WATCH THIS BEFORE MOVING OUT ON YOUR OWN 

Damn why is it so expensive to be alive when it wasn't even my choice to be here?? 😩

Girl Ikea is expensive af. I would suggest walmart and the dollar tree for people on a tight budget

Im about to move out at 27. I work and go to school full time. Fortunately I found a cheap back house and iv saved a good amount of money as a nest egg. You know your super serious about it when your on RU-vid looking for help

Love the advice! Another great tip for those moving out is if you know you are going to move out in about 6 months to a year, get a storage and start purchasing your big appliances gradually and once you are finish with that, start buying the small items. Start now and don’t wait until move in day. TOO EXPENSIVE.

Dollar tree has cute silverware 💕 I was shocked at the amount of glassware they haf

I just moved out and starting from scratch also and man oh man it is a trip....school definitely does not prepare you for this

Im so glad my boyfriend's mom is giving us alot of stuff such as a washing machine, couch, table and chairs, coffee table, shelfs, pots and pans, cooking utensils, towels etc. I really appreciate her ☺️

Ugh 😫 why is living my life so fricking expensive.

Me wanting to move out: After seeing this: nvm

The best moving out video; I have came across. Save as much as possible, & as others have said get things from goodwill, target, Walmart, the dollar tree. your stuff does not have to be fancy.

I’m so jealous of people who live with their partner. It’s so much cheaper, split rent, bills etc. I gotta do this shit all by myself 😭

I found that the chores to be the easiest part. I had fewer chores living alone than living with my husband, lol. Now that I'm disabled, he has to do all the chores (and he doesn't).

I really appreciate this so much, some people think this is stuff we should already know but schools don’t talk about it and parents don’t want you to grow up too fast. So I’ll be keeping all of this in a notebook 💞💞thank you

Caira, I shared your video with my high school Financial Math classes today. We are in a unit discussing entry-level jobs and the cost of moving out. Your relatable video provides some real-world experience and information that just isn't found in textbooks. Thank you for sharing!

Good places to shop for cheap decor: dollar tree, 5 below, goodwill/thrift stores, Walmart not really target cuz it’s expensive, Tuesday morning (if you have it in your town).

YES YES YESS. Started living on my own and everything is expensive. Plus I think Walmart is the best way to go at first. If the products do not satisfy you, then I recommend Ikea.

Thank you for not making this a dramatic rant and just giving some food for thought!

Great video! I used thrift stores for my first apartment alone. I found vacuum cleaners, tv’s... cool ware, etc. even cheap vintage stuff. Also I had used furniture except my mattress.

Adulting , discouraging

It was the “where’s my lemon squeezer” for me omg amazing content 😂😂

Things I'ma do living alone: -use mostly paper stuff forks, plates,ect- -have over $5000- -keep bins for clothes in the bathroom - - have my apartment/house looking how I WANT IT-

I feel like I’ll be fine because I basically cook, pay some of the bills, do my own laundry, I’ve been buying most of what I own since I was in high school. I think it’s just taking me long to move out.

Posted this the day that I've begun my apartment tours!

Not moving out anytime soon, but binge watching apartment tours bought me here, so why not! Bring it in lol

THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING , WISH ME LUCK YALL!!!

This sounds silly at first but it's actually VERY helpful!! I don't live in the US anymore but I remember that Dollar Tree had really good stuff too, so it's pretty good for saving some money

You’re very well articulated and full of information. I also live in Chicago (Lakeview) and I’m looking for a studio to be on my own!

Thank you this was so helpful. I can’t wait to start my journey 😊❤️🙌🏾

I've been doing chores since i was 15 so i think that part will be simple for me.

love this! love the points you made, match with most of mine! I'm going to rent my own place in a couple weeks if everything goes with my plan and I just can't wait! all the best with your RU-vid journey, Caira!

This is helping so much, youre amazing. Thank you!

