how much money do you have left over?

[SuperSpud]

on the subject of living "check to check" in another thread i decided to make one about this.

I am single and living alone in a 1 bedroom apt here in vegas. i COULD find cheaper living but i dont want to sacrafice my safety by living in a "cheaper" area of town... (there are some pretty bad areas)

My current budget looks like this:

$920 rent
$35 trash/water/sewage
$50'ish electricity (averaged between winter and summer)
$30 on house gas
$25 on car gas
$110 car ins.
$85 cell phone
$80 cable/internet/house phone
$30 on drycleaning
$20 haircut
$160 medication
$100 food

and that leaves me with about $600 left to tinker with... (im pretty sure i left out something major there b/c i didnt think i had that much left over...)

what about you guys?

[Ponch]

damn...you dont eat much do you? I spend $100 in food in 3 days.

[SuperSpud]

well we have an AMAZING employee dining room here at Caesars.. its like a huge buffet where they have a grill with a dude who will make you whatever you want, as well as 3 normal buffet style sections of food... and a sandwich area, and a pasta area, and a salad area and a burger area..... and a carving station with prime rib/turkey/pork (whichever they r serving that day)....

and in the morning they have fresh bagels and the guy at the grill makes some MEAN omlets....

so basically i only eat one meal a day at home, if that... the only time i actually cook is on the weekends

[THEPHILOSOPHER]

We bring home $4442.00 monthly (fiancé has a half-time salary not the best deal for her.), have $3149.11 in monthly expenses (many of which will go away because their some of our doubled separate expenses [car insurance, cell phones, a storage unit for extra furniture that will no longer be needed when our roommate moves out.])

With all that said, we net +$1292.89 monthly. We're moving to a cheaper apartment (that's not much smaller and much closer to work = fewer tolls) in June so we should be doing better.

[tuanieee]

$615 car note
$200 gas
$225 car insurance
$30 dry cleaning
$30 haircut
$1000 food/ alcohol/ going out

leftover = negative :gonk:

[SuperSpud]

^ dude... i got that GQ in the mail last week (your icon)... jesus i love that girl.... the cover makes me weak in the knees....

[suleman]

still in high school living at home with mom/sister

every two weeks:

80 gas(god damn 2mile trips to work/.5 miles to school is really killing my gas mileage)
50 food(mom barely cooks since we are all always at work)
75 cable/internet
100 random stuff like tools for work and shit like that.

savings: alot.

[SuperSpud]

you have a 5 mile round trip commute and you spend $160 on gas a month? wtf do you drive a fkn lambo sucking down 6 miles per gallon?

[SuperSpud]

even still at $3.20 a gallon, 6 miles a gallon and 5 mile round trip... $3.20 x 30 days...

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU SPEND $160 ON GAS!?!?!?!?

[suleman]

same question i ask myself everytime i fill up.


also: somehow i rack up ~800 miles a month!

[murderface]

bring in about 1000 a month
spend about 300 on gas ( 60 mile round trip mon-fri, deliver pizza on weekends)
180 on insurance
60 on phone
100 on food
75 on tobacco
100 on alcohol
and another 100 on random bullshit
ill save about 200 on average every month

[tit$]

i don't really work on a monthly basis. some of my bills are paid every 6 months. sometimes i don't make a check for 6 months. it's weird.

[SuperSpud]

ryan, gun for hire.....

[Prissy]

I usually have about $500 leftover that I throw into savings or blow off at a casino.

[racerzchick]

$ 600 rent
$ 335 car insurance
$ 450 car note
$ 200 gas
$ 200 food
$ 60 phone bill
$ 1000 cc bills
$ 200 going out

[SuperSpud]

sweet jesus, $335 for car insurance!?!?!

