My suitemates and I are looking at off campus housing and it is tough to make these decisions for the first time my life. I have never had to worry about paying electric bills or whether or not a price for a house is appropriate. Having to sign a lease is also a new thing for me. So much money will be spent and new steps in my life are approaching in the next year.
We have talked to this landlord that, who is the landlord of my buddies house this year, and she makes the house seem so perfect for what me and my friends are looking for and she makes it seem like the price is not very expensive which it really is not. The price is the lowest price out of any house that we looked at and it comes with a lot more stuff like cable and Internet. That makes the house also more appealing because that also makes out monthly bills lower in price.
There will be many upsides though to getting our own house. We will no longer have to live by the rules of the dorm halls, which will be a major plus. Also we will be able to save more money living in the house than living on campus by almost a thousand dollars. We will most definitely have more fun in our own house than living in the housing that the college provides for us. I want to live in this house and I will, in the end, probably live there but getting the money I need to pay for this house right now is all I can think about. I want to be able to make the security deposit right now but I might have to talk to my parents because I want to make this house thing work out.