Where to find the cheapest apartments
EASY WAYS TO FIND CHEAP APARTMENTS IN YOUR AREA
hey guys welcome back to my channel I
hope you're having a fantastic day so
today's video is highly requested just
ever since I decided to get my own
apartment and basically be an
independent person so the main question
everyone has asked me is Kiera how do
you find a cheap apartment so if you
guys do not know my apartment um I do
live outside of Boston and my apartment
is 675 a month which is fairly cheap
considering the market is outrageous
nowadays but I will tell you guys on a
couple tips and tricks on how I was able
to find such a cheap apartment in a very
decent neighborhood I really hope these
tips and tricks help you guys out
while apartment search and even house
searching I do not know anything much
about house prices but I know that these
little tips and tricks can definitely
help you in either or each aspect of
that certain search topic so if you guys
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and let's get straight on into the video
okay so this is me not jumbling around I
written down everything step by step so
hopefully I am not all out of place in
this video I hope these do help you out
as much as they did for me so the first
thing that I do want to discuss is to
check your budget check your budget go
through all your bills that you have
whether if you're living at home go
through your home bill write down all
your bills that you have because this is
going to determine how much you can pay
for rent
so if perhaps you have you paid all your
regular main bills and you're looking
for an apartment and you realize that
you have about eight to nine hundred
dollars left over with bill with with
paying your bills then you want to look
for an apartment that's at least 825
because you do want to have that extra
cash for food for gas for your car in
little essentials around
house so you definitely want to go
through your budget this is gonna
determine on how much you can spend or
how to even look for a cheap apartments
because if you do not go through your
budget at all then you have no idea on
what you're trying to spend are you
trying to spend $1,200 a month or an
apartment or you're trying to spend at
least 700 less and one thought an
apartment so definitely number one tip
write all your bills down and calculate
how much money you have left over at the
end of the month the next thing is to
look more into the area that you're
looking for to live in now this is to
know that neighborhood do information on
that neighborhood because it's time to
say that crime areas more it's more
expensive with when it comes to
insurance so I do not live in the city
area where I live in a little town I'm
not going to say exactly where I live
because of privacy reasons but I live in
a little town outside of Boston and my
car insurance when I lived in my mom she
lives in the city more her my shirt my
car insurance was $80 with basic
coverage my car insurance right now with
me moving to this little town and
nothing ever really happens here my car
insurance drop down to fifty two dollars
a month so I went from eighty dollars a
month to fifty two dollars a month
because they live in a low crime low
traffic area so definitely try to get to
know the neighborhood that you're
looking into because that's gonna
benefit to you if you are looking for a
small town it's gonna benefit you with
insurance it's gonna benefit you with
other properties in order to save money
and with that being said it is cheaper
to live in towns than the city now
living in the city can cost you from
1200 to 1400 and if you can if you're
able to take an uber or you know in
Boston we have the T which is a train
operation thing where you just pay a
monthly fee um and you get back and
forth a lot of people do that but it is
ten times cheaper when it comes to rent
so definitely consider on moving to a
small town area obviously my telling you
guys to move into the woods or things
like that but keep in mind that living
in a city is gonna cost you more on rent
because everybody wants to be over there
everybody wants things close to them and
you might be paying less money when it
comes to taking uber to work if you live
about 20 minutes to 15 minutes away from
the city but you're paying 10 times
cheaper rent you want to wait out your
options that way I know I wanted to move
to the city so bad because I felt that
it would be a better experience for me
and that I would be able to get out more
but little did I know that going towards
the city is a lot cheaper than me
actually having an apartment there so
you know definitely look into that as
well the next little tip I can tell you
guys is to stay far away from fancy
apartments fancy apartments I'm talking
about the apartments that have a pool in
the lobby that have a lobby period that
have uh elevators that have all those
things those little those little nice
fancy things that you're seeing you're
paying for it might not show when your
rent where it might not show pool area
$58 no but they're gonna jack up the
price of the apartment only because the
place is considered a high standard
luxury living establishment so you
definitely want to take in consideration
to maybe go towards more of these simple
route
I know studio apartments are there I
know they're not the most convenient for
everybody I got really lucky with this
apartment being pretty wide and having a
separate bedroom and stuff but studio
apartments are definitely the way to go
if you do want to stay in the city
because you know you might pay a good
$900 for a studio versus the 1300 to
1700 for those fancy apartments that
have a pool and all those kind of things
that you necessarily do not need as of
right now in life next tip I have for
you guys is to try to talk to your local
apartment locators or a retailer place
where it is for you know real estate and
stuff like that because they know the
area and if you just sit down and talk
to one of them I highly doubt they're
gonna charge you if you just maybe asked
5 minutes or 10 minutes of their time to
maybe them they can map out what areas
are cheap when it comes to apartments
and stuff like that they can definitely
point you towards the right direction
when it comes to finding a decent budget
a decent area and all around everything
what you're looking for so you're not
wasting time running around the city
trying to find apartment definitely
word-of-mouth is the way to go or trying
to ask for help is the way to go when it
comes to looking for an apartment the
next tip I have for you guys I know this
is super crucial and a lot of people
don't really like this but try to look
for an apartment that is 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
floor because landlords charge those
apartments less because everybody wants
first floor first floor is so convenient
and everybody just likes to be in and
out of their apartment but when it comes
to 2nd 3rd 4th it is kind of hard to
bring um your bed your couch all your
belongings upstairs so they do charge
less I know in this apartment
I think downstairs pays a good 800 and
IP 675 even though I live on the second
floor and it's not that bad it
definitely was a hassle to get in some
of my stuff through the door but it's
manageable you can definitely get