Agree with every single thing you said, especially the bills and household items!😩

I’m moving out in may with my boyfriend, I’ll be 21 and he’ll be 26 and I’m really excited and at the same time I’m nervous as heck. I’m watching on RU-vid vídeos like “kitchen organization hacks” “how to decorate your apartment on a budget” “what is really like moving out with your partner, like seriously” and things like that lmao. I’m so exited. Btw, sorry for my English, I’m from Spain.😅

Having a parter in life could help alot

6.30 VERY, VERY IMPORTANT!!!! Especially for young women. Thanks for including this one

Thank you for this. First time moving out to be a FT Disney Cast Member. Thank you for explaining and not lecturing. I appreciate your honedty. Made me really thinl of where i am headed financially. I do and will definitely havw so issues becoming tighty.but that will part of my job now. Lol. So i guess ill get paid to learn. Lol

Thank you so much for the advice! ❤️

Thank you so much for this video. I move out in less than a year and I am so excited yet so terrified

Thank you so much! This video helped a lot.

G'day from Melbourne, Australia 🦘🇦🇺😁👍 I'm 44 and still living at home looking after my 72yo Schziophrenic mother whom can't walk and my 54yo brother whom is also ill. I cook meals for myself and for them. I pay my own bills and their bills too, l pay them online, and do the grocery shopping online too. I do the dishes and laundry work. At times , l feel like l've already moved out lol

Thanks so much for this video 🤍 it was nice and straight forward, so informative.

I’m 19 and looking to move out on my own soon. This video is very helpful and answered so many of my questions. If anyone has more tips I’d love to hear them.

Another tip: look for unfinished furniture with on Ebay, Facebook marketplace or a local shop. You can find cheap but very good quality furniture if you buy it unfinished. Plus, you can paint it yourself and have fun! Also, flea markets and thrift stores are the best for all those little ticks-tacky stuff like towels, dishrags, cutlery, and such.

Thank you! Very timely video.

Thanks, this provided a lot of info that I didn’t even think about👍🏼

Starting off scratch too I see that everything adds up fast

if you’re walking around an area at night to simply see if you feel safe don’t.. don’t do that?? alone??

Thank you so much for the advice ♥️

"Lemon Squeezer" made me laugh out loud. : 0 ) Great video and such important things to think about. Honestly though, if everyone knew what it really takes to be independent today, they might never leave their parents basement!

A Tip from me: Get an apartment close to a trainstation. You think you are tough, but you will have times in which you don't want to be alone and either travel to your parents, friends, or partner. You will have to get your luggage everywhere as fast and easy as possible. I ride the train every week cause I don't want to be alone in my apartment 24/7. I am so glad I only have to walk for like 10 minutes.

Im moving out on my own very soon. I just got a place for $200 a week and it's actually pretty good and a very spacious open apartment. It's gonna be fun seeing how well I go budgeting and stuff lol like I have never been bad with money but when I have extra I also spend it. I guess that stops now lol

Thanks my parents are kicking me out at 16 . i loved too see this .. Love from Canada

Moving out in July and just found a 60inch tv and tv stand for $300 on Facebook 👏👏👏👏

Thanks for this ill be moving soon 🤝🏼💯

Big tip write down everything you need then on the top write Walmart, Target, TJMaxx (etc) compare prices of things. Yes it takes a while but doing this saved me sooo much money. Also buy things in increments instead of at once.

living alone is the best. been doing it for almost 30 years. i refuse to live any other way.

this is so helpful!!

Something I'm terrified of is being alone. Like, all my friends are online, and if I move I won't have my family, so unless I make friends at work or something I will be alone 100% of the time. And that scares me, because at college I had a mental breakdown due to being alone (granted I was screwed over by some people, but the gist of it was that I was so alone). Anyone who has moved out, and maybe didn't make friends right away/yet, are you still okay? Will I be okay?

such a cute video!! you have such a pretty smile!🤗

Thank you so much for this video!!!

Thanks so much for the tips

I like this!

Oh man. I cannot stress enough how much of your time, energy, and mental space goes into food. Thinking about "what am I gonna eat" and planning groceries, and thinking up food to make bc you're getting bored of what you've been eating and budgeting for food. . . . it's like. . . . . 80% of your life as an adult until you get it down on lock, and even then it's still like. . . . 40-75% of your time and energy XD (More for those of us who really like food, a bit less if you're one of those people who can eat the same thing for weeks and weeks and weeks on end).

"Why is there hot sauce on my bed?" haha Awesome video!

