When I moved out of home I was renting a small, 1BR basement apartment for $200/mo (in 2002). "Real" 1BR apartments in my area were going for 3x that. I'm pret

When I moved out of home I was renting a small, 1BR basement apartment for $200/mo (in 2002). "Real" 1BR apartments in my area were going for 3x that. I'm pretty lucky in hindsight to have landed that place, there really are not that many basic rentals like that available. Being able to live so cheaply really helped me accelerate my life situation (I wasn't even a student then and was literally starting from nothing).