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Just moved out
Check you can afford it, sign a solid lease, turn on utilities, budget, insure your stuff, find the shutoffs and cook cheaply.
Students see this path at I just moved out. It has 14 lessons in this order:
- Can I afford to move out? Your place
- Apartment hunting and rental scams Your place
- Your first lease Your place
- Setting up utilities and internet Your place
- Your first budget in 20 minutes Money
- Renters insurance Money
- Your starter toolkit Tools
- Finding your water shutoff and breaker panel Your place
- Testing your smoke alarms Your place
- Living with roommates Your place
- Laundry without ruining clothes Your place
- Grocery shopping and five cheap meals Your place
- Food safety basics Your place
- Spotting a scam text or call Tools
Three discussion questions
- Which of your bills come every month, and which only show up now and then? How would you plan for the ones that don't come monthly?
- Water is pouring from under the sink. What do you do in the first five minutes, and where would you find the shutoff?
- A text says a package is on hold and asks for a small fee. What details would make you trust it, or not?
Each question can be answered from the lessons above. Lessons print as clean handouts.