[Din]

jsut depends on how much i drink that month

[dcgs-r]

400.00 car note
170.00 insurance
500.00 rent
160.00 gas
120.00 cell phone
300.00 cc bills
250.00 food ( dont know how to cook)

im trying to get a loan to pay my bills. im in debt about 5k:weirdo:

anybody can get me approved on a loan ? if so pm me:thumb:

[DC]

400.00 car note
170.00 insurance
500.00 rent
160.00 gas
120.00 cell phone
300.00 cc bills
250.00 food ( dont know how to cook)

im trying to get a loan to pay my bills. im in debt about 5k:weirdo:

anybody can get me approved on a loan ? if so pm me:thumb:

I wouldn't take out a loan if I were you. You're always going to have bills to pay. You might want to think about getting a cheaper car and cooking at home more often.

[Black]

i always pay myself before anyone else. Depending on how many days ive worked that particular week, every 2 weeks ill usually put 2k in savings, 1000-1,600 in checking to pay out various bills and be left w/ 800 after those bills have been paid. Repeat next pay period. If you can pay yourself (ie savings) before anyone else, you'll be ahead of the 8 ball

[racerzchick]

sweet jesus, $335 for car insurance!?!?!

yes i know. someone help me. i need cheap insurance

[UrMyStlkAl]

Do you have alot of tickets/wrecks or something? I'm 23/male and pay $120 a month for full coverage on a 06 350z through State Farm. You might want to call around for other quotes.

[Strife]

Do you have alot of tickets/wrecks or something? I'm 23/male and pay $120 a month for full coverage on a 06 350z through State Farm. You might want to call around for other quotes.

I need to check around myself. Age 25, 2004 G35 6MT, $150 a month with a clean record. :stare:

[UrMyStlkAl]

Yeah, I'm planning on calling around again in a few months just to check up w/ the other companies and also going to call State Farm to see about anymore discounts they can give me. Never hurts.

[racerzchick]

yeh im 21, with a 05 350z , i have a accident at fault..on my record and like 1 ticket

[racerzchick]

yeh i need to do that..insurance is raping me

[SuperSpud]

www.gieco.com

saved me $200 for my 6 month rate....

[racerzchick]

going to try that tonight

[winc281]

jsut depends on how much i drink that month

wrd

[Jeebus]

After paying rent, insurance, car note and gas I have a little over 800 bucks to play with a month. Like Din said though, depending on how much I drink that month, I'm usually left with 2 bills or so lol. I have a horrible time realizing what my priorites are but I got time to fix that stuff. Luckily I been trying to stay home lately since I wanna get back into fixing my ride up.

[Jeebus]

Forgot about phone/ internet bill:gonk:

[krispy kreme]

2g's or so depends on how I spend my funds

[arabretard]

since im trying to pay off my credit cards at the moment i dont have too much money left over. id say generally $20-40 every week. :gonk: once my cards are payed off ill have a lot more money to play with

[alreadyknow]

i pay myself before i pay my bills and fun shit..

direct deposit..

80% checking at bofa then 20% goes t my ings savings account. haven't touched it yet to withdraw

[crunK]

jesus christ, this thread makes me realize how much the cost of living has gone up.

80 phonebill,
450 car note,
150 to baby mama,
160 gas per month/i drive a nissan murano 20mpg aggressive driver
~200 food
150 credit card bills

i am able to save like 300-400 a month.

[xtel]

$664 rent on a townhouse (I 1/2 w/ my g/f)
$90 electricity
$180 car payment
$185 full coverage car insurance
$40 dell
$30 ikea
$65 tmobile
$38 at&t phone/internet
$200 in cc bills
$60~ gas
$200 going out (I don't party much, mostly food and movie, etc)
$1300 savings

My g/f pays for food and other random stuff.

[j-lammers]

$25 a month for gas?

[bowfinger]

since im trying to pay off my credit cards at the moment i dont have too much money left over. id say generally $20-40 every week. :gonk: once my cards are payed off ill have a lot more money to play with

+1

[infamous_ikon]

honestly it depends on what i dont buy, i buy clothes and shoes all day to reselll so it depends on that, i aint broke but i aint a millonaire