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As I suspected. Average rent seems to be around $700, which is too much for me. Like I said, my budget (unless I get a better paying job somewhere) is around $400, which limits me to a room or an efficiency.
$700 would pretty much get me an apartment anywhere (except the more expensive, ritzier metros which I don't want to live in, anyways).
Something like that would be fantastic! How did they find it? Newspaper? Apt hunting site?
They found it in the local area newspaper.
Looking at the local rental ads online it would appear the averages rents in this area for apartments run between $425 and $600 depending on how large the place is. Can't think of a "dangerous" area at all. A few run down areas, but that is about it.
You can also hunt for a job which provides housing. I get a free apartment with free utilities with my current job. I also spend practically nothing on gas, since I live at work.
Do you think you could work as a caretaker or handyperson or motel clerk or motel night auditor to try to get a free apartment, OP?
Also, having lived all over the country, I just want to state the obvious - large cities and university towns are always more expensive to live in than small cities and towns. So if the above doesn't work for you, pick some smaller cities (under 75,000) in cooler climates, and do some economic research on CD to find places with a stable economy, then hunt for jobs in those places. The actual CD site is very fun to use for research!
I'm certain that in these places you can find apartments or rooms for rent under $500.00. In fact, in the small city in Iowa where I live now the local paper has a duplex advertised for $475 and an "efficiency" above a downtown business is advertised for $350.00.
The world is your oyster if you will only make the effort!
767 sq. ft. 1 bedroom 1 bathroom apartment in Mcdonough, GA just outside of Atlanta at the preston creek apartments for 628. However, you have already stated you loath heat, truthfully though it isn't bad in terms of heat it's normally around the 80's I don't know if that is too hot for you or not.
You can also hunt for a job which provides housing. I get a free apartment with free utilities with my current job. I also spend practically nothing on gas, since I live at work.
Do you think you could work as a caretaker or handyperson or motel clerk or motel night auditor to try to get a free apartment, OP?
Also, having lived all over the country, I just want to state the obvious - large cities and university towns are always more expensive to live in than small cities and towns. So if the above doesn't work for you, pick some smaller cities (under 75,000) in cooler climates, and do some economic research on CD to find places with a stable economy, then hunt for jobs in those places. The actual CD site is very fun to use for research!
I'm certain that in these places you can find apartments or rooms for rent under $500.00. In fact, in the small city in Iowa where I live now the local paper has a duplex advertised for $475 and an "efficiency" above a downtown business is advertised for $350.00.
The world is your oyster if you will only make the effort!
Okay, that's the kind of thing I am looking for. I've lived in an efficiency, I didn't mind it at all. As long as I am in a safe neighborhood, size doesn't matter to me since I am by myself.
What's an "efficiency" ?
Would that be the same as a single or a bachelors in California?
It just means an apartment with no bedroom. I had one for awhile; it had a full kitchen, walk-in closets, etc. Just no bedroom. My bed was in the living area.
I rent out my two units for 1500 first floor 2 bed 1 bath, 1150 second floor 2 bed 1 bath both with parking. Water and sewer included utilities are on you. I live in the Springfield/Hartford area.
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