through it it just it's a good exercise
so just put it that way and you'll
definitely save money on rent when going
higher up on the building side the next
thing that I can tell you guys and this
is exactly what I did is to look online
and be alert offline I was every time
that I would go and break at work I was
looking online and I was looking at
list I was looking at other things other
sites around the area towards Boston I
was looking everywhere and I also had
notifications so in case something
popped up near me and around my price
range I would get in the notification
the minute I got out of work so
definitely take advantage of what we
have which is online because majority of
all landlords posts everything online
it's very rare that you will just see
someone selling an apartment without
having pictures or having a description
online so take advantage of that and
also definitely be aware of it while
you're offline set up notifications set
of timers if you're really looking
towards getting a really good cheap deal
definitely have your phone by your side
with that because you do not want to
miss an opportunity I remember when I
found this apartment it was a rainy day
I remember like it was yesterday and
they had 58 minutes of it being post on
Craigslist and I've seen the pictures
and I automatically emailed them right
away and the rest is history so
definitely keep online in your mind the
next step a half of you guys is to
search at the best time now in your mind
and everybody else is mine probably
things that spring and summer are the
best ways to search or days or seasons
to search when it comes to an apartment
because it's so beautiful out and it's
sunny and the weather is amazing that's
wrong you want to look for an apartment
or a car when it's just crappy weather I
know it sounds so wrong but dealers with
cars and also with landlords they kind
of tend to put their apartments lower in
the winter in the fall because nobody
wants to go look at them because it's
cold for one for two everyone's too busy
holiday parties or doing their own thing
around the winter season so my best bet
for you guys is to look for your
apartment during the fall and winter
most likely people are moving out always
around the spring and summer people are
moving in and trying to purchase
apartments or houses so keep that in
mind I was really lucky again like I
said
I found this apartment in the spring but
it was also a really rainy gloomy day
when it was springtime you know it gets
really flooded over here and no one
wanted to come look at this apartment
except for me so this rule applies to
everything you definitely you want to
think the opposite way when it comes to
what everybody else is thinking look for
apartments when it's crappy weather I'm
pretty sure 100% sure that you will find
a really great deal the next little
advice I have for you guys is to check
your credit rating nowadays it is sad
but most a majority of all apartments
and landlords do go by our credit score
I know my landlord went by my credit
score and also my background history so
my credit score was in really great
standing so she i definitely got this
apartment better than other people did
but I also did make a folder of I
laminated a couple things I'm ending
myself really well when I got this
apartment but the credit score is a big
deal especially when it comes to living
in the u.s. we kind of are judged by our
credit score when it comes to purchasing
big items or wanting to do anything when
it comes to improving ourselves
everybody or every business wants to
look at your credit score I know it's
kind of hard to say if you do not have a
credit score try your best to maybe
build it up I know a lot of people are
against this everybody's different you
guys
I built my credit score up from nothing
to almost at like a perfect credit score
and you know it was really bad back then
to build it up because I didn't really
have the mentality to think like oh it's
just a score I don't need it
at the end of the day I did need it for
to get this apartment so say if my
credit score was completely trashed and
the person behind me that one of this
apartment had an amazing credit score
I'm pretty sure that she would have got
this apartment more than me so because
having a poor credit score makes it look
like you don't pay your bills having an
awesome credit score
makes it look like you pay your bills it
kind of shows that you pay your bills
so definitely look into your credit
score because that is super important
and last but not least my biggest tip
for you guys is to be patient
I waited ten months ten whole months to
find this place if you can be patient as
much as possible if you do not have time
then go hard and hustle and look for
that amazing deal
but the biggest tip that I can give you
out of all of these is to be patient
I remember when I was just three months
into looking for an apartment I was
crying in the break room and I said you
know I don't want to be 30 years old and
live at home with my mom and her cats
and you know I was even though I love my
cats but I was in that stage where it's
like I want to grow up I want to be on
my own I want to be independent I want a
chance and eventually when I just
lowered my standards down and I began to
be a little bit more patient and a
little bit more positive I found this
place so it's kind of like manifesting
your dreams I'm a true believer of that
if you guys want a video on that let me
know because I it's kind of like
predicting the future but not really in
a creepy way so I knew in my head that I
wanted wood floors an apartment I wanted
no carpets I wanted a modern paint
scheme
I wanted something in this amazing town
that I live in and everything that I
manifested and I wrote it down in a
notebook it came true so you know and
that is also with being patient and
positive so keep that in mind out of if
you get something out of this video just
be patient it will come to you just like
as a right now I am looking for a car so
it's been about four months I've been
looking and I'm just being patient I
have a car in mind in my head that I
want and you know I'm being patient with
it eventually it's gonna come my way and
you know it's gonna be okay it's not the
the world if you do not find things
right away if you do not find that
amazing apartment right away it will
come to you if you're patient and
positive so with that note you guys I
really hope you enjoyed this video I
really wish you the best of luck when it
comes to finding an apartment I know the
minute I got this place I was I felt so
many emotions so I just felt achieved
because I found it myself I'm doing it
myself and it's an awesome feeling to
just be on your own so I wish every one
of you luck when it comes to being at
your own apartment or looking for your
own apartment and if you guys do end up
finding me our apartment let me know
down below how your story went I'm
always interested on how people found
their apartments because there's always
a story behind it like I said it was a
gloomy rainy day for me and I decided to
just go and look at it because nobody
wanted to in here I am now so definitely
definitely take these tips into
consideration and I guess I will see you
guys in the next video
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