<prompt> Human: Does the 30 come from your take-home pay or your gross pay? This has been confusing me for awhile because several websites have contradicting information.If I make 50,000 a year, would I only be able to afford 50k 0.30 12 1250 a month on rent? Or do you replace the 50k with whatever you make after taxes?Im sorry, this is probably a stupid question, but damnit, its been confusing me for awhile now. -_-  <response>: Many apartment managers will waive any cosigning requirement if your monthly income is at least 3x the monthly rent. I can see this common requirement getting confused for a maximum rent budget rule of thumb. 