TIPS FOR RENTING YOUR FIRST APARTMENT | 9 Money Tips To Help You Prepare

Sharing my top 9 money tips for renting your first apartment. Whether you're right out of college or decided it's finally time to move out of M & D's, these tips will help you get geared up to move out on your own and make sure you're financially prepared for the first-time renter experience.

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[Beatle]

View the apartment in the evening during a weekday so you can hear how loud the other occupants in the building are. I learned this the hard way with my current place.

[weeaboo_weirdo]

19 turning 20 next month and I gotta gtf out of my mum’s house

[Art-cjlg]

I’m still with my mom, all I hear is arguments and I’m tired of hearing it, 24 years old

[ausername]

You’ll get your rent when you fix this DAMN DOOR!

[mandixoloveyourself]

Makes me happy to know I’ve done all of these, moving out in August... except no Roomate included (screams happily in solitude)

[milkbread]

Why don't they teach us this in SCHOOL?! But dang, learning how to find the side of a triangle was a great contribution to my adult life....

[sofielinnea]

My biggest tip: Recognize if your family is abusive and get out no matter what the cost is. After moving 4 times in 2 years with my boyfriend we had finally had it and decided to move in with my parents. We've been living here for almost a year now and thanks to him seeing it from an outside perspective I've now realized how abusive my parents are to me. I could go more into details but I won't. What this has made me realize is that my independence from them and my mental wellbeing is worth more than any money I could save by living under their roof.

[nutmeg]

This whole experience is so overwhelming and I feel like I'm going to be stuck at home until I'm 74

[AD-rcsu]

Biggest tip, do NOT believe anyone when they say a certain place is quiet. Try to pass by at peak times.. we have had horrible times with loud neighbors at any time.

[inosukesabilitytoread]

I'm 17 going on 18 and next year I'm gonna try and get my own apartment since my friend who I'm living with is moving to New York. Me and my mom are gonna try and get our own place together and this vid helps a lot with starting up. It's scary, but better to be prepared than unprepared

[annaeeee]

Getting a separate account to save is such a great tip to save money. I set mine up so that every time I get paid, a certain amount is automatically transfered to that account and I don't end up spending it. Do this now. Even if it's 20 bucks, it's so helpful. It gives your mind the idea that those 20 dollars were never available for you to spend, so it's a painless and easy way to save.

[Jazzmin]

Your video are nice ❤ getting an apartment is so stressful lol especially when getting w2, paystubs and bank statements I had to pay an online vendor for help

[itskenlang]

Why would she HIGHLY recommend hiring people to move your stuff if the video is directed towards people renting their first apartment? Typically that consists of young adults moving out of their parents house and most likely don't own much, let alone furniture.

[valentimezz]

I have 6 months until i’m 18 and i wanna get an apartment nearly the same day i turn 18 because i can’t stand the toxicity my family has. And they hold me back from my own happiness so what’s best is for me to get a place of my own, i’m happy i found this video 😂😂

[vanissaberg]

Thanks for the info! This will be helpful for when my husband and I start looking at getting our own apartment together for the first time soon. Still months away, but that means we'll have our savings ready for the big move overseas. And another tip I got from someone is to go see the apartment in the afternoon in case there's any noisy neighbors and check out the condition it's in. That one is going to be a life saver for sure! Lol

[dayneellison]

This makes me really happy that I chose a trade instead of college

[minas.]

Nine notes on what you need to know before signing on the dotted line 1. Credit history good credit with SSN on that check on credit Sesame it’s fine if you have no credit card history 2. Anything you can’t buy 3 times over is too expensive 50 30 20 rule also ask what price of rent includes 3. If you don’t have roommates it’s gonna be expensive and if you want to be in a safe place whatever it is utilities cost 4. Fees ... are evil 5. Save and pre save for deposit 6. Get a roommate 7. Be smart about furnishing spreadsheet for what we already have so you don’t have to buy one ex: I don’t watch tv so why buy one 8. Buy an electric space heater instead 9. Understand your lease agreement and that you can afford it for the long haul

[caitlinhoffmann-herbert]

I’m 21 and about to graduate as a nurse and cannot wait to move out when I get a full time job!!

[augustsart]

Some thing that worked for me in regards to if you don’t have a credit score, my landlord ended up asking for some sort of payment history, something like a phone bill, etc that you pay for regularly and on time. For me I ended up giving the payment history for my car insurance.

[kendrickl]

My girl needed a bank statements and stub last week and I was worried about her loosing her not getting her new apartment 😴 but everything good now only because of deelscafe good work 👍