HOW I MOVED OUT OF STATE WITH NO PLAN, NO APARTMENT & LITTLE MONEY | TIPS & TRICKS | MY STORY
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worst case scenario you can leave that's
what i had to tell myself or else i
would have never made this move i can
leave at any time i can go
welcome welcome welcome i'm amina thank
you for coming to my channel for
everyone else hey how you doing welcome
back so from the title today's video is
going to be all about how i moved out of
state
in less than two weeks
was just my three duffel bags and no
plan maybe you're curious maybe you're
thinking about moving out of your
household
maybe you're thinking about moving out
of your city maybe you're thinking about
moving out of your state i do not have
it all figured out but hopefully my
story and some of the tips that i'll be
sharing will help you out with your
decision but in general moving is a
uncomfortable process
you can have a plan you can know where
you're going and it's still
uncomfortable just because you're going
into the unknown right it's going to be
a new house a new apartment a new city a
new state
and fair is one of those things that can
keep anyone from making a decision worst
case scenario you can leave that's what
i had to tell myself or else i would
have never made this move i could leave
at any time i can go
you know what i mean nothing is
permanent think about it like this it's
better for you to take a chance on
yourself and move to a different city a
different state than to stay in your
current situation
in your hometown and
always having that feeling in the in
your back of your mind like damn what if
i actually left what if i tried
something new i can't begin to tell you
when or why or how and maybe you guys
can relate
i just started to feel like
i needed change in 2019 i was like you
know what my class is more flexible
right now my job's a little bit more
flexible i'm gonna try to travel as much
as i can and find my place
so i went to houston i went to new
orleans i went to new york i went to san
diego
and it was one of the best years of my
life because i realized i truly was
happy and the correlation was
not being at home
so
in general i just started to make
preparations mentally like okay i'm
gonna move
and then the pandemic happened i wasn't
really sure what i was doing and i know
it was a really uncertain time for a lot
of us
so i decided you know what let me just
move out of my household so i started to
look for apartments in my city
nothing was a fit the vibe was just off
and i felt like i was forcing it i
realized at that point i had to let go
of the control
i feel like
i'm a scorpio i try to control
everything plan everything
and with a move yes you can plan but i
really had to be clear about what it is
i want to go
i finally thought i found an apartment
that i really liked i put an application
in
and long story short it just did not
work out and
i started to think about like my
resources right i had a homeboy of mine
that
literally moved around a lot and i was
like yo like how do you do it like how
do you do it how do you kick fear in the
ass how do you just decide
to go because at this point miami
clearly is not working out i don't
really know what to do and he's like
listen look on craigslist look on
facebook marketplace
look on roomster look on airbnb why
don't you try something short term
and i'm going over it back and forth in
my mind i'm like you know what
i need to pick a place and that's i
guess will be the first point
you need to pick
a place
i decided between atlanta and houston i
looked at the shortest travel time the
benefits
and just the overall pros for myself the
second thing is you need to decide on a
timeline for me i was always talking
about moving right i'm like yeah this
year i'm going to move this year i'm
going to move then it turned into 2022
i'm going to move
but i had no real set timeline and i
feel like the universe god like he sends
that and he was like yeah you're not
ready
so my question to you is are you ready i
came up with the idea of going with a
short-term lease just because i don't
want to commit to anything for a year i
have commitment issues
not really but i do the point of this is
just to get an idea of this city and see
if i like it and then i can lay my roots
maybe you're not comfortable with that
maybe you prefer to get an apartment of
course there is
apartments.com
there's the simple google search of best
apartments or best apartments in x city
um also youtube i do recommend you can
look and see the best cities or the best
areas to live in so you have a lot of
resources at your fingertips first place
i applied for
that situation just did not work out and
maybe that can be a whole story time but
the second place i decided okay this is
it
there was video exchanges this is
legitly done through the apartment
complex so that would be my only thing
with this method if you're going to
decide on a roommate or the craigslist
or the facebook
route definitely do your research do
your research in terms of the high crime
areas do your research in terms of
having a phone conversation face time if
you can even go and see the place that
you will be
do that
i didn't come i just took the face time
took the video and rolled with it and it
worked out there's danger everywhere and
i feel like you have to look at your
situation you have to look at your
finances
how bad do you want to leave because i
was over it things were just not working
out for me the next thing i would have
to say which kind of follows up with
what i just talked about
finances
what do your finances look like
what is your situation when it comes to
money i personally recommend having
two to three months worth of rent and
that's why i would more so opt for
the short-term lease or the roommate
situation just because you don't want
all of your money going into
rent you don't plus there's rent and
there's utilities and it goes on and on
and on
you need to figure that part out and i'm
more than happy to
help you guys out to the best of my
ability just comment down below if
possible i say step out on faith on your
own you don't really want to have to
depend on anyone
or deal with anyone's like behaviors or
how
they live
unless you're really sure sometimes it's
better for you to be a roommate with a
stranger and to be out of your city than
to stay in your current circumstances
do be aware of scams do be aware of your
safety if you are going through the
roommate process with someone that's
renting a room in their apartment i
recommend getting things drafted in
writing
it doesn't have to be anything fancy but
listen i'm a business major and just in
general
you want to make sure you have things in
writing what are the ground rules when
and how is rent going to be paid is this
a weekly situation is this a monthly
situation and how far in advance do you
have to give notice to this person
in terms of like if you want to move or
if they need you out
and get that in writing sign it over
and make a move i don't know if i
covered on this part which is definitely
a huge part
finances and jobs
do you currently have a job is your job
remote if it's not remote i definitely
recommend transitioning into remote work
the world is still upside down and while
it's still upside down there are a lot
of remote opportunities out there
the only thing i would have to say and
i'm gonna be real with you guys
it may not be in your field
i'm working a job that's currently not
in my field but you can do temporary
work you can do contract work in
different cities
that's remote that's
looking to transition back there are a
lot of loopholes but it requires a lot
of sacrifice too i tried to apply two
jobs in my field and it just didn't work
out
clearly for a reason
so as you can see i'm pretty sure this
video is all over the place and
i don't necessarily have a plan i just
know that i'm the happiest that i've
been in a long time i even want to
create i pulled this camera out i don't
even know if i know how to work it
anymore
but i'm in a really good headspace and
that was the goal everything else i will
figure out later like we're going to
grind we're going to a glow up together
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know if you guys can hear that but
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