Want to find - Roommate in Richmond

[Jake]

Nice, thank you all for the advice. Going to be a lot upfront costs I'm not looking forward to. Having 15-20% salary going to rent sucks. But it is what it is I guess. I'll keep checking back in on this thread for my advice or ideas

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Well, you don't have to put $1200 a month to housing. Dave linked you to a few options that are half that price. It's not bad having roommates, so long as they don't suck. I've had nothing but good experiences so far (four years with good friends from JMU, now onto year five with a newer friend - we don't hang much but get along well sharing a place) and don't mind having the company around.

Also - this bears mentioning. Get a place close-ish to work. When I lived with DJ, I was 19 miles from the office. My rent went up when I moved closer to work/DC, but the cost difference was moot when I looked at the difference in gas/tolls to drive the extra distance. I'm now 8ish miles from work and the commute was cut in half time-wise. It's amazing and well worth the extra few hundred per month.