Well, it looks like things have worked out for me to move into the room I checked out last week.
Yes, the room itself is small, but really, for the price ... I don't know that I could find a much better situation. And it'll only be until I finish school.
Tomorrow is my last day of my summer class, and I'll be spending a good 5 - 6 hours finishing up a project for it. After that, I have until August 22 before Fall semester classes begin.
So, that means I'll have about three weeks to sell, give away, pack and clean as much as I possibly can. Then about the middle of September, I'll move into my new home. 
Advantages:
Free cable and internet
Lots of animal lovin' (2 dogs/2 cats)
Weekly access to washer/dryer
Be able to put money in savings again!
Closer to my mom and stepdad's house
5 minutes from an SDA church/school
Only ONE toll between it and the gym
Area where room is, is pretty much out of the main traffic areas in the house.
Good amount of storage space in garage.
Good sized living room right off room which I'd basically have to myself.
Disadvantages
Small room
Will have to change churches, because will be too far from regular church (same denomination)(our pastor's last day was today - so this may be as good a time to go to a new place as any.)
Will be a lot further away from my good friend T (but don't see her all that much anyway ...)
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These are the items I'm planning on selling/giving away:
small wooden rolling table (about the size of a large dinner tray) -- maybe $10
20+ year old beat up working Lazy-boy recliner - probably a give away, but will try $5 first
beautiful real wood entertainment center - going to start at (new was around $1000) $200, if no bites, will go to $150
rolling desk chair - $10
beanbag - $5 or giveaway
round one-piece solid wood dining table in great shape - $50 (5 chairs will be included for free, if they want them - pretty much falling apart)
King size bed- mattress/frame/sheets/comforter - about 12 years old - $25/$10 or giveaway
So, the big thing I'm wondering about, is what would be the best way to list these things on CL? Pictures of course, but should I list them separately, or in one or two "moving sale" posts?
Do my prices seem reasonable?
Looks like I'll be Moving ..
August 1st, 2009 at 09:21 pm
August 1st, 2009 at 09:43 pm 1249163018
Good luck!
August 1st, 2009 at 09:55 pm 1249163742
Maybe put the heavy things that will need at least two strong men/people to move in one post, and the lighter things in another post.
August 1st, 2009 at 10:08 pm 1249164536
I hope those teenagers are pretty well-behaved!
August 1st, 2009 at 10:17 pm 1249165062
August 1st, 2009 at 10:25 pm 1249165548
Once I'm done with school, hopefully I'll be able to find a good job fairly soon. Then I'll move into either a studio (as small a place as I can find) or do a room rental situation again. Probably do that for one, maybe two years. Hopefully during that time be able to refuel my EF and get a really good downpayment saved up for a house. So, maybe by the time I'm 39 I'll have my house - a small one, with a small yard, but ... a house!
Thanks Ima!
August 2nd, 2009 at 12:45 am 1249173904
I am not sure I did anything better to save money my entire life but rent a room in a house for about 5 years (through college, & until we saved enough for down payment on home). A studio apartment on the wrong side of the tracks cost like 3 times as much, at the time.
Also, my roommate had the smallest room, but it had a small living area next to it - so she kind of got 2 rooms. It was a nice situation. So I am thinking it could work out well to have a little spillover room.
It sounds good!
August 2nd, 2009 at 01:05 am 1249175154
Yes, the living room attached to the room is really what makes the small room palatable. If it was *just* that room, I couldn't do it. The room is *seriously* small. The animals also help.
If I'd have been a little smarter when I was first starting out after college, renting a room would really have been the way to go. Although I was living in an apartment in Turlock, CA and paying $470/month rent - I think it was a 2 bedroom! Then a year later, I moved into a rental house about a 20 second commute from the school, 2 bedrooms + washer/dryer, for $490/month.
August 2nd, 2009 at 02:52 am 1249181524
August 2nd, 2009 at 03:11 am 1249182679
I have no idea if the prices are still the same ... that was back in 1997.
August 2nd, 2009 at 01:50 pm 1249221031
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August 2nd, 2009 at 09:58 pm 1249250315
August 3rd, 2009 at 04:02 am 1249272157
August 3rd, 2009 at 11:42 pm 1249342946
those prices sound like a steal, and if you'r willing to negotiate that's even better. the money will help as well, i am sure. it is a pity you have to get rid of a lot of stuff though, i hope that anything you really want you could store at friends/relatives houses?
August 4th, 2009 at 12:15 am 1249344957
I'm really not that worried about living with this family - my first impression of them was that they are nice/clean cut - and I also rarely have problems getting along with anyone.
No, I'm not getting rid of anything that I'll mourn over too much. All of my furniture are things that have been handed down to me, or given to me (like the entertainment cabinet - that was my parents - I got it after my mom married my stepdad and didn't have room for it.) I've been feeling for a good while that I just have too much stuff, and wanting to downsize. This just gives me a really really good excuse.
August 4th, 2009 at 08:08 pm 1249416526
Fedex.
August 5th, 2009 at 06:06 pm 1249495565