Our lease in our current apartment is up at the end of January. We have to give them a 30 day notice of move out, okay cool! Our dllema...We live in a town with one of the major universities, Texas A&M, and that puts us fighting with all the students fighting for off campus housing! On top of that, a lot of places jack up their prices because of that. They know that most students who come here that mommy and daddy pay for their living expenses so they will fork out whatever the cost of rent. DF and I are not in that boat! We are a family with 4 children between us that are coming and going between our ex's.
We've started looking at new places because our current place is rather small for 2 teenagers, a kindergartener, and a 4 year old, along with the two of us. Thank goodness it's never all 6 of us under this roof at once! We found a really nice place yesterday. It's adoarable! Rent is really reasonable too. A plus to add, my only cousin in the area lives right across the street! The owner is willing to negotiate the price of the rent. Original rent was $450 a month for a year. We countered with $400 for a two year lease. We loved that place so much! He also knows that we can't do anything until January. We are afraid that he will jack the price up because of the students. He said that he did offer student discounts, which DF will be a student next semester so that may help.
I hate moving. End Rant...