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Originally Posted by Tommy-G
I never had an apartment. My first place I bought at 23. I closed November 28th and my first heating bill arrived in January, $357. Ill never forget it, I was ready to sell the place on the spot.
I cried the blues to my dad, come to find out the only problem was I had an old style thermostat that kicked the heat on every time it dropped a degree. We put a programmable one in and my bill dropped to $150/month.
Moral is these guys are right, there is no book to tell you what to expect....you have to fall down to get up. You have to land on your head to learn....if you can, get out there buy a duplex/condo and experience life on your own. Then you'll know real quick when you make "enough" money
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I feel this.
At 21 my monthly bills were as follows:
Rent - $1200
Cell - $65
Cable/wifi - $85
Car - $400
Utilities - $150
Gas - $150
Talk about painful. Not to mention the student loans and no help from the parents throughout my life - living with the parents after school wasn't an option - my dad is a sink or swim kind of guy. So I paid for everything. Bottom line is pain stimulates growth. All it did was make me work harder as struggling isn't the most fun thing in life.