Case File #39, Full File: The Cheaper Apartment That Cost Him $4.70 an Hour

This client's cheaper apartment saved him $300 a month in rent — and cost him $4.70 an hour once you count the drive. The Buccaneer opens the full file: the client who moved 25 minutes further out and felt poorer within a year, the clue in the number he never once mentioned, the 383 hours a year the commute actually costs, the fuel he never priced, his real hourly rate for the move (and what it looks like counting rent alone), what five years of this trade adds up to, and how to price a move correctly before you sign the lease. Chapters: 00:00 Client intake: the rent win 00:21 The clue: he never priced the drive 00:55 The hours: 100 minutes a day, 230 days a year 01:16 The fuel he did not count 01:44 His real hourly rate for the move 03:01 How to price a move before you sign 03:29 Case closed $150/month extra fuel and 230 working days a year are stated illustrative assumptions, not a claim about any specific commute. This is education, not financial advice. A new case every week. #personalfinance #casefiles #budgeting