How much money did you have when you moved into your first place?

[Kalik]

$0, I was sleeping on my old roomates cuz floor in college. Then me and my roommate got a crib together, in a year I was moved out and living with my exwife (college g/f)

This was 96 when you could get 2 jobs without trying

 

[C Con]

I would say have enough to cover at least three months of rent once your all moved in - that way in case something happens (lose a job, roommate bails, etc.) you don't have to stress too much and are able to form some kind of plan on what you want to do. 5K would/should have you plenty safe.

 

[Kasino416]

dont they always say to have 6mths worth of money for expenses on standby, just in case? So that if you lose your job tomorrow, you have a couple mths to find another one.

On another note, I still live with my mom, but we have a big house, my older bro & sis moved out. I have over 40k stacked away, $0 debt, car fully paid for. I want to buy, not rent. RE prices here in TO are on the high side. I'll prob buy something once I finish my Bcomm next year and start my real "career".

 

[mortuus est]

$0, I was sleeping on my old roomates cuz floor in college. Then me and my roommate got a crib together, in a year I was moved out and living with my exwife (college g/f)

This was 96 when you could get 2 jobs without trying

apart from sleeoing on the cousins floor were their other obstacles you came across

 

[Kalik]

apart from sleeoing on the cousins floor were their other obstacles you came across

Nah I just moved here from the islands then. It was just rough for lil bit

 

[Phoenix_Knightly23]

Move out of my mothers house with only 9K in my checking and under 6K in my savings

 

[Silkk]

Move out of my mothers house with only 9K in my checking and under 6K in my savings

Only 15k huh

 

[Phoenix_Knightly23]

Only 15k huh

My mom and dad didn't let me leave empty handed.

Plus I couldn't spend any of the money I made while working

 

[Normalcy]

Something...Something...Meaty

 

[BossMobb]

I was a junior in college waiting on a refund check when I got my own place so basically I was broke.

I did that so hopefully you don't have to go thru that

 

[posterchild336]

60+k the worst was on closing day writing a check for down payment and closing fees for 22k and watching all of it go at once. Then having to furnish so depleted even more smh

 

[ch15x]

Barely 1K...low cost of living.

 

[Lana Kane]

My aunt said your rent/lease should be half of that you make monthly and you should have at least 3 months of rent and expenses saved aside from your first/last month + security deposit.

 

[Heafcliffe]

was you alright with 3k tho? like did you struggle a bit

Yeah, I struggled. Luckily, my girl (at the time) and I lived together and was able to make it work. Nonetheless, learned a lot of myself during.

 

[beenz]

btw, when I said I only had 2K stacked when I got my first place, this was after I fully furnished the joint. I wasn't sleeping on the floor and shyt.