Quote Originally Posted by TuffStuffMcGruff View Post
Yep - I went local and got my degree - no debt whatsoever and my rent is the absurdly low amount of $450 per month.
Renting, eh? Very wise. I know a number of people who bought apartments in the spring/summer - they're pulling their hair out now(and as said, one moved back to mommy).

Oh, and the bonus story; a classmate of my ex bought an apartment a couple of years ago, instead of renting as the rest of us do. She got a loan that would cost her about as much as renting each month, and she figured the price would rise(as everyone did), and when she finished her education, she could sell it, pay off the mortgage and get a bundle of cash for a new home(or whatever). Well, one financial crisis later, with rising interest and plummeting housing prices, she's taking it in teh butts.