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It's expensive to be poor
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Counting first month rent as a "moving cost" is disingenuous IMO. That money isnt for moving but for paying for the place for a month. Now needing the captial to provide first and last, thats defintely a factor.
I think that's the point they're making here.
I've moved a dozen times because of rent increases and all these cost are BS. Maybe a $60 application fee and $150 to rent a Uhaul for the day. Before I had Uhaul money, I moved an entire apartment twice in a friends pickup truck (multiple trips). Security deposits suck, but I have always gotten 100% of my security deposit back by cleaning better than I found it, and having move-in and move-out pictures. I mean sometimes you do have to work to save money, but it is not a lost cause.