I might have just found an apartment! Woot!!!

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Woot! I think I may have just found a really nice apt. for myself. I think I may be able to move out of my house (20 years old, soph. in college) and able to live on my own.

Some may be thinking why I'm not living in the dorms, on a campus, etc. etc. Well, I don't have any loans right now, and I don't forsee me having any once I get my degree.

The apt. is about 625 sq. ft., central air, washer/dryer hook ups in the apt. and full kitchen w/ everything included.

The community features all the usual (pool, weight room, basketball/tennis courts, blah blah), but also includes a stocked fishing pond and a golf driving range. (I'm a big time golfer).

Also water/trash/sewage is paid for by the apt. complex.

Price for this place is $519 a month and averages $60 for utilities (electric).

Also they offer $30 discount a month for being a student (Yee-Haw!!). The washer and dryer you can rent from them is $30 a month so that basically evens out.

They also offer cable, phone, hi-speed internet through them so it's directly applied to your end of the month bill. This is rare around here, so another large perk.
Those 3 items are $90 a month ($40 being the hi-speed internet). I may not get the land line phone ($20) since I have my cell phone.

So with all that said, I could be looking at a $670 monthly payment for everything I mentioned. Around this area, that's a pretty damn good price especially after adding in the extras (washer/dryer, phone, cable, etc. etc.)

Woot! This is like my 16th apt. I've looked at in the area so I'm pretty excited to finally find a very good one.
 
Unless I missed it. The most important thing: Does it have a place to wash your car? Sounds like a good deal. My last apt. had a covered area to wash my truck with a pressure washer. But about 1/4 of my truck wouldn't fit in the bay. lol Good luck and you will love living on your on.
 
DUDE, you will love it. It takes responsibility to make yourself get up and go to school. I damn near flunked out when I move out of the dorm and into an apt.

Doing your own thing is just a step to becoming an adult. Just becareful and budget.
 
Wow! I'm looking for a 1BD/1BA apartment/townhome in Orlando. About $1100 a month. 1000 sq. feet, two story, and enclosed garage underneath.

I make almost 4x that not adding detailing into the equation, being 19, and I have paid off my car. All I have in insurance, and a gas guzzler. I am highly considering a roomate, but they might not be the same like me, neat and organized. But furniture, etc. will be split betwen us. This is the place I'm going to Sunday morning, before playoff football. I foresee myself hopefully moving in, within the next month or so.


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Nick19-

If you really make $48K you can certainly afford that place by yourself....... avoid roomates unless there is no choice.
 
Whitethunder46-

I'd say you've found an ideal place. Congrats & well done. Now jump on it before someone else gets it!!!!!
 
That's AWESOME! You will love having a place of your own, it's easier to bring the ladies over to your own apartment rather than back to your parents!

I lived in apartments all the way through college, and two years after I graduated to safe some money. I missed not being able to BBQ, but made sure I had a garage to keep the truck in.

Let me tell you though: no matter how much you're going to love your apartment, there is nothing like making the jump to a house. I LOVE IT!!!
 
I have a few friends that wouldn't mind moving in with me, but IDK.

I'm a firefighter/paramedic, or training for one, another 26 weeks before I become certified. In our area, it's $43k a year, and overtime is available. You work two to three, 24hour days a week depending on the firehouse. And that allows me to keep my detailing businesss, one reason why I decided to go that way. I have a good education, and finished two years of college, and decided to not go any further. Long story....

I've been working FT 45+ hours a week since I was 16, its time for me to settle down and buy myself something nice. After two years, you are able to purchase the townhome, well in my case where my credit isn't 800.

This weekend is going to be a blast. I cannot wait! Im the MAN



-Nick
5-Star Auto Detailing
 
abrcrombe said:
:( I want to move out... Congrats white thunder and nick!
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Your time will come as well, and you will think to yourself, why didn't I do it any earlier?Im the MAN It's really a great, rewarding experience, for most.



-Nick :cheers:
5-Star Auto Detailing
 
ill be the odd man out here and just admit that im not moving out until i absolutely have to! that said, i do hate living here with my parents and its frustrating but there is no monetary payment , and being in college my books cost a lot, tuition is covered by bright futures scholarship. just have like 3 more semesters to go maybe 4. but yea as much as i hate living with my parents, i love not having an extra unecessary payment each month!
 
Whitethunder46 said:
Woot! I think I may have just found a really nice apt. for myself. I think I may be able to move out of my house (20 years old, soph. in college) and able to live on my own.

Some may be thinking why I'm not living in the dorms, on a campus, etc. etc. Well, I don't have any loans right now, and I don't forsee me having any once I get my degree.

The apt. is about 625 sq. ft., central air, washer/dryer hook ups in the apt. and full kitchen w/ everything included.

The community features all the usual (pool, weight room, basketball/tennis courts, blah blah), but also includes a stocked fishing pond and a golf driving range. (I'm a big time golfer).

Also water/trash/sewage is paid for by the apt. complex.

Price for this place is $519 a month and averages $60 for utilities (electric).

Also they offer $30 discount a month for being a student (Yee-Haw!!). The washer and dryer you can rent from them is $30 a month so that basically evens out.

They also offer cable, phone, hi-speed internet through them so it's directly applied to your end of the month bill. This is rare around here, so another large perk.
Those 3 items are $90 a month ($40 being the hi-speed internet). I may not get the land line phone ($20) since I have my cell phone.

So with all that said, I could be looking at a $670 monthly payment for everything I mentioned. Around this area, that's a pretty damn good price especially after adding in the extras (washer/dryer, phone, cable, etc. etc.)

