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So then yeah, that doesn’t count as experience for a federal contracting position. But a bachelors qualifies you for a GS 7 and you have work experience that should make you look good for a contracting and procurement early career position.

For $320 a ticket lol

>I'm a D.C. area local who moved away for a few years and has recently returned.

I took this to mean you've only been gone for ~3 years. My bad!

I mean I paid $600/mo for a lovely basement apartment near the Cathedral. Super safe neighborhood, awesome landlords.

In 1995...

Actually, a friend just had to deal with someone who DID get the keys. The owner of the unit put a lock box outside for self guided tours. Someone signed up, stole the keys to make a copy, returned them, then rented the unit and gave the tenant the copy of the keys. She moved in the same day the unit was being turned over for the ACTUAL tenants who signed with the ACTUAL owner. No one knew why she was there or how she got in, but when it was all explained it was heartbreaking. She thought she was moving her family into a nice home but had no where to go at the end of the day.

The area’s changed quite a bit from ‘06.

>I'm just curious if anyone things I can find something in a decently safe neighborhood, these days, for under $1,000 in which I can live alone.

You're from the area and really can't tell that these are obvious scams? I've been in D.C. for eight years and rents were already stupid expensive back then.

It's good that you thought to ask before engaging with them, but no - you will not find any "decent" apartments for anything close to $1,000. (To be honest, ~$2k should probably be your baseline.)

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Thank you!

I was in a similar situation in terms of how much I could spend to live here. I'm married with kids, had to come here for about a year for work, family stayed back home, and I visit home about once a month. So the name of the game was trying to find a relatively cheap place, in a not bad neighborhood.

Anyway, my target was NoVa, because I work south of the city. So if you're interested in that at all, maybe I can help. The basic tiers I found here were:

- $800 will get you a place with roommates, in a not super desirable, but not bad, part of town.

- $1000 will get you a place with roommates in more desirable areas (say, closer to metro)

- $1200 will get you your own 1BR place in less desirable areas (think West Alexandria)

- $1600 will get you 1BR in more desirable areas, but in old buildings (this is where I landed)

- $1900 and up opens things up considerably. 1BR in places like Old Town, nicer parts of Arlington and, sometimes, DC-proper.

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I’ve lived in this area forever and I truly can’t remember the last time any studio or 1B room cost that low. Even IZ and ADUs are above that. You are better off getting a room in house or staying with family. $1000 is not realistic to be alone in the city.

Yes, that’s one company. But this argument is dumb. Point is OP can find something for less than $1800 if they are willing to give up certain amenities like in-unit laundry or a dishwasher.

I got a 300ft studio near national cathedral for $1k when I was divorcing! And then gave the rest of my lease to another guy getting divorced! ...hope he passed it on...

This company has about 4 in NW and about 30 or more NE/SE

https://wcsmith.com/wc-smith-rent-control-apartment-communities/

Incorrect.

Very few rent controlled in NW I think

I rented in a 5br/2ba for $4650 in ward 3 for a while. There absolutely are studios in rent controlled buildings in the $1300-1400 range.

I only know prices for NW . I had a 4br 3 baths condo . Rooms 1450 each and master 1650. So a studio for that price ?

You can absolutely get a studio for less than $1800. It may not have the nicest amenities, but units in older buildings or basement apartments can be had for $1400ish. Also there are other places than NW.

Even for a "rough" neighborhood, some of those listings are unrealistic.

If you're paying anything less than $1000 and getting over 700 square feet in space, it's definitely a scam.

Notice that none of those listings include even the neighborhood the apartment is located in. I mean, we don't need the address. But you could at least say Trinidad, or Shaw, or something.

This.

I pay 900 but I had to look on Craigslist for months