 Who Can Help. I'm Running Out of Time!!!? |
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 To what agency would I report unsafe living conditions in an apartment complex? |
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 REaltors what is the possibility of the Bank accepting this offer,? |
house was listed april 4th for 179,000
reduced to 171,900
then reduced on 5-21-2010 to 166,900
I offered 150,000 cash.
supposedly there are no other ... |
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 What's the best way for me to find a place to live in this situation? |
I'm 17. In January, I turn 18 and I need to move out of my parent's house then. The thing is that for Fall 2011, I'll be moving to a dorm rooom at university (in the same state).
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 How to kick renters out in Texas when there's no lease in place? |
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 My grandmother's care home has asked for top-up fees. What are my rights? |
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 What if i stop paying on my house and...? |
| If i just stop paying my mortgage, then it goes into forclosure, would it be possible to have a relative buy it back for me (presumably a lower price)? Is there any legal issues that i should be ... |
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 Verbal rent agreement for lease length? |
Hi,
Basically i am in my first year of uni and applied for accomodation to late and ended up having to find a house at the last minute. I ended up in a house that i hadn't seen, and it'... |
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 Breaking out of our tenancy agreement? |
| My partner and I have lived in a self-contained flat since July 2009. Our landlady, while pleasant and generally cooperative, has been somewhat unreliable - she has often stated she will do things ... |
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 I need help BADLY! Please...won't someone help me? Please? |
| I have brought this question here to Y!A a couple of times before but apparently no one knows any more than I do. So from making at least ten calls per day to anywhere and everywhere (working in the ... |
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 I got a notice to vacate my apartment. Help? |
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 Already moved out and have deposit back? |
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 should renters be ware if owner is going through loan modification? |
| me and a friend want to rent a house.....all this is being done through the internet via e-mail. he lives out of town and he says hes going through a loan modification. is there any way to know if he ... |
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 What happens when you have an accepted off on a house and the house is AS IS and it needs repairs? |
| We are buying a house and we have an accepted offer. It is "78,500 seller pays up to 3% at closing and the house is AS IS condition". Upon inspection we found that the boiler has 2 leaks. ... |
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 Can my flatmate charge me any rent as high as he wishes to? |
| I live in a suburb in sydney. I live in a 2 bedroom flat and share a room with another guy. The guy who owns the lease for the apartment lives in the other room. He charges us two guys rent that is ... |
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| Landlord require SSN to change utility bills' name? |
| Did we have to change the utility bill name ourselves? cause i gave my landlord the social security number,which he said it requires to change the name on utility. He said he changed the name already.... |
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 Do they have to buy since they put an offer in and it was accepted? |
| Do the buyers of our home have to get it since they accepted our counter offer? Im just so worried that they will end up backing out at the end. So as long as the inspection and appraisal comes ... |
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Brittany | On my own for the first time & need help with housing. If you're successful, please read!!? |
I'm out of college, i'll be 25 this year, and frankly I'm sick of living at home and need my own place. I make ab $450 a week (which is okay money...i live in alabama), but am scared to death to just go sign a lease anywhere! I've looked at several places and my parents are the most discouraging. It makes me sick how they are so negative and tell me I'll never be able to afford places...when the truth is, ive saved $1000s in case i ever really couldnt do it. They are just so negative and it hurts that they tell me i couldnt afford to live on my own. I think i want to just go with an okay apt. thats a little less expensive versus the one i really want (that has the pool, blah blah...) Don't you think this would be better in the long run because I do want to buy a house one day and not throw money away on this. The good news is I lived in my own place in college that my folks paid for so i have every piece of furniture and kitchen equipment and also a washer and a dryer...just please help me....someone who knows what i'm going through. |
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Knowitall
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Your parents are not negative, they are being realistic. Even if you can find a place to rent for $400 or less, you will be pinching pennies monthly. |
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Pork Patty
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Britt, $450 a week will put you below the poverty line. If you REALLY can't live with your parents, rent the least expensive apartment you can find and keep your credit cards at $0. |
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RetiredDebtFree
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With your income you should be able to do fine in an apartment that is about $450 a month in rent. Be sure you first have at least $2,000 in a short-term emergency fund, and it is ideal to have 4-6 months expenses saved for long-term emergencies such as unemployment, illness, etc. Stay out of debt and do not spend money before you earn it. Perhaps you parents just don't want you to move out, even if they don't realize it, but it is time to be an independent adult. Explain to them that they did a good job raising you into an adult, which was their job. Give it a go for a year, and perhaps you will decide to have a roommate, or even move back home. Sometimes parents are so wrapped up in parenting and their children, that they forget to work on their own marriage. That can be scary for parents. Call them often, and invite them over to your place for dinner. Good luck! |
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Money M
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Well the answer is simple, find a house or apartment that you can afford, I would say, make sure that your total monthly expenses (rent included) don't exceed 40% of your gross monthly income, so put pen to paper. If you can't afford it, get a roommate and cut the cost in half.
Good Luck. |
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todd
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You make $1800/mo. You shouldn't spend more than 1/3 on rent ($600). Based on the tone in your post, you need to get away from the oppressors ASAP. Find a place for $600 and don't look back. Buy a house in a year when the real depression hits us. http://rentmybudgetrv.com |
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Rick B
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You don't say exactly how much you have saved. You will need first, and last month's rent, plus a deposit. You will need deposits on your utilities. You will need to buy, rental insurance, etc.
I'd suggest that yo umake sure that you have 3 to 6 months worth of expenses saved up, then go for it.
You tell us how much you make and that you are looking at a cheap place and an expensive place, but you don't tell us how much those places are.
I'd suggest you try to stay around $500 a month in rent. |
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