fair point. People dont get the difference between broke and poor. lets say you live in a $1000/mo apartment. you will need a few weeks to get your stuff from the old place to the new, so you float 2 apartments for 1 mo. That’s 2k right off the bat. Add 1st and last on the new place and you are up to 3. Then you have…

Yep! This was one of the hardest things I had to deal with. In fact, I had to develop the instinct of budgeting for time just as much as money. A lot fewer places will teach you how to budget your time when you’re broke, but it’s essential. I learned how to do things in the background while I did other stuff (for…