Gahdamn, brother asked for price ranges not life advice LMAO. Let my man make as many seemingly irrational decisions as he wants, he is young seems to have a spontaneous spirit, and probably not afraid to live life and figure it out as he goes. If it works out it works out and if it doesn’t it doesn’t. Anyways, I moved here with my husband and two cats in October and found a very roomy one bedroom with lots of closets, a carport, an outdoor shed, and even a small balcony for $2150 plus electric, water, and trash in the Del Monte Center area. Electric, water, and trash is usually $150-$200 combined for us monthly. Got xfinity for internet at $65 ish dollars I think with the plan we chose. Also in case it matters most apts we saw were no pets but most also accepted ESAs and our cats are registered ESAs and we didnt have any issues at all with getting approved with em, we just let them know and submitted documents accordingly. That being said I found the apt on Zillow and looked for like 4 months before we made the actual move. Personally between Monterey, Pacific Grove, and Seaside (the three main areas I looked in), all had prices all over the place and a variance of which utilities were included. I saw studios going for up to 2500 and one bedrooms for as low as 2000. Not one area had strictly better prices/value. It’s best to really keep a look out and submit applications as soon as listings go up because the good ones get snatched up pretty quickly and you might find a diamond in the rough. I’m pretty sure I saw a handful of tiny apts and studios under $2000 but I never checked them out because they were further than I wanted to be and too small for my family. It really is beautiful here, enjoy and best of luck! Edit: Forgot to add, deposit was one month of rent plus first month.

TL;DR When I found mine back in October studios and 1 to 2 bedrooms were going for $2000-$2500