What is Rent?
In this article, we will learn about two usual meanings of rent.
1. Payment for using something: It is the most common use of this word. Rent is a regular payment. When you decide, you ask another person for the right to use something of theirs. The most common type of rent is for a place to live. To live in a place, the person pays rent to a landlord of a place such as an apartment house, house, or other building. You can rent cars, furniture, appliances, or clothes.
2. Income from property (less common):
When you have a property, it is your income if you rent it out. Rent has also been defined as the income a property owner earns when someone is renting out their property. The rent, I receive from my apartment building is my property income for example.

How can one figuring out how affordable rent is?
Let’s now understand how rent works on a basic level. People will often give you advice to spend less than 30% of your income on your rent. We have provided some examples here.
Example 1
Monthly income: $3,000
Mortgage rate (30%) = $900
In this case, paying off a mortgage of $900 would meet the proposed affordability threshold.
Example 2
Monthly income: $4,500
Affordable mortgage (30%): $1,350
The 30% rule helps balance the budget even with a large salary. This option guarantees that you will have enough money to cover other important expenses.
Rent Example
Basic | Person 1 | Person 2 | Person 3 |
---|---|---|---|
Net Monthly Income | $3,000 | $4,000 | $5,000 |
Recurring Monthly Debt | $800 | $1,000 | $1200 |
Regular Monthly Expenses | $1,000 | $1500 | $2,000 |
Affordable Monthly Rent | $840 | $980 | $1150 |