Affordable Rent in Safe place accessible to SAN-FRA with BART/ACE/CALTRAIN (Oakland: apartment)

[domabozo]

Hi-


I need a small 2 BR house , in the range of $ 1500 /M in any area that is :

- connected to San Fra with any regular rail / Metro service

- within 45 minutes or 1 hour from the city

- Safe


Can I find something like that ( house not apartment )

[ExeterMedia]

Ah. The old "1)safe, 2)cheap, and 3)close to SF" question again, but with the added wrinkle that it must be a house and not an apartment.

No. I don't think you'll find that combination unless you have a time machine to go back to 1992.

[sav858]

That's gonna be tough but you can try looking into Martinez, you might find some older 2-br bungalows in town for around that much. You're about a 10-15 min drive to North Concord/Martinez BART

[cardinal2007]

Originally Posted by domabozo

Hi-


I need a small 2 BR house , in the range of $ 1500 /M in any area that is :

- connected to San Fra with any regular rail / Metro service

- within 45 minutes or 1 hour from the city

- Safe


Can I find something like that ( house not apartment )

I think since there is very little available anyway you can start by asking about neighborhoods were the houses are listed. Like this:

Is Pittsburg safe?
Is Hayward safe?
Is San Leandro safe?
Is East Oakland safe?
Is Richmond safe?

And see where you get a positive responses.
On CL(Craigslist) there is no where else you can find the first 3 requirements, and you will still need to drive or bike to the station, if you were hoping to not do that you're out of options, unfortunately.

[ccm123]

Look in the East Bay, that is probably your best bet.