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Finally moving out.

bryan bailey

bryan bailey

Feb 15, 2003
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#1
April first I'll finally be out of my parents houses and I'll be on my own with a couple friends. So far I'm stoked for it, but unfortunately due to a rough Febuary I'm near broke and need 900 bucks by the first of April.

So, any suggestions as to how I can do it? I'm trying to sell my Geddy J for 600 and then my regular wage would cover the rest and my tax return that'll show up mid April will level me off nicely. So if I sell this bass I think I'll be alright, but if I can't sell it I don't know what I'm gonna do.


Any helpful hints?
 
#5
Why do you need such a big initial investment? I'm assuming it's the security deposit and first months rent, but the deposit isn't usually more than $300. Considering you'll be splitting the deposit and the rent between a couple of guys, I guess I'm just not seeing why you need $900.
 
#9
SuperDuck said:
Why do you need such a big initial investment? I'm assuming it's the security deposit and first months rent, but the deposit isn't usually more than $300. Considering you'll be splitting the deposit and the rent between a couple of guys, I guess I'm just not seeing why you need $900.
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From what I noticed, is that most places require first and last months rent plus a security deposit which is around the amount of rent for one month. My apartment, which has rent of $325 a month, had a $975 deposit. For this area, $325 a month for a studio is quite cheap. As most studios around here are at least $500 a month.
 
#10
Alright, according to my roomates who have met the landlord there, there stands to be a good chance that he'll take it easy on me and pay last rent next month when I have money.

That and the other 4 roomates have all said they will help in any way they can.

So I should be all set. I also hope I can do this without being a huge burden on four other people and still keep my Geddy.

Only time will tell...
 
#12
bryan bailey said:
That and the other 4 roomates have all said they will help in any way they can.
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Uh-huh. It won't be charity. They'll want it back someday. Real quick way to ruin friendships is to move in with your buddies, and be bumming money for rent, the phone bill, groceries, etc. Everyone has their breaking point on loaning money. Same goes for the landlord. He'll be easy on you to get you in the place. He's going to want that money. If you don't have it right now, what makes you think you can save it up while you try to maintain the increasing bills you are going to accumulate on your own?

I'm tellin' ya bro, this just sounds bad. Hopefully I am wrong.

-Mike
 

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