Where do you live?

[AtlasFlyer]

I had right at 40k saved when I moved out. Had I waited it out another year, I could've had 40k more, but I was ready to choke my parents... Lol

Perhaps the feeling was mutual? :unsure:

I have NO DESIRE to have my kids still living with me when they're adults. I moved out at 18, so did my brother. I popped back in for a couple months twice, but was back on my own very quickly.

 

[Sublime]

Currently renting s house with my fiancé. Going to try and purchase a home next year. In the process of building up my credit now.

 

[the_negro_puppy]

I share a townhouse / rent

$1800 a month, rent here is expensive....

but medics get pain $80k a year

 

[STXmedic]

Perhaps the feeling was mutual? :unsure:

Maybe, but they were very insistent on me not moving out.

 

[MSDeltaFlt]

USED to have a mortgage. I own my home outright. Thank God.

 

[JDub]

I rent a 2bed/2bath apartment and split it with a roommate.

 

[medicsb]

I moved almost out of high-school but did have a lot of financial support via health insurance and car insurance (I paid for everything else). When I worked full-time I covered everything. Once I went back to school, I made enough to cover cost of living (except car insurance) until I moved in with the GF in a better neighborhood, so I then needed a little extra to cover rent. Now I live 100% off of loans. Always have rented and likely will for the next 2-5 years.

 

[Anjel]

I should have said at least $5K but ideally more.

My new salary will be ~$3k a month but I have no rent and my only monthly payments are my car and student loans which will be ~$600 total. So hopefully it will not take too long to save up some money if I live conservatively.

No more 300 dollar pairs of jeans haha

My husband and I bought a trailer yesterday with the help of my mother in law. No financing. Just paid cash for it.

I have been on my own since 17. I have always rented an apartment.

I have absolutely no savings though. It's all I can do on 20k a year, and a husband who only works in the summer.

 

[VFlutter]

No more 300 dollar pairs of jeans haha

Haha I have not spent that much on jeans since then. Who knows when they will get cut off in the ER!

 

[usalsfyre]

Owned a house, forced to move cause of job, now rent an apartment in a good neighborhood. Trying to get furniture has been a pain, ex took all the good stuff.

 

[Jambi]

Rent a house here in Southern California for $1450/month.

I currently refuse to buy a house in this state, and as it stands I plan in leaving this place unless some kinda of amazing well-paying opportunity comes along.

In the mean time I've got to have some place to keep a wife and two kids...

Apartments are more $/sq ft around here...I hate apartments, condos, and townhouses.

 

[Clare]

I share a townhouse / rent

$1800 a month, rent here is expensive....

but medics get pain $80k a year

Is $1800/mo your rent with bills or just your rent!?

I have been on my own since 17. I have always rented an apartment.

That is very impressive; I couldn't fathom being on my own at 17. My sister moved out a couple months ago when she turned 17 and she lives with her boyfriend who is a little bit older. She's doing pretty well for being so young.

I moved out of home when I left high school for a little while but it didn't really work; I was far too young and ended up back at home again, stayed there right through uni and moved out proper when I was 24.

As much as I liked being at home because it was cheap and easy I'd have gone absolutely insane if I'd stayed there much longer.

Sharing a house with other people is OK, it's not ideal and I would absolutely love to be in my own place but with the average house price over $600k I just don't see it happening in my lifetime and it's actually a bit of a bummer to be honest.

 

[Aidey]

I didn't vote because none of the options fit me. I own a home, which I rent out, and I rent a house close to where I work. Sounds nuts, but I'm actually making money on the deal, so it works.

 

[DesertMedic66]

Is $1800/mo your rent with bills or just your rent!?



That is very impressive; I couldn't fathom being on my own at 17. My sister moved out a couple months ago when she turned 17 and she lives with her boyfriend who is a little bit older. She's doing pretty well for being so young.

I moved out of home when I left high school for a little while but it didn't really work; I was far too young and ended up back at home again, stayed there right through uni and moved out proper when I was 24.

As much as I liked being at home because it was cheap and easy I'd have gone absolutely insane if I'd stayed there much longer.

Sharing a house with other people is OK, it's not ideal and I would absolutely love to be in my own place but with the average house price over $600k I just don't see it happening in my lifetime and it's actually a bit of a bummer to be honest.

600K for a house???

In my area that would buy a huge 2 story house 6 bedrooms and 4 baths on 4 acres of land

 

[Aidey]

600K for a house???

In my area that would buy a huge 2 story house 6 bedrooms and 4 baths on 4 acres of land

Assuming she is using NZD that is actually $490k in USD.

 

[Anjel]

http://mobile.remax.com/search.html#details/105150966/photos/0

That is a 600k home here lol

 

[DesertMedic66]

http://mobile.remax.com/search.html#details/105150966/photos/0

That is a 600k home here lol

http://mobile.remax.com/search.html#details/107656662/photos/60040562

I would kill to have this house

 

[DrParasite]

I didn't vote because none of the options fit me. I own a home, which I rent out, and I rent a house close to where I work. Sounds nuts, but I'm actually making money on the deal, so it works.

Not at all. Having your property make money for you is actually a sign of a good businessman/woman, because it shows that you are making an investment that is making you money. And the fact that you rent a place closer to work makes a lot of sense, esp if you are paying for your mortgage (hopefully and them some) off the rent you are charging your tenants.

 

[DrParasite]

I figure since everyone else is sharing, so will I.

I left my parents home at 18 when I went away to college. graduated early, and moved back into my parents house for exactly 1 calender year. Worked in a could of dead end jobs, for less than 12 an hour, but didn't have enough money to move out. Couldn't handle living there and moved into a rathole in the wall apartment for less than 500 a month for 6 months. moved from one crappy apartment to another (with prices ranging from 400 and 1200 a month) over a 4 year period, before moving in with a classmate of mine for $400 a month.


At this point, I was working FT in EMS, and I was offered a new job for slightly less money but better benefits and a pension that my current job didn't have. So I accepted the new FT job, kept my old job per diem, and put a $20,000 down payment on my home on the other side of the county, and I have been living here for about 3 years now.

Still wish i had a sugarmomma who would pay my bills and let me live in the lap of luxury while working in EMS.

 

[Clare]

House prices here are incredibly expensive; per square foot (metre) I think they are even more expensive than in New York City, I heard something like that on the TV a while ago.

I can only ever dream of living somewhere where you can get a two storey house with 4 bed, 4 bath and a pool for $600k; here is exemplars of what $600k would buy you http://www.tinyurl.com/600knzdhouse