For those that rent...

[NoCalMike 0]

I don't know if this is just worse for me because I am renting my parent's second home so the same last name appears on everything, but for those that rent houses, do you constantly gets calls from mortgage companies about home loans and mortgage rates etc etc etc....and you tell them EVERYTIME the situation, yet they just keep calling......I even had a smartass call just now:

 

Me: "Hello"

Caller: "Hello is Sandra there"

Me: "No, she doesn't live here"

Caller: "Oooooooooh, since when, yesterday?"

Me: "She Owns the place, I rent it"

Caller: "Do you have a number I can bother reach her at?"

Me: "Nope"

-Dialtone-

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

When I rented as a house tenant I never really received calls from mortgage companies; I think the fact you have the same "NoCal" name plays a factor in it. I always got calls about having the house receive free siding or something like that. Now that I own, the mortage companies love me.

 

And before you start another thread, are there any other questions about life that you would like answered?

[the max 0]

We used to get them when we lived in an apartment until we got on the "do-not call" list. The only call I get now is for donations to the local sheriff's department to buy them guns and stuff.

[Craig Th 0]

No because I don't have a land line.

[Darthtiki 0]

We should change this to the OAO Renters Questions thread.

 

I'm finally moving out to go to school and I'm trying to find a roommate, what's the best way to find one when you know absolutely noone in the location where you're moving to?

[Black Lushus 0]

No because I don't have a land line.

 

Mole: Technologically Advanced Juggernaut

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

I'm finally moving out to go to school and I'm trying to find a roommate, what's the best way to find one when you know absolutely noone in the location where you're moving to?

 

Don't get one.

[Darthtiki 0]

I'm finally moving out to go to school and I'm trying to find a roommate, what's the best way to find one when you know absolutely noone in the location where you're moving to?

 

Don't get one.

 

That'd be all well and good but when rent is close to 1,000 a month for what constitutes as a studio apartment and my income will be severely cut down because of getting a new job, I'll kind of need one.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Then work two jobs or move to a lower cost-of-living region.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Were the bills in your name?

[geniusMoment 0]

I'm finally moving out to go to school and I'm trying to find a roommate, what's the best way to find one when you know absolutely noone in the location where you're moving to?

 

Don't get one.

 

That'd be all well and good but when rent is close to 1,000 a month for what constitutes as a studio apartment and my income will be severely cut down because of getting a new job, I'll kind of need one.

Damn, you can get a nice 2 bedroom apartment where I live for 650 a month.

[Darthtiki 0]

I'm finally moving out to go to school and I'm trying to find a roommate, what's the best way to find one when you know absolutely noone in the location where you're moving to?

 

Don't get one.

 

That'd be all well and good but when rent is close to 1,000 a month for what constitutes as a studio apartment and my income will be severely cut down because of getting a new job, I'll kind of need one.

Damn, you can get a nice 2 bedroom apartment where I live for 650 a month.

 

I'm moving to Southern California for school and since my major is geographically somewhat specific, I need to be there, hence why rent is so high

[EricMM 0]

My three bedroom here is an astonishingly reasonable $1330 per month.

 

This is a bargin, a steal.

 

I dunno where you all live, but this is great, for me.

 

Unfortunately, my roommates are trying to move out this spring due to commute and / or trying to move to the boonies for EXTREMELY cheap rent, and now I have to find new roommates or move, again.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

My various housing costs:

 

Renting:

One bedroom apartment in Sappy Valley: $750/month.

One bedroom efficiency in Sappy Valley: $500/month.

Townhouse in Middletown, Ohio: $700/month.

Duplex in Irwin, Pa.: $500/month.

 

Owning:

Four-bedroom house in Irwin.: $1000/month.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

My advice: When they call, immediately say "This is a rental property, remove this number from your list immediately." Otherwise, get caller ID. You can pretty quickly recognize when some bullshit number is calling.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

For finding roommates in a place you don't know, especially if it's even a minor metropolitan area, I'd suggest craigslist. That's what I used--found maybe 5-6 listings looking for roommates to jump on an already-existing lease, then just visited with all of them and figured out which was the best deal with the best people. I ended up in a really nice and affordable (relatively--northern Virginia is outlandishly expensive) 3-bedroom with two decent guys who mostly keep to themselves. Always better to have that than completely intrusive or dependent people.

[Scroby 0]

Mike, if I'm ever at your house for a ppv and they call....hand the phone to me.

 

I'm about to move out in Jan or Feb and right now, myself and my future roommate are looking at a 4 bedroom house for 1,500 a month. It'd be just me and her and I'm only paying 500 a month and I'll be closer to work and I can save a lot on gas. Plus I'll be moving to a big city and gttting out of a small town with nothing in it. So it should be a big plus of a move for me.

[the max 0]

My three bedroom here is an astonishingly reasonable $1330 per month.

 

This is a bargin, a steal.

 

I dunno where you all live, but this is great, for me.

