<prompt> Human: Im going to try to give as much detail as possible without writing an essay :My boyfriend and I both recently graduated college. I am now working an admin job making about 2300 a month. My boyfriend is in the process of switching jobs and will be making 1700 a month. These are our starter jobs while I finish grad school and we try to enter our field in a bigger city... Anyways, total we will be making about 4000 a month. The average rent for our area is about 800. My question is, at 4000 a month, how much can we afford to spend in housing, rent on an apartment? We want to be comfortable, not strapped for cash. I also dont want to live in the hood, but obviously I dont want to live out of our means. Also, thoughts on 1 bedroom vs 2 if the cost difference is less than 100?TLDR: couple in their young 20s looking to move in together. Whats an affordable budgetrent range for us? Huntsville, AL area.  <response>: Track your spending and make a budget. Honestly I would try and rent something cheaper as long as its in a safe neighborhood. At your age, you have a lot of time for compound interest to work, so I would live cheap and invest heavily. 