u/RemoteEmotions

Me and my wife have been renting a house that has been pre-furnished. Now that she is graduated, we are moving back to the city.

We are moving in on June 1st and have two major purchases to consider considering the house does not come prefurnished.

So two things:

1. The Bed : Should we buy one of those cheap Sub-$500 beds cash online or should we buy a very nice bed from a mattress store that we plan to keep for 10+ years but finance it at 0% interest?

2. The Washer : We plan on hang drying everything so we save money and help the planet! But... should we buy a new washer as a BIFL type purchase around $800 or get a used one for around $100. My wife is particular about things being clean for her underwear so this is something i'm considering based on a sanitary standpoint.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I'm talking Jennings, Ferguson, etc.

Compared to what homes are going for in STL city, these homes seem like an excellent price and are actually affordable!

Finding a livable house under 100k is absolutely possible.

Whats the catch?

Why are homes in North County so cheap in comparison to the rest of St. Louis?

I bought my 240D last year and love to drive it! So much, that I use it to deliver pizzas.

Maybe the purists will say I shouldn't daily a classic, but isn't this what a car is made for?

That being said, 40 hours a week of stop and go traffic isn't the best for most cars, but is that the case for the legendary OM616? I keep the oil topped up and shift it like a grandma.

I change my oil with Rotella T4 every 2500 miles and do all the maintinance. Valves were checked at the 12k mark and they were all perfectly in spec.

What is your take on hours and hours of stop and go traffic on a W123?

We are having a hard time finding affordable place to live so I found one in our budget and signed the lease but my boyfriend is very worried.

He said that there are many cars with no plates and that really worries him. And that there are many dogs that bark at him.

I am used to this as it’s where I am from but he is wanting me to cancel the lease

Is no plates a red flag?

Edit: sorry guys Schiller Pl near the cemetery

I toured the neighborhood and it seemed ok

I currently charge $100 an hour for IT services and computer repair. Over the month, I might get three or four jobs booked at that rate. Plus some eBay sales, puts me around $2k a month.

I am also working full time and averaging $22-28 an hour working 40 hours a week.

Doing both has been annoying and stressful and feel like I’m charging too much.

Got me thinking… what if I just cut my IT rates in half, say $50 an hour? If I got 40 hours a week worth of work on average, that’s better than 5-10 hours a week at $100 an hour and maybe people will be more happy to refer me out knowing I’m affordable.

A local shop in my area that works on cars has a rate $50 an hour less than the other big shops and he has several employees and appears to be successful

$6 a gallon here.

Now that I’ve gotten my 240D fixed up, diesel prices are wild.

I do delivery in the evenings and love using my 240D but at $6 a gallon and 100+ miles an evening, the Corolla will continue to be the leader.

Anyone else sad about these diesel prices?

Backstory we got married in April and I cover all expenses since she cannot legally work and we are waiting on her green card. I work a full time job 5 to 1AM and a part time job during the day usually 10-2PM. I don’t feel very happy and don’t see any progress.

Today, I decided to take some time to work on my project car and I hit my head enough to where it started to bleed. It wasn’t a crazy. My wife says we need to go to the doctor NOW which would cost $150 for just the visit. We don’t have $150 to be wasting in my current situation. If it were profusely bleeding I would understand.

Ever since saying no, I felt like I’m just tired and barely have any time to enjoy anything. And we got into an argument and she says I act like a teenager because I wanted to continue to work despite bleeding a little bit.

What can I do? I’m just so tired and we can’t afford to go to the doctor for every little thing. Now she doesn’t seem to really want to talk and is mad at me and I have no energy to care and worry it’s going to destroy our marriage.

Had a first interview which was all of 5 minutes that I drove two hours away for.

Second interview was 30 minutes. Also drove 30 minutes.

Told them I’ll be moving into town May 1.

Didn’t get a call until last week and they wanted me to drive again, I said no and we did a FaceTime interview. They are upset that I can’t start May 1 now. I feel this is last minute… otherwise I could have probably planned better but I decided to go June 1st for less pressure on my move since they didn’t get back to me for weeks.

Is this a red flag from the company?