I just wondered because I left over 4 years ago, and was wondering if the real estate market has changed much in that time.

you really have to constantly look for a good deal. best deal i saw recently was a foreclosed apartment being sold for $40,000 below current market value.

nowadays for our generation, it's really hard to move out right after you get your degree and a entry level salary. If we lived in like calgary or houston where real estate and rent is cheap, maybe then we can actually own a house or move out, not be herded into a $450 000 600sqft condo like in vancouver. Plus the fact that there aren't that many big companies here, job market kinda stinks too.

Man it would suck to have to rely on degrees, salaries and jobs at "big companies" to live my life. So glad I didn't go to school!

13 thru 15, it sucked because i had to cook and deal with school. Parents paid for most of it that time but i officially moved out and started working right before end of grad of highschool. Moved back in for a year during grade 11 but realised it wasnt for me. Shit was hard being so young and tryna overcome so much at such a sort time. Your forced to learn and step it up because no ones gonna do it for you when you move out. If you think you can support yourself go ahead but you will definatly hit some rough patches and this will help you gain lots of experience.

judging from your poker thing, are you an internet entrepreneur? so jealous
teach me your ways

were some of you guys going to school full time as well? because i think it'd be tough to make rent every month while working and going to school at the same time

nobody catch the F&F reference?

http://www.ramoree.com/img/movies/64...urious%204.jpg

u forgot to add you were a cop too

Don't forget a turning point in your life was when you saved a street racing king (who also had his hands deep in racketeering schemes) from the cops, and he walked around his living room grabbing everyone's beers and yelling

BECAUSE THE BUSTER BROUGHT ME BACK!!!1! THE BUSTER, BROUGHT ME BACK!!

I moved out twice. Once when I was 19 and I lived with friends and paid nothing.

It was pretty much a joke since I was living in an awesome house with 4 other rich people and all I had to pay for was my car. I moved back 2 years later at 21 to be with my parents because my mother was sick.

I moved out again at 24 and the rest is history.

The biggest factor for me initially was money but you get used to it very quickly. I got over the money issue pretty fast because I had a good job and a lot of additional income. At the time when I first moved out, I was making about $4000 after tax a month and I was shocked because when I lived at home $4k a month was balling but on my own I felt below average.

It's crazy how much a mortgage, RSP contributions, bills and food take away from money I used to spend on $500 jeans. It was a huge wake up call to the real value of money.

I also learned a lot about how difficult life is and I had a whole new respect for my dad since he was the only one working to support the family and we lived very well. I realized how much stress he must have been under back when he was starting his business with a baby at home and a wife not working.

17, Damn I miss home cooked meals :cry:

So who wants to buy a house in Detroit for 5 grand :haha:

Well that was just the early stages of my life. Now I'm 34, and own a blue 2000 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34. I've been working with the cops as well. I will be teaming up with my pal Dom in the near future >>>>> (F&F 5 was announced)

your stupid F&F antics got old by the 2nd time

late 18, money was tight, hell it still is
but your not your own man living out of your parents house

ive always wondered what you guys do when you want to bring a girl home? is it like highschool and you have to leave the door open?

First moved out when I was 19. Didn't have a choice to stay home as my parents were near broke and had to rent a one bedroom apartment.

Money is an issue as well as learning to fend for myself. Cooking, washing dishes, laundry,vaccuming, cleaning the washroom, keeping toilet paper stocked up.

moved out at 19 right after i got my first full time job. i have to say i have learned alot about life after i moved out(im 23 now), i use to spend all my money on useless shit like parties and cloth. and i never saved up while i was at home. but ever since i moved out i bought my first car. soon second car(and way better than the first). paying for my school and rent. also making my full rrsp and tfsa contribution every year and have a little on the side to mod my car. I think when u move out ur life becomes alot harder on alot of things, it puts alot of pressure on u. but the pressure will make you smarter and more mature. i know tons of people who lives at home and dont save a penny.(btw im asian too if that matters)

I moved out for a few years now, since I was 22 or 23, I will be turning 25 in a few months; I'm currently living with my wife, thus we split the expenses, but still quite a bit of money compared to what I make at work.

I visit go to my parent's house maybe once or twice a week, depending on my work schedule.

Wow everybody thanks for sharing your wonderful stories, and for the F&F part. That was actually kinda funny, I happen to have a eclipse then ending up with a supra later on.

I don't know how you guys survive, I admire and give full eprops to those who hold a job, go to school and have to pay for all their shiz.

Anyhow, if my life goes as planned then I'll be out of this beautiful place I call home within 2 years (25). Hopefully.

i agree with that last part. when i was living at home i wasnt saving anything, because i had so much disposable income i didnt know what to do with it other than blow it all! i'd buy up all sorts of useless shit. once i moved out i learned the value of the dollar. im still a horrible saver sometimes, but learned a ton about money and savings/investing as a product of necessity.

The smart people are the ones that can save their money while they're living at home instead of blowing it on useless shit

i agree that thats the strategy to save the most money possible, but "smartest strategy"? thats subjective to what your priorities are in life.
i still think moving out is worth the extra money early, if you can move out and save extra money at the same time (granted not as quickly as living at home)

its kind of like the argument about people who save all their pennies for retirement.
people who save till they're almost dead until they can start living (maybe an extreme example)

and theres always the argument about renting vs owning, but i wont get into that.

Moved out when I was 24 (moved to Denver). By then I was pretty financially stable so it wasn't a huge challenge money wise. It definitely is a bit more work than living with the folks.

Anyways, that lasted 5 years and now I'm back with the parents again because they're reaching the age where they need frequent assistance. As fun as my time living on my own was, family has (and always will be) the priority. It's also helped me put together a decent chunk of money for a down payment for a place.

My situation has been a move out move in pattern but thankfully my parents allowed me to come back home temporarily on a few occasions.

Bought my first apartment before the real estate boom at 23, moved out for 6months and blew all my savings away partying, learned that the hard way.

Moved back home for a year and a half, saved like crazy and used a bit of my equity to purchase a second apartment.

Lived in the second place for a year, then got an opportunity to rent out both apartments for money I could not refuse, back with the parents temporarily, save save save, equity and savings for a third apartment.

Back on my own for 2 years then back home for 2 months while cashing in on the olympic rental, and now that the olympics are over i'm moving back downtown in a week.