<font color="#880000">One girl had to choose between a down-payment on a car or the security deposit on this house because she is so strapped for cash. Naturally, she chose to pay her security deposit, but now she has no money for a much needed car. She's a very unwise spender...She's does not watch her budget. ..Which does not make her a very good candidate as a roommate. The other girls will have to pick up the slack if she fails to pay rent. To me, that says that these girls have NOT seriously planned this, simply b/c they asked her to room with them. The other girl is using loan money to live everyday. She could be using less of that loan money if she decided to simply get a cheaper place. She does not have a job to help her out. Loans pay for virtually everything. But, she doesn't needs to spend hundreds of dollars extra on this house. She cannot afford to do be spending more money than she needs to...Especially w/ the major she picked.

The other two girls are better off, I think? One girl has been working at her school a few times a week as a night shift bus driver, so she has spending money. She seemed to be able to pay the security deposit without much fuss, however, you can't pay monthly rent with what was intended to be spending money and/or accident money. She's going to have to juggle grad school with a job that can pay rent...So I hope she can do it. The other girl I really don't know about.

They just invited a stranger to live with them b/c they couldn't afford to have the place without the help of this stranger's rent money. This is kind of unsettling.

Regardless, they have not completed their education, and they do not have jobs up there. At least one of them are having serious issues w/ money, which is enough to cause huge problems with money and friendships. If they cannot find decent jobs to sustain their usual income, or get a decent education in the meantime, then there's gonna be an issue.

They asked me to join them, I didn't want any part of it. I live at home and I save my money like most other college kids that have parents that let them do this. These girls know how difficult it is for me to live at home b/c my family is difficult to reason with, but I know it will be worth it b/c I'll be better off when I first move out. 3 of these girls had the same option, but they wanted to spend their money on this house instead.

Things don't need to be coordinated in order for a group to try and make something work. There are a lot of things that can go wrong, and the thing is, things are already going wrong with the house itself! I hope their friendships last through whatever hard times may come. </font>