What's your job?

Warehouse now, only 1 job, 14 per hour, medical and dental after 3 months, 401k optional

Remember it ain't about how much you earn but how much you save at the end of the month

You can make 3k but only end up with 500 dollars after expenses or make 1k and end with 700 dollars after expenses.

A mixture of programming and real estate development on the side.

Who on earth only has 300 dollars in expenses?

I mean, rent alone is twice or thrice that in bad neighborhoods, 4-5 times that for decent ones with lower violent crime rates.

Blame greedy rental property owners and lack of renter protection for the kind of bogus things they do.

Damn, I wish I was a rental property owner right now.

It's currently like a license to print money, so damn good for them.

Translation he works at best buy and steals copper from foreclosed homes.

Kids who live with their parents and only gotta pay car or phone at most

I've seen people make it work, mostly college kids. 4 Room houses being rented at 1.2k a month, with 5 sometimes 6 residents.

Then again, the subjective value for wherever you live is probably higher. I wouldn't blame greedy rental property owners for the constant rise of property values and demand for them.

Come on Freaky, you can give me at least a bit more credit than Best Buy. At least Fry's Electronics or something.

They still have fry's? All of them here and in Frisco are gone.

Ah, that makes sense.

If you have roommates then it becomes a lot cheaper.

Though, as for greedy landlords, they're not ENTIRELY to blame, as there are a lot of factors, but they are a huge factor (at least in the Portland area) because of a loophole in rental law which allows them to sell properties to new owners at any time, and the new owners can jack up the rent as much as they want (up to 350 dollars in one go has already happened nearby) in the name of upgrades (basically, a new coat of paint and cheap repairs that SHOULD have already been done).

If not for the fact that the loophole was abused ALL THE DAMN TIME here, we wouldn't have as severe of a homeless crisis as we do.

They're pricing everyone out of Oregon neighborhoods with this loophole.

The only thing they have to do is make good on their "upgrades" within a year, but there is nothing that prevents them from selling the complex again in that time frame, which is pretty fucked up.

Thus, you have complexes like mine. I've been here for less than a year, but already see it change owners 4 times.

It's ridiculous, and my rent is ludicrous thanks to it (1350 for a 1 bedroom in a shitty neighborhood with hookers, gang violence and drug trafficking. Go to downtown Portland and you pay 2.7k for the same).

Had no idea that that law existed but I'm not surprised, since high rents are something prevalent in most if not all high density population cities that tend to be blue in election maps. :y
Same with the crime
:y

I'm just baffled at how much people are willing to pay for a broom closet in places like New York/Boston/LA/etc.

I would move back to the sticks to save money, the problem was that there were no jobs out where I used to live.

All the money is here.

Plenty of jobs here. Not even the fast food or farm labor ones either. I shouldn't tell you my mortgage payment is this month but... it's under 500$ and it's 3bed two bath on 22 acres with two tenants... which they don't have to pay a lease payment since they split the new well bill for the drilling. Fucking farmers sucked up the upper ground storage. 19 grand.

I give handjobs in a dark alley.

How was CSC Matsqui?

It was fun, met a whole lot of new people, and learned a lot of new things.

Just couldn't stay dead in the end, huh?

We missed you, if not for you, at least for the entertainment that you bring to the forums at times.

We desperately need it, after all.

At this point, I'm resorting to being super assholish and cruel just to stir up shit with easily butthurt users.

Work at a chemical factory.

I kinda want Jacob's job. This is his summer vacation to nipon.

I'm pretty lucky where I am currently. I pay $600 a month for a glorified bedroom with a bathroom, and a fridge. Power and water is included, and I only have to pay for the internet and my phone. Wal-mart is literally right across the street, and a 7-eleven is a short 6 minute walk away.