I need serious life help.

I just turned 18, and basically need to leave the nest. I've never had a job and go to a community college. I need to do anything I can to find a place to live. What do I do? Go on welfare, make a ton of loans?Is there an easy way of finding a steady job if you're an 18 year old college student supporting yourself? What's cheaper, a one room/one bathroom apartment, or renting downstairs of someone's house?

I really need your help, people.

what's the urge to leave when you are not yet prepared?

Jobs will be tough to find unless you turn to prostitution. If you're adamant about getting your own place, the best thing to do is to get a bunch of roommates.

what's the urge to leave when you are not yet prepared?

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Jobs will be tough to find unless you turn to prostitution. If you're adamant about getting your own place, the best thing to do is to get a bunch of roommates.

entropyecho

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what's the urge to leave when you are not yet prepared?

SmileyJetsonxD

Look in the classified ads for those "Married couple seeking roommate" posts. Usually all utilities will be included so you dont have to worry about setting them up or remembering to pay them and the price is normally reasonable.

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Do you have any other family in the area or are they all in Korea?

Son, you've come to the worst place.

Go apply at fast food restaraunts. They're pretty easy to get hired at. Work there for awhile and save up money. Then see about moving out.

Could I go on welfare? Or is that impossible for an able-bodied 18 year old man?SmileyJetsonxD

http://www.welfareinfo.org/apply/

Jobs will be tough to find unless you turn to prostitution. If you're adamant about getting your own place, the best thing to do is to get a bunch of roommates.

entropyecho

Shoul I emancipate myself? It sounds like a lot of work and it doesn't sound like it'll do anything.

Do you have any other family in the area or are they all in Korea?

entropyecho

Look in the classified ads for those "Married couple seeking roommate" posts. Usually all utilities will be included so you dont have to worry about setting them up or remembering to pay them and the price is normally reasonable.

Alter_Echo

[QUOTE="SmileyJetsonxD"] Could I go on welfare? Or is that impossible for an able-bodied 18 year old man?entropyecho

http://www.welfareinfo.org/apply/

I found a one bedroom apartment for $650/month that's kind of close to my school. Is that too expensive if I'm working fulltime at $10/hr?

and you came to OT what were u thinkingsonofsmeagle

My advice would be to keep searching for a job. It's pretty hard to get a job right about now, but you just need to keep trying. You should go to an agency and maybe start off with a temp job. If you are a good worker, they will eventually hire you on full-time.

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My advice would be to keep searching for a job. It's pretty hard to get a job right about now, but you just need to keep trying. You should go to an agency and maybe start off with a temp job. If you are a good worker, they will eventually hire you on full-time.

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Do you have any goals in life? A reason for living? I use that as my guide.BranKetra

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My advice would be to keep searching for a job. It's pretty hard to get a job right about now, but you just need to keep trying. You should go to an agency and maybe start off with a temp job. If you are a good worker, they will eventually hire you on full-time.

jwsoul

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I've landed a full-time job through a staffing agency. They placed me at DHL Global Mail. It was not the best job in the world, but it was a job nontheless. Like I said, you have to work hard and stick around for a while. They will eventually hire you full-time, if they like you.

You won't be able to get much for loans towards a place to live if you've got no credit. I personally would go apply at every fast food place you can, you'll get a call back eventually. As for housing, I'd get a small apartment with a roommate. Basement suites are usually expensive. XilePrincess

[QUOTE="BranKetra"]Do you have any goals in life? A reason for living? I use that as my guide.SmileyJetsonxD

Depending on the state, there may be extra free grants for in-state residents (or if a relative lives there and you happen to start living there, too).Florida residents get another $700 semester the freshman year and 1350 their sophomore year.After the cost of books and junk, I had about $1800. So, $900 for everything.

The college has professors that are kinda jaded, but the students are mixed (some a pain in the #$%, some not). If you have a talent or skill you can hone, there are ways to. Just look.

I just gotta come up with the money... -_______-SmileyJetsonxD

Fast food man, fast food.

There is a lot of help for teens in San Fan. Your home life is not the safest option right now. So you just need a safe place to stay until you can figure out things you need to do. Google help for young people in California, places close to where you live now.

A job and college will happen but you just need a safe place to get yourself sorted out. It is time to leave the nest, just do it in the best way. To avoid getting into real trouble later on.

Good luck to you. In seems overwhelming now but you will eventually find your way. You just need a safe place to stay for now.

Live on streets. Become the most badass hobo to ever live. You can become a legend.

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Enlist in the military?

Enlist in the military?

Lab392

well your 18 you can apply for unemployment checksevilmaster2424

He's never had a job. In order to draw unemployment you have to have worked and payed taxes into the system.

This is quite amazing to watch the brilliant minds of OT go to work on an actually important problem. :o

I'm a big advocate of faking your own death. There's a lot of money in those insurance policies these days.

I would say to go look around, and try to find someone renting out a room. As for a job, have you considered anything to do with courts? They are always in need of more of them.

I found a one bedroom apartment for $650/month that's kind of close to my school. Is that too expensive if I'm working fulltime at $10/hr?

[QUOTE="sonofsmeagle"]and you came to OT what were u thinkingSmileyJetsonxD

It changes depending on the location and the general area you want to live, but that's not that great of a rate. A lot of TWO bedrooms go for that much. A small one-bedroom (again depending on the location) should go between 450-550.

Generally, someone in your financial situation is probably going to want to rent a shared space with other people. My husband's rent in school was $250 and less than $50 in utilities because he split a 3 bedroom apartment with two other guys. It's less privacy, but a fraction of the cost. There's plenty of want-ads of people looking for tenants.

You can look into student loans to help you out, but that can be a dangerous road to walk. It's easy to put everything on loan, but at some point you do have to pay it all back, and it can make a difficult situation even worse.

Honestly, unless your parents are beating you and you're scared for your life, I would stick it out until you finish school and get a degree. It is infinitely easier to be on your own when you have your degree in hand and don't have to worry about grades and making enough to feed yourself then to figure out how you're going to pay for school after you've already left home and you have nowhere to go.

Shoul I emancipate myself? It sounds like a lot of work and it doesn't sound like it'll do anything. [QUOTE="entropyecho"]

Do you have any other family in the area or are they all in Korea?

SmileyJetsonxD

Look in the classified ads for those "Married couple seeking roommate" posts. Usually all utilities will be included so you dont have to worry about setting them up or remembering to pay them and the price is normally reasonable.

Alter_Echo

You live in SF? dude, now I should be able to help you much better lol. In SF you wont be able to get much above a 1 bedroom studio for less than 1000$, even the 1 bedroom studio apartments go for like $1200- 1500$ unless you live in the projects (On a serious note there's actually a nicer housing project in the Lower Haight it looks quite new and decent that may be your best bet. Or i suppose you could find something for less in The Tenderloin but its a bit of a sketchy area after dark.

I'd honestly try the East Bay though, Berkeley perhaps or even somewhere like Oakland or Hayward is gonna be much cheaper than living in the city. Also if your school as financial aid you could try applying for that as well as applying for jobs at places like Jamba Juice or just a basic store like a drug store or something. Stores are usually fairly easy to get a job at, its just all about putting out as much applications as you can.

If you need help or anything, feel free and shoot me a message and I'll help you more. Best of luck mate!