Not sure if this fits better here, or just in OT, but I’m sticking it here.
Michelle will be moving out at the end of the month, early next month. Lease on our place isn’t up until Jan 26 or something. To me it doesn’t make sense to break the lease since it winds up costing about 3 months worth of rent. Going to fill the second bedroom with a roommate to split the lease for the remainder of the term and then we can decide where to go from there and resign together if we mesh well or go separate ways if we don’t.
Posted up an ad on CL two weeks ago and got a few hits but nothing solid. Finally got some more hits late last week with a few people wanting to come by to see it.
Dude one came last Thursday. Seemed to like the place, just moved here from Florida, had a few others he was scheduled to see. Haven’t heard from him since he came by though, so guessing he liked another place more.
Dude two came by yesterday at 3. IT dude living up in Del Mar, but just took a job across the street from where I work and wants to move closer to work. Nice enough guy, quiet, wanted to measure the room to make sure he’d be able to set up a desk for gaming in there. Doesn’t cook much, prefers the convenience of Freshly or whatever. Would probably be a solid roommate as someone who will just keep to themselves and let me do my thing. He asked for an application before he left, and everything seems good. But then last night he calls wanting to negotiate the price saying it seems high. Rent for the unit is $2300 and I listed it in the add as being split it 50/50. I’m in the master bedroom which is larger, but the smaller room still has a private, though unattached, bathroom and has a private patio off the back of the room. Told him we could talk about swing the rent a bit to where I’m paying more, but I’m not sure how much of a discount he’s going to ask for. $1150 for the size of the room and the amenities this place has is actually pretty good for the neighborhood. Last time I moved out I looked at renting just a room and tiny rooms in places with no ac, garage, or washer/dryer were all running about $1000/month.
Girldude three saw the apartment yesterday via FaceTime. Vietnamese immigrant, electrical engineer,
. Seems nice, also has a cat she’d bring down, so it’d be cool for Jag to have a buddy. She’s relocating for a new job, coming down from Portland. Girlfriend/partner is staying up there and she anticipates heading up there a few weekends a month to see her. Also asked for an application and already filled it out and sent it to me and the PM company. Probably going to go with her since she showed the most initiative, I like living with women, and relocating to a new state on short notice is a pain in the dick (clit?) and this will be easy for her. Will be nice having the place to myself on weekends too.
Now dude four. The shitshow. Calls me yesterday morning. Asks to come see the place right away, him and his girl or two years are splitting up and he needs a place to go. Tell him I’m in the same boat, my girl is moving out, that’s why the room is open, blah blah. Starts crying on the phone, which whatever it sounds like the break up just happened, I understand getting emotional. But then he’s thinking we’re gonna be best bro’s and use the similar experience as some bonding shit. I was driving home from Costco at the time 10:30AM, told him he could come by then but that I was leaving for the gym at 12. He calls me like 39 minutes later asking about what the PM company’s income verification was like. Told him I think just 3x the monthly rent between us and he’d just need to show paystubs or a W2 etc. “I don’t get pay stubs, but I make plenty of money.”... red flag 1. Then is asking about bringing his dog so it can meet Jag and make sure they’re cool. Apparently a youngish boxer. I don’t love the idea of having a dog in the house again, but at least this one is have no responsibility for. He finally calls me again at 11:50 (red flag 2, you know I’m leaving at noon and you’ve had an hour and a half to get here) saying he just pulled up is gonna finish his cigarette (red flag 3) real quick while he waits for me to get the gate. As soon as I open the gate, I see a black MKV GTI speeding off leaving our driveway. I stand there for a second, then walk inside, writing him off in my mind. He calls me a minute later saying he realized he left his dog in outside in his front yard area when he was supposed to put him in the car to come meet the cat, red flag 4 get your shot together bro it’s not like you rushed to come over here. For whatever reason I tell him he can come by after the gym before the 3:00 appointment I have with dude two. Tell him I’ll be home from the gym around 1:30. 1:30 home and text him telling him he can come then. Don’t hear anything until 2:30 saying he’s gonna head over from ocean beach.. that’s a good 20 minute drive if there’s any traffic which puts him there right before the guy who actually has and confirmed an appointment. Tell him nope, don’t bother. He calls me later asking me not to rent it out before he gets a chance to see it this week then asked if I’m “herb friendly” and tells me about his “glass collection”. It’s no secret that I enjoy some weed to help me smoke, but I only use vapes because I don’t want a mess or the smell. Not interested in living with someone who owns and used enough bongs to call them s collection. Fuck this dude was annoying to deal with.
I dont plan moving for another 5 years at a minimum. Even 10 years out, property will be so expensive... to have a lot large enough, spacious, to have the garage, house and a small detached office.
I want to get into that if I'm being honest.
Grats!
Couldn't imagine living with someone like that. 
of the lot. At least you're getting hit up for the spot, you'll find someone good.
Showed me her place up there a bit while we FaceTimed and it was clean, so hoping that translates to her helping keep this place clean. Only reservation is that her cat has long fur, but as long as she’s good about cleaning that up too it should be a non-issue.
managed to wrangle in a second buyer at 50k higher then the first offer. It was magic. Really glad to get that SOLD sign up.
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, I played along and was facing the risk of. It selling in time. I literally was shitting bricks for the last three weeks as there was nobody coming to the table to bid on the house until two showed up at the same time. I think my agent called every single showing after the first (lowball) offer showed up. This guy knows how how shake things up. He also knew my bottom line and our buyer offered exactly zero pennies above that line. It really was a take it or leave it situation, so we took it. I could finally breathe again! There are very few real buyers in this price range. 
Thanks for the read on the last guy.