Rent Breakdown:
Yearly rent: $18,000 - $1500p/month
I dont know the first thing about real-estate, but 1.5k monthly rent in many of the areas with dirt-cheap homes seems to be incredibly high.
Is this b/c of government subsidies?
From my experience, in University Heights, Ohio, where you can buy a small'ish home for 130-140k, the rent would go for around 1.2 or 1.3k per month, and that's considered a nice safe neighborhood, with high frum demand.