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Not bad actually, I'm moving out to Philadelphia since I know the area a bit

Good luck on your search!

Best of luck as you make your decision on where to live! I love Philly so much, highly recommend 💖

For safety and privacy reasons I didn't show the outside because I moved into one of these ❤️

Congratulations and good luck! Philly is a "city of neighborhoods" and there are a lot of good ones!

How did your move go ?

@@Bored817 I didn’t!!! I ended up at UChicago instead and I’m from the Chicagoland area

You can always get cheaper housing in the suburbs, but I prefer to live in the city ❤️

In my honest opinion that isn’t enough to be secure in an apt. If possible, try to get a second job to atleast bump that up to 1k every 2 weeks. OR get a reliable roommate. I’ve seen studios go for about 1100-1200 in Philly if you really want your own space but you need to make 3x the rent to get approved. But 2bed for like 1700 is also possible to find and split with someone else. Try looking in areas that aren’t super expensive. Meaning you won’t be in the BEST areas since they’re more sought out from people with bigger budgets.

Yes, it's very common to tour an apartment while the old tenant is still living there. I was given permission to film for all of these

@@sarahlynnirving Wow.... You learn something new everyday. I have never in my life seen that. I've lived in 2 states... 3 if you count my small stint in Cali... and apartment complexes always have 'model' apartments for you to tour... so that tenants are undisturbed. I wonder why that isn't done in Philly. Not saying that the Philly way is bad... it's just surprising...and I'd like to know the reason behind it.

@@Ayumi649 a model apartment would only be available in a high end complex. The vast majority of apartments in Philadelphia are row homes or mid tier multi-unit buildings, not luxury enough to have the space for a model unit.

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@@sarahlynnirving thank you so much

@@beeeb7747 many of those extra costs vary widely person to person, for example I don't have a car so parking isn't relevant.

​@@sarahlynnirving If this is all about YOU finding a new place, why not say what YOU might be paying for things other than rent. That's a very important thing to know. Viewers are smart. They can then approximate based on your particular situation. It seems a major point of the video is describing what moving to a new place (whether it be you or someone else) is going to cost. Nobody rents without knowing those add-on things I mentioned. And if if you don't have a car you could say but if I did parking would be..... since clearly the subtext of this video is the viewer projecting themselves. Maybe next tinme. Having said all that, with the exception of what you left out, this is a well-done and a effective resource. It remains interesting to me in any event how a landlord or subletter showing a nice apartment seem to ber pretty okay with the place looking like it hasn't been straightened up in a month or so, if ever.

@@beeeb7747 you sound like you need more guidance in life than what a stranger can provide in a RU-vid video, good luck to you though