standing out there, was quickly becoming a liability for that roach-infested place. No one wants that kind of advertisement. So, the front desk people, called me over again and begrudgingly issued me a full refund. Still an inconvenience because it was hard to find another hotel to stay at due to the holiday and the crazy rates. But at least I wasn’t forced to cohabitate with pests.

Is it just me or living at hotel is somewhat nice if your by your self, don’t have to do any cleaning

I just google 2 bed apartments in Atlanta; found many under 2k a month. Am I missing something.

Air BNB is a part of the housing crisis

It’s funny how people that are NOT paying rent or mortgage in Atlanta are speaking on how much we pay lmaooo I WISH to live somewhere for 2500$ a month here 😂😂😂 imagine finding an apartment that’s advertised at 1500 but with parking fees, trash, pet fees, and mandatory renters insurance you’re actually paying 3000 😂😂😂 if you’re not here then stay quiet

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I can say I stayed in an extended stay for 9 months. I had an apt lined up with a move in date. Moved out my apartment to move in to the new one. Got there and they said that I couldn’t get the original apt I rented because they were upgrading it and I would have to take a different one and have to pay more and move from a first floor I originally rented to a third. I said no. Got a clean place in walking difference from my job. Only planned to stay for a short time but I decided to switch careers so I stayed until I found a new job in a different state. It was 950 a month and I had a studio apartment type room. After 6 months they no longer charged taxes as well. My rent for my apartment was going to be 1150 without utilities.

I’ve seen two seniors living in hotel…taking advantage of the many amenities…not Families!!! Nice hotels. A couple seniors might take advantage of the breakfast…extended stay properties.. then because you stay longer you earn points. For seniors it might make sense.

So they want us to make 3-4x the rent price YET we are only being paid 1-2x the rent. What the hell!!!

I live in a 1 bedroom 19 story mansion.

I got an extended stay hotel one time, it was really nice. I dont remember the cost but it was also back in 2020 right when everything was shutting down. Full kitchen and a full size fridge in the room i had.

Idk about other states but in California (and the hotel I work at). If you stay 30 uninterrupted night, you go tax free. Granted you do have to authorize full price plus tax at check in but we do either refund the taxes or put them towards “free night”

bro. $500 monthly at a hotel aint good.. apparently you have never gone to one of those hotels... I could make you an incredible video / clip from Memphis if you add it into a vid.

I was thinking about doing this exact thing but I only make $1800 a month, so I'm pretty limited in where I can stay

It’s a hotel, not an apartment
One week at a time and check out for a day- then return

The issue is rental companies require income, bank statements, and the deposit. Hotels are day to day, week to week, month to month. Hotels do not ask for anything other than for you to pay your daily rate or weekly rate. Apartments are expensive, you have to pay background checks for all adults, hand over bank statements, credit check. Apartment management companies take note, in this economy if you offer easier short term rentals your places would fill up.

I've been living with roommates for over 12 years. Currently living with 4 other people I know, living in a 4-bedroom, 4 bath house and paying $890 after utilities. Making $66k I could live by myself.... but why would I pay $400 more dollars in some areas plus utilities?

Living in extended stay hotels have been occurring forever

I have lived in atlanta. I am not sure where she is seeing $2000 rent for two bedroom apt. There are cheaper options if you want.

Ooof @ using the toilet sink for washing up dishes... also cooking in the hotels? Doubt that's allowed.

$2400 for a 2bed in a major city sounds really good 😂

My sister was a travel nurse, and one of her assignments was in orage ca. So many people lived in the extended stay😮

Long time hotel residents were in the top two reasons I left the hotel business. Rude tourists were number one.

We bought our house in 2011 Indianapolis our mortgage is only $800 a month for two story three bedroom three bath suburban area beautiful neighborhood huge backyard. We were thinking about moving because we wanted to raise chickens and get a basement but if we sold our house and even put 100 K down, we still will be paying over 2K a month For just having a basement , pass

Look on the bright side. They get free room cleaning! Personal maid package ain’t bad!

Thank god i don't live in the U.S.

Who would have thought adding millions of people unnecessarily into the already crowded areas would be a good idea.

I had to live in an extended stay hotel once. It wasn't fun. We had paid to move into an apartment, but it had current tenants in their last month. They told the complex they would be out on the last day of the month. HOWEVER, they were not. They just decided to stay and not pay rent for their last month because they felt their deposit should cover it. It took almost 30 days to get them out and the complex had no other units. We got a free month from the complex to make up for it, but the extended stay cost was more than the rent. And we'd moved across the country so we had no other options. I'll never move like that again. I'll rent a BNB for a month or something and then apartment hunt instead of paying a deposit and the first month's rent in advance by a couple months in preparation. It was like I was punished for trying to do the right thing.

The same people living there have a brand new phone, new clothes, the trendy stuff and more. THE MINORITY of them are truly poor not by choice. That’s been proven to be fact.

Look at the overconsumption, the social media ads, people’s increase on buying…all of a sudden we also have people that can’t afford things. 80% of people have car payments. Please wake up. Please

I really feel bad for those who are seeking a place to live and were not home owners before the pandemic. Our crappy economy hasn't been fair to them. In 2016, I bought a three bedroom ranch home in a decent suburban area for $115K. My total monthly house payment is $1,006 per month, but if I moved back into the one bedroom apartment I previously came from where I was paying $800 per month in 2016, I would now be paying $1,400 per month. So for $400 less per month I can have an entire house with more space, a garage, and a front and back yard in the same type of neighborhood.

Here in CA living with roommates and finding a studio has become blurred most times same damn price. Then if you find your own place you have to compete for the place. If hotels weren't more expensive then renting I'd live in a hotel monthly rather then have to have the nightmare of finding a place in this economy. When I moved to ca rents for a studio in a shady place was 900 those same units 1500.

Gotta be honest people have always been doing this

They check you out and back into a new reservation on long term stays after 28 days because once it’s 30 days they are residents.

Why are these people choosing to live in major cities that’s why it cost so much move where it’s cheaper my goodness the cities are fucked