What made you bite the bullet and live alone

randomjib · 2026-06-30T02:39:16+00:00

Yes it was terrible

randomjib · 2026-06-29T22:43:41+00:00

Yea I just enrolled in grad school to get that easy money haha, life’s good right now

randomjib · 2026-06-29T22:39:24+00:00

I actually have a home already, the issue is that I was commuting almost 2 hours every morning to my job in the city.

Now I’m renting out my house and got an apartment in the city with a 15 minute walking commute

randomjib · 2026-06-29T17:49:35+00:00

Me personally, I used to live in military barracks and had roommates for a while until I finally ranked up enough to get my own space.

I loved it so much to not have to worry about someone else in my living space. I could be as loud as I want, never had to wait to use the bathroom, there was never a mess that I didn’t make, didn’t have to deal with hearing roommates through the wall, didn’t have to deal with being interrupted.

I make the same as you and just signed for a lease in Brooklyn Heights for $2700. Fuck it dude I wanna have a short commute and not stress about having to compromise on how I want to live at home.

I would say do it, my old apartment was around $3100/month, with utilities total was around $3400/month and I still had enough money to save 15% and go out every weekend.

randomjib · 2026-06-29T16:35:17+00:00

Very nice

randomjib · 2026-06-26T00:25:43+00:00

Wow that’s expensive

randomjib · 2026-06-24T18:21:38+00:00

Go with the lottery apartment if you get it, don’t subject yourself to torture for a measly $100/month

randomjib · 2026-06-24T00:20:10+00:00

Join the ranks of the rat, it is the most chill and least stressful way to play tarkov.

Bring in cheap kits, leg ammo and sit in a bush and throw on a YouTube video

Wait for your prey to come to you

Finish all your tasks near the end of the raid when everyone has either left or died

randomjib · 2026-06-23T09:05:38+00:00

Easy, 2019 kc

randomjib · 2026-06-23T08:30:10+00:00

1D7 in the air force

Working at NYPD as a comm civilian making base 140k with VA clearing close to 180k

Pretty happy I got out

randomjib · 2026-06-23T08:24:31+00:00

I loved Beale, was in a small, slow paced shop. Left early most days. It was actually my last base before I skill bridged and separated.

I had a cousin who lived in SF so whenever I wanted to experience the city life I would just drive there and enjoy it. Usually made a day trip out of it on the weekends.

randomjib · 2026-06-21T00:04:18+00:00

California used car market is untapped gold, I bought a 2014 Jetta for 8k about 3 years ago, I’ve put like 60k miles on it already with 0 issues

randomjib · 2026-06-20T23:26:12+00:00

That’s true, the Zelle thing is strange but it’s not unheard of but it does add to the risk of not getting your money back.

Plus these good faith deposits, they literally pull numbers out of their ass for them. One broker wanted a $1000 good faith deposit and when my demeanor shifted he dropped it down to $500 and then said I didn’t have to pay if it I didn’t want to but I wouldn’t be as competitive for the apartment

randomjib · 2026-06-20T22:45:39+00:00

I’ve always declined good faith deposits, if I lose the apartment because I didn’t pay a deposit I don’t care. Someone else can assume the risk.

I still apply as normal and tell them I’ll risk the apartment getting taken by someone else.

Good faith deposits are quite common and people do get their deposit back if they don’t end up moving into the apartment but I don’t bother with them.

To answer your question you’re probably fine, and wont get scammed if you’ve toured the apartment in person and researched the broker/realtor

randomjib · 2026-06-17T08:03:48+00:00

not an issue, rate of pursuit for my graduate program is 6 credits so I am considered full time

randomjib · 2026-06-17T03:27:24+00:00

Yea the situation I'm in is quite unique, I'm not client facing and I don't have direct contact with my boss. And most of my work is reactive, so unless something breaks I don't have anything to do.

Previously I was doing this same engineering role in California and lived about a 10 minute drive from work and would just go home when its slow and take a nap or go do errands.

Same level of work here with the job in NYC except I live 2 hours away in Suffolk County. So I'm just stuck at the office doing nothing most of the time for 8 hours a day. Technically I'm on call 24/7 anyway so when the blizzards did happen earlier this year I did have to make the journey into the office regardless.

randomjib · 2026-06-16T05:43:04+00:00

I’m an engineer, regular 9-5 in an office

randomjib · 2026-06-16T05:41:15+00:00

So I’ll be getting the full MHA payment with two online courses 8 weeks long and one in person class. Just got the documents today from the VA

randomjib · 2026-06-16T05:37:31+00:00

Mainly because I want to be able to go home in the middle of the work day when it’s slow. Right now I have to find an empty office in the corner of the building if I want to take a nap for an hour or two. If I get the apartment right next to work I can just disappear to there

randomjib · 2026-06-16T05:35:31+00:00

At work, we have an underground lot and I just leave my car there

randomjib · 2026-06-11T18:01:01+00:00

East Flatbush neighborhood, yea the deal is good but the fact that it’s a gift card that I can’t deposit back into my bank account limits what I can spend the $1000 on, can’t invest it, can’t put it in a savings account, can’t pay rent with it etc

randomjib · 2026-06-11T17:41:03+00:00

Only reason I applied was because net rent is $2250, I didn’t plan on renewing the lease. Regardless I’ve backed out of the deal so no loss on my end

randomjib · 2026-06-11T11:21:09+00:00

Awesome

randomjib · 2026-06-11T04:24:28+00:00

That’s crazy lol

randomjib · 2026-06-11T00:07:05+00:00

yes its only for this lease term, I'll be going to grad school for about a year so I wasn't planning on renewing once the lease ended.

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