I thought most people have no chance but to move out and live alone when they start working after school or go to university. I just said: "Ok, time to get out of here" with 18 and since then I lived alone (I am 24). Of course I want to get an apartment with my boyfriend when the time has come after finishing university. And your tips would have really helped me back then. I am afraid if I move in with my boyfriend, I will be unable to handle not doing everything like I used to when living alone. Eating on the couch, dishes in the sink, having EVERYTHING organized by me. Having furniture only I have to love. Having my posters not hanging everywhere...

Awesome advice

Thanks for this vid!

Great advice! All true although you forgot to mention how overwhelming packing and unpacking can be lol 😬

omg, thank you a lot, i just started thinking about to moving to my own place, so i did know nothing about moving haha. Thanks

I found a living room table and kitchen chairs on Facebook market place all under 15$

im so like youu... im an extrovert but i like having a personal private space

Another big thing, see if your area has a food pantry. or even if your in college sometimes they have those. It can save you a lot of money on groceries.

If you are young and have options for your car if you get a hybrid you can live a lot more affordably than renting an apartment. Many youth want to explore more and rather not be attached to an area by an apartment. Commuting seems neat at first but it grinds your money down , it opens you up to expenses that you can easily avoid. Think about it let's say you have a decent commute 30 min ? 5X a week you just waisted 5 hours that week you could have spent cooking, Looking for better deals , exercising , taking a shower at the gym. Let's say you took an hour a day cleaning copper from discarded appliances. You can A make a couple of bucks saving resources from the landfill , B learn how to fix things ,C market parts for greater return D do something proactive with that hour that didn't cause your money to go in the other direction. When you get where you can repair things you are going to look at the world different. Instead of rent a center or incurring debt buying expensive new stuff designed to break on time, you repair a washing machine or dryer or ... I never go to a laundry mat , too expensive. I do 2 loads a week whites,colors . I don't throw away a dryer unless it's designed to fail on a prescribed regular basis. I bought a new dryer and it broke 2 years later ,2 years later I same part broke same price for the part $40 at that rate I'll have paid for another new one. I looked for a used dryer that had a better reputation. Paid $50 for it 5 year's later that dryer was still going without one single breakdown. I sold the one I repaired for $50. I'm recommending living out your car . Renting a more affordable (LOCATED NEAR YOUR INTEREST ) storage unit .So your car isn't broken into each time you snag a shower you keep valuables locked in the storage ,and your car isn't being progressively destroyed in meaningless stop and go traffic on a daily ARBATRARY commute. Storage unit so you can have a car that is ready to do side hustle like delivery , buying and selling , etc. You also want to get a personal investment agent. I'm here to tell you that if you don't put your extra money to work it will evaporate. Just the way life is. What I propose is you find a investment advisor through Dave Ramsey. Whatever you want to do is approachable if you A know yourself and B are prepared for who you are going to become. I much prefer you to do 5 years this way when you have unbridled ambition. To apply your hard work in investment vs rent. At the end of 5 years you could have money to start a franchise, to start a family , to buy a home the right way. 20% down 15 years pay off. Some will be wise enough to homestead and pay cash for their property ,build their own or convert shipping containers to housing. Learn a trade for Christ sake sure you can get an education and be an Indian chief but if you become a good earning brave you can start your own tribe. Should have could have would have. I'm guilty. Recently I was in a divorcerape. 17 years catering to a woman that all along was using me to raise her daughter. I met her she had a 6 month old daughter. They moved out 6 months before graduation with honors. I had trusted her with all the money. A lot of money. She stole over 80K from me. Some would say that all you saved ? I will tell you do that end up debt free and raising a kid. We started from below nothing. Rather not go into the hard times but we got a home worked hard paid it off and had good reliable automobiles. We were all set to be empty nesters , well I was , she was all set to destroy all we created so she could steal it all. How can that happen to me? Well she struck first and had access to everything. I know you say get a lawyer ? She had a lawyer easy to do when you are using money your husband earned to destroy the him. I went to hire a lawyer and every one of them wanted $10 K CASH UP FRONT TO START !!! I was ambushed never thought anybody I was so graciousious to would have such a black heart. I ended up with $25 K and a good car. To restart my life. I bought my home , a RV I planned to live in etc. Well this City comes in and says you get caught sleeping in the camper you are going to have to move the Camper off your land. That's the way they are zoned , they are so greedy if you build a birdhouse they probably want a permit and inspection. It's not a total loss. I live 2 min from Walmart and everything else I need. Utilities never get over $100 a month and as low as $60. Water , Sewer, power, garbage , trash service too. Sorry but it just earks me to have to go to people that are here only because we are here and they are telling us what we can and can't do on property we own. I don't really own this if I did I would have already done so much , SPENT SO MUCH (they really hurt the economy) building my new home. Sadly I'm going to end up selling this place. The way it's looking so far I'll probably have to just walk away. The population is declining and it has everything to do with the oil industry being destroyed by low prices. And this city not being flexible enough to change with the times. I go all over the place I get that so I'm going to share this last thought. Better is a problem before it occurs than the end of it afterwards. Better to get as many facts before you enter a relationship, purchase , commitment . Need to learn who are or aren't. You can sculpt your life you can settle many places around the world , or ... It's all up to you. Safely you can bust your ass 5 year's and nearly set for life if you learn how to get to the ends vs taking all the paths to the ends. Maybe my town will chill and work something out where I can do with I need or I might walk and just restart some place else without the bean counters. I would sound much better if my divorcerapists didn't repay all my good deeds with evil. Sadly I have come to learn this doesn't just happen there is a game plan a prescribed step by step gold diggers take to mine assets out of a man , monkey branch to another and repeat the process. Sad but true.

