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Where abouts do you live if I may ask, I help alot of people find cheap living conditions. Usually that involves roomates. $700 is very low for your own appartment most places, so that doesn't sound like a bad deal at all, but depending on the area you might be able to get something cheaper.

If you have not-aweful credit, you might be able to get a mobile home, even here there are some that are 30k or less. The lot rent for those is usually almost as high as the rent for that place your looking at, but often they are 2 bedroom mobile homes so if your willing to rent the other bedroom out (for something like $500 + 1/2 utilities/internet), you could end up paying almost nothing per month and owning where you live.

Renting a room though, if you can find a nice one with cool people, is often the best bet, even over having your own apartment. You still have just as much privacy (especially if you have your own bathroom as well), internet/utilities are usually included (or at least split), and you can find good ones even where I am for $400 (or if very lucky even less).

$400 rooms usually are due to a 3 bedroom (or more) that is split, 3 ways or more. This also makes the utilities/etc very small for each person. The place I lived before here was the College Glen Apartments in Olympia, it was $1100 a month for a 3 bedroom with 2 bathrooms (sadly I had to share with one other roomate). It was $400 a month for each of us AFTER utilities and internet.

I moved because of a job....sigh...that ended falling through. That was such a great setup.

Anyway $700 isn't bad, but you could find better if you look around, getting a 6 month lease though probably wouldn't be horrid as you can keep an eye out for a better deal and still have the flexibility to switch to it in the near future.

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