[ElainMoria]

An extended stay hotel could be an option.

I may have to go that route, but on my extremely limited finances due to being on Disability.. anything over $400.00 a month leaves me w/o resources to live on. Right now (as of March 3rd) I will have a grand total of $600 to apply for rent etc. IF I am lucky I can get into somewhere with just that but it leaves me totally wiped out for the rest of the month and doesn't leave anything for food, electricity if I have to pay that, phone, internet etc. It may simply mean that for a month or two I am basically totally out of touch with everyone I know, and in effect isolated. As EVERYONE I know is on the internet and not in my community except my brother... That literally means I have zero support of friends etc.

I'll go that route if I have too. It will be difficult, especially not being able to talk with my friends etc, but if that is how I have to do it, I will. The biggest problem with anything over $400.00 even if all utilities are included is more being able to save money for a more affordable place, getting around, paying for my part of my medical care etc. I run out of cash fast in those situations.

I've even considered trying to find someone that has a room to rent, but unless they are Trans friendly... I'm not really willing to risk it. I'd rather sign a year lease somewhere (like one of those hotels) and do my utter best to save up every penny I can to make things right.

Sad part is.. if I do this that way... I'll be unable to afford clothing to live as female, makeup etc. It's just making things way harder for me all the way around because I'm going to be forced to settle for whatever I can grab now, instead of having the money saved up to be able to find a place that is both affordable and suitable for my needs, pay for all the utilities set-up and deposits etc. and get moved in.

*shrugs* It is what it is. I'll manage. I've always managed to land on my feet for the most part. So I'll do what I can and hope some luck breaks my way and one of the geothermal heated units around here open up and I can get in cheaply.

~Elain

A lot of motels also do extended stay but be warned managers can an often do kick people out for little/no reason, so have 2-3 lined up just in case.

we have one here that lets you sign up to a year lease, it's $400.00 a month plus a $400.00 deposit and the "application fee" which is a total rip off (The application fee is nothing more than a way for them to get extra cash w/o having to rent a room etc, the cost to run a credit check and bg check is less than $6.00 a MONTH each so these people charging $40-$50 to do that are just ripping people off and in my opinion shouldn't be allowed to do that at all).

~E