Thank you for this video :)

I'm watching this still in high school like maybe I don't want to grow up

I'm 16, and I wanna live alone so bad But I don't have enough money😭

This was so helpful, thank you!! 💖

Thank you 😊

Living in California- rent 1500 make 4,500 a month, gotcha.

I'm thinking about moving out on my own

I’m watching this from California like where the $500 apartments at? 👁👄👁

Lol I've been cooking, cleaning, and doing the laundry for my parents since I came back home. They already paid off the house so basically the only thing they've been doing for me is paying for taxes

Do not be afraid to ask people if there's any furniture they want to get rid of or give to you. Don't break your bank trying to get a dresser. Hand me downs are a great place to start. My parents are letting me take all the furniture in my room that used to belong to them, they're basically letting me take whatever I want from the rest of the house that they've owned for 15+ years and kinda want to replace anyhow. I'm very blessed in that sense that they offer it to me, but if your parents haven't then just ask if there's anything they're okay with parting with. Ask your neighbors or friends or other relatives. You don't have to hold onto them forever, they don't have to match, but some things like a sofa or bedframe or dresser will make you very happy to have straight off the bat.

Moved up and out of my home state!

plan to move out soon

The dollar tree, dollar general, or daiso if you have that in your area are also good

what if you're 15 and you are curious about what moving out is like and what is like from other people?

Me, underage and broke, years away from moving out: take notes

Awesome

I put in an application for my first apartment 4 weeks ago today. It’s getting ridiculous at this point! The place I’m in now with my parents it took 2 days for them to hear back. 4 weeks? I’m about to just say screw it and apply for a new place. It’s genuinely annoying.

I’m a grad from ASU too😃

i was 16 years old and i would love to move out and live alone when i was 18 years old. Can someone help me with getting some idea about how to convince my mom about living alone? i never get any privacy and they always send me far away from home so i thought i should live alone more earlier than other siblings 😀 They might think it's too early for a 18 years old to live alone. Not in a school dorm but alone

$500.... I wish

Okay so what I’m trying to figure out is how as a recent collage grad were you making 3x the rent? That’s why I’m at home 😂

If you're reading this, a quick reminder never to give up, keep being you, stay safe, and I sincerely pray all your dreams to come true, as much as I pray my RU-vid dream come true 🙏🏾💗

I'm moving out for the first time and I'm gonna dog walk on wag!

I’m usually a clean person and I just like to be clean

I'm 14, I still have four years.. so poopy

Do a part2

"Think, are these more important than you getting your own place" Nope. At this point nothing is as important for me as getting my own place. I have no money at this point and I'll gladly go on the outskirts of the city, dig a trench and call it my place.