Save $5000 and put it in a long term account for emergencies.
Couple of questions
1. Who's name is the house going to be in?
2. Who's name is the utilities going to be in?
I ask because if it's all in your mates name, than ultimately he is responsible for them being paid. That is much better for you to have it that way because he will have to pay no matter what, and as long as you pay your share there would be no issues. But ultimately, he will also be able to kick your arse out if he meets a missus etc, this is why you need $5000 as back up.
If I were you, I would find a small place of my own and than it's up to you what you want to do. We learned early on that sharing a house with friends is always a short term option, it never works out long term.
Good luck mate
Hey mate
I'll ask him now... his name will definitely be on it because he has rental history, but we haven't discussed if mine will be also be on it
Im not sure what you mean by having names on utilities... does that mean electricity etc? If so, we haven't discussed that yet
We've discussed the mrs thing... if she moves in (he wants at least a year of his own space apparently) it'll be in his room like last time
With that though, we haven't discussed cost splitting... ie is rent split 3 ways or is his share split 2 ways... bills etc
Sounds good all round
Not confident pushing for a full time role at the moment.. have a new boss and it is a dead period of the year. Perhaps permanent part time is the go... I'll think about how I can approach it
I'll keep buying stuff for the move for now
Don't mind living with the Mrs, done it before.
At the end of the day, I gotta take the leap
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