Woot! This is like my 16th apt. I've looked at in the area so I'm pretty excited to finally find a very good one.
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Do yourself a HUGE favor make sure you get a top appartment. There is nothing worse then hearing people walking/running around at all hours of the day/night. I put up with that for 10 months and thank God we were able to save and buy a townhome. Top appartment only you've been warned lol
 
The apartment I want ranges from $519-$549. All the same, but the cheaper ones are the 3rd (top) level. Needless to say, I'm getting one of these. I also want to live in one of the dedicated pet buildings so I can own a dog. Another plus is there are steps leading straight down to the fishing pond. (My gf enjoy fishing in the summer.)

Living with my parent's has been ok, but ever since starting college last year.... well, it's time to move out.

I'm lucky enough where my parent's pay for my tuition (very low), and my books. They feel they need to make it even between me and my sister who went to UNC. That's good for me, since UNC wasn't cheap out of state! haha!

I too have my car all paid off, and with getting a new car (no payments), my insurance will drop drastically.

So, I just have to remember to budget in gas, food, and insurances. And of course a few extra for fun.

What really is going to determine when I can move out, is how well I start with my detailing business this summer. I work at a golf course about 9 out of the 12 months, and make around $1000 a month. There's a lottt of perks there for a college student, and I've been there for 6 years and love it. I'm hoping to bring at least another $800 a month with my detailing business.

Question:
If my monthly total payments were about $950-1000 (includes food, fun, etc. etc.), and my guaranteed montly income was around $1200, BUT I had about $15,000 saved up before moving into the apt., should I do it? I would only have to go for about a year until I'd have a nice paying internship. I don't think I would be struggling much at all, if at all, with a nice sum of money saved up. Any opinions?
 
It never ceases to amaze me how much cheaper it is to live in other areas of the country. Boston is SO expensive. An apartment like the one pictured from Orlando would probably cost $3,000 a month or so here perhaps more depending on location.
 
Yea, the apt. is definitely one of the cheaper of the nicer ones around here. Damn, there are quite a few in downtown Dayton for $300, lol. It's ironic that the cheap ones are in downtown, heart of the city, whereas the more/most expensive are in surrounding suburbs, lol.

The nicest apts you would find around here are about $1500, and like 1400 sq feet, 3-4 bedrooms. They are pretty rare. I'd say an average 1 bed 1 bath is about $600
 
Hell I'm 24 and live at home, and own my own business lol. Except I don't mind it and my mom could careless lol, I mean the house is right across the beach, I've got everything I could want, and she doesn't care if my sister if I have a ton of people over (heck she'll usually chill with us). Now I do own a condo however I got offer to rent it that I couldn't refuse. Plus, with that place rented, and living at home with no expenses, it allows me to focus everything into the business as we picked an awkward time of the market to open up lol, but the ones who pull through this market (Real Estate) are the ones who will succeed. I'm gonna start searching again this summer, I want to get a townhouse along the intrcoastal or one of the canals leading to it, since a normal house on the water is way outta my range right now.

Rent here is ridiculous anyway, friend and his fiance are paying 2000 a month for a 500-600 sqft condo that's in Boyton Beach (which is way cheaper then Boca where I live). I just finished a deal on a condo here, $870K, and guess how many sqft, just under 900 lol.
 
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Whitethunder46 said:
Question:
If my monthly total payments were about $950-1000 (includes food, fun, etc. etc.), and my guaranteed montly income was around $1200, BUT I had about $15,000 saved up before moving into the apt., should I do it? I would only have to go for about a year until I'd have a nice paying internship. I don't think I would be struggling much at all, if at all, with a nice sum of money saved up. Any opinions?
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I would say if you can tolorate living at home until you get a nice paying job I say stay as long as they don't kick you out. Renters insurance, food, furniture, laundry, dinner dates, ect, ect can slowly eat away at your funds. But if you feel it's time to go and you want to wake up to a naked chick and walk around half naked on the weekends togther ROCK ON :righton: Im the MAN
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So I've been doing some hardcore research into all this. I have budgeted $852 monthly bills including food, gas, and all the extra's of the apt. (cable, hi-speed, etc. etc.)

As far as moving in, I have found and been making lists of all the furniture. Granted a lot of it is from Target and Wal-Mart so it's relatively cheap, but hey, it's decent.

For all the rooms in the house, including bath towels, kitchen things (dishes, plates, etc. etc.), living room, bed room. Basically everything a normal house has it comes out to being just over $1800 after local taxes.

I still have to budget in the electronics (WOOT!) TV, wireless, hi-speed router. Hopefully I can budget in a decent sound system.
 
Have you thought of maybe buying 4 towels, using paper plates, plastic forks etc. Until it's easier to purchase everything?

The first thing I'm going to do is find a furniture set, and buy only the sofa. Since I can always buy the extra pieces when pay days come. I am lucky to have three credit cards, 1 over a $1,000, the other two under $1,000 to help pay for purchases. Although when I plan on purchasing an expensive item, I will have at LEAST half saved, before I purchase it, JUST in case something happens and I cannot work or whatever. I am also moving into "Aflac" insurance to help pay for my bills if anything were to happen.

I plan on using simple, throw-away utensils, purchasing a few towels, or take some from things from home.

I have been unfortunate in the monetary area, trying to support my family for months while my dad was having back surgery, long story, and I will stop with the gossip. I do not have thousands saved up, so I must go this way, to make ends meet, until I get off my feet.

Do they require a security deposit? Most places might, and something to consider.


Good luck bro..




-Nick :cheers:
5-Star Auto Detailing
 
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