Re: Moving Out on my own- Tips,Hints,suggestions?
Things I learned in no particular order
General:
1) Budget. Use a pad of paper and write down all your bills, when they are due, how much each bill is, and subtract that from what you make from working. Dont forget to add things to the list like gas for your car, food, internet, etc.
2) Read the entire rental agreement. They will try verbally summarize the agreement but take your time and read the entire thing. I found some f'd up things which leads to #3
3) Know how much it will cost to break a rental agreement. With this economy nothing is certain like a steady paycheck.
4) Go to Walmart (or a store like it) and buy 3 stainless steel forks, 3 stainless steel spoons, 3 stainless steel butter knives, 3 stainless steel steak knives, 3 plastic plates, and 3 plastic bowls, and 5 plastic cups. If you can cook, medium size frying pan, medium boiling pot, and what utensels you need for the food you like to cook. This is just to get you started, you will eventually get better silverware, pots, pans, and cooking utensels.
5) If you want to save a bungle in cash, learn to cook.
6) Ask the landlord/rental office about any pests problems they had in the past or having currently.
7) Try to rent from a complex than a landlord. With this economy, if the landlord house gets forclosed...guess who is now living on the street. With a complex they are obligated by law to let you know a minimum of 30 days before they can evict you, in California at least. Which I am going to remind you of #2 again.
8) Have a spare key for your car and a spare key for your house in your wallet.
With Roommates:
1) You probably dont know everything that will get on your nerves, but when your roommates help you with that problem. DO NOT LET IT SLIDE, let your room mate know please do not do "A" around you.
2) Try to find what the rules will be for the living situation. For example, dishes. Talk with your room mate we going to wash our own dishes or alternate on who washes dishes in the sink.
3) If you share pots, pans, plates, silverware, do not bring your good ones to be used first. You will want to see how your roommate takes care of them. Lets must say I lost a $100 frying pan due to a roommate using metal utensils on it. Had to throw it away because of the rust that began to form.
By yourself:
1) Wash the dishes after you finish eating a meal. If you cooked, this will give time for the pan to cool down enough to be wash and dishes/silverware is are easier to clean when the food is fresh. This assuming you dont have a dishwasher.
That is all I can thing of off the top of my head.
Things I learned in no particular order
General:
1) Budget. Use a pad of paper and write down all your bills, when they are due, how much each bill is, and subtract that from what you make from working. Dont forget to add things to the list like gas for your car, food, internet, etc.
2) Read the entire rental agreement. They will try verbally summarize the agreement but take your time and read the entire thing. I found some f'd up things which leads to #3
3) Know how much it will cost to break a rental agreement. With this economy nothing is certain like a steady paycheck.
4) Go to Walmart (or a store like it) and buy 3 stainless steel forks, 3 stainless steel spoons, 3 stainless steel butter knives, 3 stainless steel steak knives, 3 plastic plates, and 3 plastic bowls, and 5 plastic cups. If you can cook, medium size frying pan, medium boiling pot, and what utensels you need for the food you like to cook. This is just to get you started, you will eventually get better silverware, pots, pans, and cooking utensels.
5) If you want to save a bungle in cash, learn to cook.
6) Ask the landlord/rental office about any pests problems they had in the past or having currently.
7) Try to rent from a complex than a landlord. With this economy, if the landlord house gets forclosed...guess who is now living on the street. With a complex they are obligated by law to let you know a minimum of 30 days before they can evict you, in California at least. Which I am going to remind you of #2 again.
8) Have a spare key for your car and a spare key for your house in your wallet.
With Roommates:
1) You probably dont know everything that will get on your nerves, but when your roommates help you with that problem. DO NOT LET IT SLIDE, let your room mate know please do not do "A" around you.
2) Try to find what the rules will be for the living situation. For example, dishes. Talk with your room mate we going to wash our own dishes or alternate on who washes dishes in the sink.
3) If you share pots, pans, plates, silverware, do not bring your good ones to be used first. You will want to see how your roommate takes care of them. Lets must say I lost a $100 frying pan due to a roommate using metal utensils on it. Had to throw it away because of the rust that began to form.
By yourself:
1) Wash the dishes after you finish eating a meal. If you cooked, this will give time for the pan to cool down enough to be wash and dishes/silverware is are easier to clean when the food is fresh. This assuming you dont have a dishwasher.
That is all I can thing of off the top of my head.
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