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You have to do whatever jobs you can to pay the rent.

All I ever wanted to do was be able to pay my rent.

I'm on my own now. I have my own apartment.

My total year's income from working as hard as I possibly could from writing went from like $30 one year to about $70 the next year. And it made me realize that maybe you couldn't really pay the rent that way.

This is kind of a uniquely New York experience, but when you can't afford an apartment nicer than the place you're renting, there's something so inherently depressing about it.

I want 'Rent' to last forever.

Buying an apartment in New York was beyond my wildest dreams. I had to scrape together every cent to buy it. And I'm so happy I did.

If you don't want to part with belongings but still want to monetize them, then you can rent them out.