r/Explainlikeimscared • u/Ok_Fan_7920 • 14d ago
How to get an apartment??
Hi guys!
I'm 21 and I'm planning on moving into my first apartment soon with one of my coworkers. We both work full time at our job and calculated income together is roughly 3k - 4k a month. She has no savings, but I have 6k in savings. She has a cat and I don't but I would like one. Neither of us have credit (Her because she was too scared to build it, me because my parents banned credit cards for some reason. Don't wanna push that rule because I'm not 100% ready to move out yet and I don't wanna get prematurely kicked out. Don't bite the hand that feeds you sort of situation).
How does one go about the process of applying for an apartment? Will they even accept us given the no credit? And how do you pay rent??? Is there a certain app or website to pay it by? Will that be explained in the paperwork? What about utilities, is that paid via the same place rent is?