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WhiskeyClone
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: Rustifer]
#7460316 - 09/27/07 01:11 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Jadian
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: WhiskeyClone]
#7460997 - 09/27/07 04:24 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: Jadian]
#7461354 - 09/27/07 05:59 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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craigslist.
you can find a room for 200-300.
i do whatever it takes to live dirt-cheap
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Iolaa
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: ravin0ff]
#7461400 - 09/27/07 06:09 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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i only pay $212 in rent, maybe 50 more for utils...ha. sorry guys, that blows.
as for property, there is one option that hasn't been mentioned yet. i think cob is highly unregulated. it's also dirt cheap to build, no pun intended. i don't think you have to have any permits or anything. i could be wrong though.
buying property is also an investment. property generally increases in value very reliably. buying property at the age of 20 could be the start of a nice nest egg.
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: Rustifer]
#7461409 - 09/27/07 06:11 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I wanna know where your paying 500 a month for an apartment share please
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: AJ4U]
#7461414 - 09/27/07 06:13 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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In the very very bad side of city's/towns
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: Brainiac]
#7461420 - 09/27/07 06:14 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Figured aroudn here lowest youl get is 750-1000 and those are pos, fuck living in NJ god damn expensive. I hear Ca is nice this year
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: Rustifer]
#7461511 - 09/27/07 06:33 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I've been working on this problem for a long time!
In my country an average 1 bedroom flat will cost you £500 a month, yep thats $1000 for the pleasure of living in a box sized flat!!! Fuck That!
The average age of people moving out from living with their parents is 28 here now!!!
Anyway, onto the solutions for cheaper living!
1. Get a caravan and live in that 2. Get a caravan and borrow money to buy a house, rent the house to pay for the mortgage and live in the caravan 3. Buy a cheap peice of land and live in a moveable accomadation (no planning permission required) 4. Save or borrow money to buy a cheap house in Eastern Europe - You can buy 4 bedroom house and land for £7000 in Bulgaria!!! Or if you wanna go somewhere a bit nicer you can pick up a 3 bed for about £30,000 in inner Portugal. 5. Live in a tent 6. Get a VW camper or similar and live on the road 7. Marry a rich person 8. I'm running out of ideas...
I'm going for option 4 myself!
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: badchad]
#7461601 - 09/27/07 06:51 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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i rent a 5 bedroom 2 story house with a living room and den for $500/mo.
move to the south. everything is cheaper here.
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: automan]
#7461692 - 09/27/07 07:10 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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It always amazes me to hear the astronomical prices people pay for houses and rent. In my hometown you can buy a fixer-upper house for $20,000. You can buy a pimped out mansion on 100 acres of land for $300,000.
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Iolaa
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: automan]
#7461704 - 09/27/07 07:13 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
automan said: i rent a 5 bedroom 2 story house with a living room and den for $500/mo.
move to the south. everything is cheaper here.
QFT. everything.
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automan
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: RandalFlagg]
#7461752 - 09/27/07 07:23 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
RandalFlagg said: It always amazes me to hear the astronomical prices people pay for houses and rent. In my hometown you can buy a fixer-upper house for $20,000. You can buy a pimped out mansion on 100 acres of land for $300,000.
same here. the house we live in costs $26,000
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: automan]
#7461786 - 09/27/07 07:34 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
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RandalFlagg said: It always amazes me to hear the astronomical prices people pay for houses and rent. In my hometown you can buy a fixer-upper house for $20,000. You can buy a pimped out mansion on 100 acres of land for $300,000.
same here. the house we live in costs $26,000
It always blows my mind when you guys quote prices like that! I've said it before recently, but there is a place for sale 2 doors down from me that is only about a 400-500 sq ft studio and they are asking 300K! And my rent is almost $2000 a month for about 700 sq ft.
It all comes down to that age old rule in real estate...the 3 most important things are: location, location, location!
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: AJ4U]
#7461885 - 09/27/07 08:00 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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AJ4U said: I wanna know where your paying 500 a month for an apartment share please
Here in the phoenix area you can get one bedrooms for that price (or less). My first studio cost $340 a month, but that probably goes for just over $400 now. The only catch is you have to live in phoenix.
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: DieCommie]
#7461896 - 09/27/07 08:03 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Ugh...I've been there several times. After going outside in the 115 degree heat I said "Fuck this" and decided that I could never live there.
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: RandalFlagg]
#7461918 - 09/27/07 08:10 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I have been dying to leave for the last 26 years of life (which also happens to be the first 26 years of my life).
In ~1.5 - 2.0 years, hopefully, school will be my ticket out. Otherwise, I could not afford to live in any others cities as they are way out of my economic class.
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: DieCommie]
#7461949 - 09/27/07 08:17 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I hear you...I don't know why anybody would want to live there. It's a flat, barren, and hot expanse of suburbs and strip malls that all look the same for hundreds of miles. There's no soul to that place.
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DieCommie


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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: RandalFlagg]
#7461969 - 09/27/07 08:23 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Its cheap living if all you do is stay inside. There arent any natural disasters really except for the heat. Many people who can barley afford to rent in places like New York or California can come here and own a home. Thats how my in-laws came. They could not make it as renters in New York, so they are home owners here in Phoenix. The economy is good here, thats what draws people for the most part. Also many people hate the cold so much they think phoenix isnt that bad. I am not one of these people.
When I apply for school my criteria (besides academics) will be snow and snow boarding I cant wait
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: DieCommie]
#7462023 - 09/27/07 08:37 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I live about 5 blocks away from downtown Denver and pay 550 a month for a one bedroom...quiet neighbors and close to EVERYTHING.
And no niggers...
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Re: I'm sick of throwing away 500 dollars a month on an apartment [Re: Penguarky Tunguin]
#7462036 - 09/27/07 08:43 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Penguarky Tunguin said: And no niggers...
There aren't any black people in Denver....just Mexicans.
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