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Once you have selected your career, you need to figure out where you are going to live. First, you should select a city to live in. MAKE SURE THAT THE JOB YOU WANT IS AVAILABLE IN THAT CITY! For instance, you wouldn't be a ship yard worker in Denver. You wouldn't drive a snow plow in Florida.

Once you've selected your location, you need to find a place to live. First, decide if you're going to buy or rent the house or apartment. Next, use a source like a website or newspaper to find a place to live. The following are good websites for finding rentals:

Trulia HotPads Rent.com

Once you have selected a place, you need to figure out how much your payments are going to be. If you're going to buy a house, explain how you will buy it (do you have cash? a loan (what kind? from whom?) are you just going to hide there and hope no one finds you?) See me if you have any questions about this process, as it can be confusing. If you are renting a house or an apartment, decide if you will have roommates. Doing so might lower the cost of the residence you select.

Finally, you have to get insurance on your house. If you are buying, you'll need homeowner's insurance. If you are renting, you'll pay renter's insurance. Use an insurance company's website (like State Farm, Progressive, Geico, Allstate, or others) to get quotes on insurance. You can even call someone that works there and get a quote.


 * For your portfolio, you will need:**

To print off how you calculated your home payments (from a bank, etc.) or rent payments.

To print off or write your insurance quote that you received for your house.

All of these can be on as many sheets of paper as necessary. Just make sure that it's neat and organized.