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• Houses near Merritt Island

  I used realtor.com. Realtor.com and trulia.com are updated from the MLS, and Zillow takes a bit longer to update. I have found though that Zillow tends to have better history of the homes. Source: 9 months ago

• Let's critique the Marquette MI housing market.

  Have you ever looked a house for sale post on realtor.com, zillow.com, trulia.com or any other real estate website and thought "I wish they had a comment section". This is your place to do just that. Post a link to the home that is for sale and comment away, see if other Redditors feel the same way. Source: 12 months ago

• Moving to Norfolk/Hampton Roads? Welcome! Please read this before posting. [2023 edition]

  There's a lot under that price. Have you looked in trulia.com? Source: about 1 year ago

• Looking for Housing accommodations. I'll be moving to Arlington, Texas in the next 2months and looking for housing accommodations (Studio or 1bd) for the next +3yrs. Looking for quiet/safe place close to Dalworthington gardens. Any help will be appreciated. TIA

  Look through trulia.com and aparmentguide.com You should keep your budget to 1150 MAX or get a roommate. Which is about 25% of your take home pay. Source: over 1 year ago

• Any popular apartment buildings to stay away from?

  Go to rent.com, trulia.com, and try to rent from a person who owns their apartment/condo vs. Renting from a management company. The owner may use rental management, but they are the ones to call the shots and ultimately make final decisions. Got lucky renting a 1-bedroom condo in Uptown from the owner who is extremely flexible and always on top of repairs/issues. Any bad experiences I had were always at rental... Source: over 1 year ago

YouNeedABudget mentions (55)

• Is $250 a month in disposable income livable for a family of 3?

  You'll be going into a tight budget time, so get a really good system in place. If you don't have that you love already, I recommend YNAB (youneedabudget.com). It's envelope based and is really good for planning ahead for irregular expenses and for "rolling with the punches" if something comes up. It works differently than traditional monthly budget, so take time to use all the resources to learn the system. ... Source: about 1 year ago

• LPT Request: What is your favorite life hack that has saved you money, time, or made your day-to-day activities easier?

  I also said in a comment below, I use YNAB to track my financial life. This strategy only works if you have enough confidence in your finances to know that if I gave you a card with 100k credit limit, you would never spend more on it than what you have in your bank and has been budgeted for. If not, I cannot overstate how important it is to get your budget in order beforehand. There’s zero money saved if you pay... Source: about 1 year ago

• Fund future vacations

  If you aren’t already giving every dollar you make a job, earning more money will only get you so far. Check out YNAB, read all the free content about learning to plan and budget. Source: about 1 year ago

• Tracking savings goals

  Track it by hand or in software. I started out with just a spreadsheet, but since then moved my whole budget to YNAB (youneedabudget.com), where you track all your individual savings goals as well as how your money will be used to cover regular (and irregular) expenses. Now the whole plan is in one place, and covers everything from how much is set aside for gardening supplies for this summer to the big... Source: about 1 year ago

• My grandfather passed away and left me 25k. I have next to no savings and I owe money on a couple credit cards and a car. Almost 40, how do I maximize this?

  Aside from all the other advice, get a subscription to YNAB (youneedabudget.com) and start using it religiously. It will help prevent any backsliding and will put you in a much better financial situation going forward. Source: about 1 year ago