Owner lives elsewhere · Shared bathroom
Hi. I have a room for rent. The rent is $725 per month, and includes utilities, cable tv, and internet. The room has three bedside or small tables, and a lamp, but is otherwise unfurnished. I have a rental application, and I require a background check. A prospective tenant needs to have regular predictable income, meaning a job, pension, or social security, in the range of $1600 to $1800 a month minimum. The tenant will share a bathroom with myself. The tenant who is moving out will have lived here one year. I have one large dog (husky) which is an inside dog; it is very friendly. The floors of my house, including the room for rent, consist of polished marble and granite. The tenant will have full use of the kitchen and washer and dryer. I'm sorry, but I can't take someone with pets.
I'm a 51 year old male, the owner of the house and I live in one room. I work as a college professor. I have a long term tenant (72 year old male) who has lived with me for about 10 years or more, and is a retired engineer.
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What renting your own place in Fresno usually costs, compared to this room.
Every on-time rent payment is on the record here, and you can opt in to have it reported for credit. A room counts toward your history.
Shorter and month-to-month terms a whole-place lease rarely offers. Take a room while you settle in, without signing a year away.
Rooms in real neighborhoods close to work and school, for far less than a whole apartment in the same spot.
| Cost | This room | Fresno studio | Fresno 1-bed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly rent | $725 | $1,063 | $1,391 |
| Utilities | Ask the owner | ~$241 | ~$241 |
| Monthly total | $725 | $1,304 | $1,632 |
| Deposit | $200 | $1,063 | $1,391 |
| Application | Free | Up to $66 | Up to $66 |
| To move in | $925 | $2,192 | $2,848 |
Monthly total is rent + utilities. To move in is first month + deposit + application. Deposit shown at the one-month California cap.
Sources: RentCafe (August 2026), Numbeo, CA Civ. Code §1950.6, CA AB 12. Estimates for comparison, not a quote.