 

Unfortunately, my roommates are trying to move out this spring due to commute and / or trying to move to the boonies for EXTREMELY cheap rent, and now I have to find new roommates or move, again.

 

We just moved into a 3 bed/2 bath for a whopping 850 per month.

 

1330 down here would get you a nice 4/3 or a 3/2 on a canal or something. That's a lot of cash.

[tominator89 0]

When I lived in New York, $1200+ was to be expected.

[Darthtiki 0]

Mike, if I'm ever at your house for a ppv and they call....hand the phone to me.

 

I'm about to move out in Jan or Feb and right now, myself and my future roommate are looking at a 4 bedroom house for 1,500 a month. It'd be just me and her and I'm only paying 500 a month and I'll be closer to work and I can save a lot on gas. Plus I'll be moving to a big city and gttting out of a small town with nothing in it. So it should be a big plus of a move for me.

 

Scroby, where are you heading?

[Guest]

Two bedrooms in my 'hood are 1300 a month.

 

Our 4 bedroom is 2200.

[Art Sandusky 0]

I may take a job working with the Working Families' Party. This would involve moving to Brooklyn. How much can I expect to pay for basic shelter with, say, a couple of roommates from the party?

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

It varies. I have friends who live in a nice part of Greenpoint, and their cozy 2-bedroom (by cozy I mean "nicely built but small with a kitchenette") goes for $1700, I think. The neighborhoods are all pretty different.

 

Brooklyn would be interesting for you, though I bet you'd spend most of your waking life in Manhattan.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I live in a pretty damn nice, if small, 1 bedroom apartment in Ft. Wayne which is $433 per month counting EVERYTHING but electric. Even cable. The two bedrooms on the same property are something like 550-6. That 1000+ bullshit for RENT is just insane. Fuck urban areas. New York isn't that cool.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

My three-bedroom apartment in Arlington is right at $3000, which includes all the utilities. It's big and very nice, but think about that: $3000 for northern Virginia! And that's actually reasonable for Arlington. Thank god that salaries are at least somewhat commensurate with the ridiculous rents. I guess I pay extra because the place is only 5 years old and literally 50 feet from a Metro station, but if I stay in this area I may have to move further out in the 'burbs just out of principle. And to get a puppy.

[geniusMoment 0]

My three-bedroom apartment in Arlington is right at $3000, which includes all the utilities. It's big and very nice, but think about that: $3000 for northern Virginia! And that's actually reasonable for Arlington. Thank god that salaries are at least somewhat commensurate with the ridiculous rents. I guess I pay extra because the place is only 5 years old and literally 50 feet from a Metro station, but if I stay in this area I may have to move further out in the 'burbs just out of principle. And to get a puppy.

You pay 36,000 a year for rent? At that rate why not just buy? You would need to make 45,000 a year just to cover the actual cash of your rent, and would need to make upwards of 60,000 just to then cover living expenses. How much do you make?

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I'm assuming you live with a couple other people. That's still twelve thousand bucks a year. I personally pay less than 25% of that. I have about a 35 minute commute which will end up being 50 or so this winter with the snow and ice and shit. The guy before me is right. You might as well buy a place if you can afford to rent like that.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Obviously I pay one-third of that. My commute is 30 minutes on the subway door-to-door from home to the office, which my job pays for, so I have no commuting costs. I'd buy myself a place, but:

 

-I just moved up here in June for a job on three weeks notice and certainly wasn't going to buy a place fresh out of college, and

-I have no idea if I'm going to be in this area for any length of time.

 

I make good dough and have full health insurance through work too, so while it'd be nice to bank some more, this is a fine situation despite the rent. I'll probably look into better deals further from the metro in the spring, though I doubt I'll find a place I'd actually want to live in around here (Arlington or Alexandria) for less than $800 before the utilities.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Not having to pay for the commute, and no kids or anything is pretty handy, I guess. I've just never paid more than 300 bucks a month for rent.

 

The cheapest place I ever lived was a 2 month stint the summer out of high school, when a greasy buddy of mine and I shared a $50 a week room that shared a bathroom with a greasy retiree named Drunk Old Paul and a physically handicapped woman who was an obsessive clean freak. There wasn't a lease or anything. Basically a flophouse with a drunk rough old landlady named Susie who would come by BOMBED on monday morning to collect the cash for rent, then she went to the bar. We had a barrel of empty beer bottles we took pride in.

[Scroby 0]

Mike, if I'm ever at your house for a ppv and they call....hand the phone to me.

 

I'm about to move out in Jan or Feb and right now, myself and my future roommate are looking at a 4 bedroom house for 1,500 a month. It'd be just me and her and I'm only paying 500 a month and I'll be closer to work and I can save a lot on gas. Plus I'll be moving to a big city and gttting out of a small town with nothing in it. So it should be a big plus of a move for me.

 

Scroby, where are you heading?

Concord, so 15 minutes away from where I live now. So I can still make PPV's.