and that is exactly why people need to quit complaining. Rent, utilities, food,

Jul 24, 2017
11:26:37am

Nat Gas Man All-American

tuition are all way cheap here. Now new houses....not sure if they are cheap any more, but they certainly aren't like the Bay Area, San Diego, most of major cities, or even Denver.

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Just spoke with a friend who just wrote $105,000 worth of checks for tuition and

Sandstone Cougar

7/24/17 7:41am

He should have at least used a credit card to get points on that

Skeptical Optimist

7/24/17 7:41am

They usually charge a "service fee" to charge tuition on a credit card.

chilango

7/24/17 8:00am

My grad school didn't. I guess I was just lucky.

Skeptical Optimist

7/24/17 8:18am

You were lucky. I wonder if they still do that.

chilango

7/24/17 8:23am

I paid tuition last week with a credit card in Texas. No service fee.

Lance71

7/24/17 8:25am

For what length of time? A semester? A year?

Pimpin4Paradise

7/24/17 7:42am

Only this semester (edited above)

Sandstone Cougar

7/24/17 7:46am

Sounds like they're going to private colleges or something. I understand why

Pimpin4Paradise

7/24/17 7:56am

Have to admit, it'd be fun to say you go to school in a place called Walla Walla

chilango

7/24/17 8:07am

If you had three kids going to UMASS in state

gww687

7/24/17 8:10am

The best part is that he has $105,000 in his account to write said checks.

Fatalplacebo

7/24/17 7:52am

RE: The best part is that he has $105,000 in his account to write said checks.

Skeptical Optimist

7/24/17 7:53am

Had

LaserCoug

7/24/17 9:00am

How much tithing have you paid since your kids were born? BYU isn't actually all

chilango

7/24/17 8:00am

Tithing is more my country club dues than my tuition payments.

Sandstone Cougar

7/24/17 8:03am

It's really both, if you think about it. Unless your kids don't end up at BYU,

chilango

7/24/17 8:05am

The benefits are out of this world though. I am not complaining.

Sandstone Cougar

7/24/17 8:07am

I'm guessing that BYU is a pretty small sliver of total church expenditures

Skeptical Optimist

7/24/17 8:36am

True but BYU is far more than a sliver.

soupie

7/24/17 9:16am

but not nearly as much as you would think...personally I think they need to

Nat Gas Man

7/24/17 9:24am

I have heard a number of times that the church’s single biggest expense is BYU

BYUinTX

7/24/17 9:19am

I'd pay tithing even if my kids went to a different school. It's not the same thing

YIsForBrigham

7/24/17 8:46am

I agree it isn't exactly the same thing. But the cost of having your kid

chilango

7/24/17 8:51am

Holy crap people have a lot of money

TNT

7/24/17 8:25am

Seriously. If this guy has that kind of money just lying around I certainly

jensen46

7/24/17 9:11am

TNT isn't that grateful for BYU

TNT

7/24/17 9:17am

My wife is an accountant at a private school in Los Angeles

scottm

7/24/17 8:34am

For $35k you'd think they'd throw in lunch.

CoogsWin

7/24/17 8:55am

Semester or year?

soupie

7/24/17 9:17am

My parents said I could go to any college I wanted and they'd help me

Windward_Coug

7/24/17 9:03am

I have two at BYU and one at UVU right now

bluelands

7/24/17 9:17am

wait your kids can't live there if they go to BYU

Nat Gas Man

7/24/17 9:21am

True. That's well outside the 2 mile radius.

soupie

7/24/17 9:24am

Auto-corrected from UVU to BYU. Interesting...

bluelands

7/24/17 9:34am

That makes more sense.

soupie

7/24/17 9:48am

oh and you can expect rents to go up...still a shortage of places to live

Nat Gas Man

7/24/17 9:27am

Mainly b/c everyone wants the BYU social life even if not attending but

soupie

7/24/17 9:31am

My daughter struggled to find married housing

bluelands

7/24/17 9:37am

my married kids have had to live in $700/month total dive basements in S Provo

Nat Gas Man

7/24/17 9:37am

Yep. We've seen that.

soupie

7/24/17 9:40am

My HCBW and I were going through old financial records

bluelands

7/24/17 9:44am

Daughter's fiancé is 6'5". His brother's married apartment has such low ceilings, he can't stand up when he visits.

soupie

7/24/17 9:51am

You can definitely find stuff for less than $365. But I also thought

jensen46

7/24/17 9:38am

IIRC rents are higher around the U...in my neighborhood South of UVU basements

Nat Gas Man

7/24/17 9:52am

Orem is cracking down on basement renting

bluelands

7/24/17 10:12am

actually Orem allows all houses to have rentals if they meet the criteria and

Nat Gas Man

7/24/17 10:47am

I believe Provo is trying to do this too. The big deal is with it being owner occupied

soupie

7/24/17 10:56am

But many times that's in totally different housing markets like Bay Area or Seattle.

soupie

7/24/17 9:54am

supply and demand...that is why Ashton Apts are $2400/month for 3bd 3 bath

Nat Gas Man

7/24/17 10:01am

For me the biggest problem is the 2 mile radius paired with the fact that they can't

soupie

7/24/17 10:06am

it really is pretty dumb and isn't even two miles in much of Provo, many areas

Nat Gas Man

7/24/17 7:13pm

Nah I'm talking Texas, Kansas, Wisconsin. When I tell people I work with

jensen46

7/24/17 11:02am

Do they realize it's an individual contract and 5 other people pay that too?

soupie

7/24/17 11:09am

Yes, it was compared to their share of rent. And even now

jensen46

7/24/17 11:20am

and that is exactly why people need to quit complaining. Rent, utilities, food,

Nat Gas Man

7/24/17 11:26am

My parents didn't pay a dime towards my college education.

Skywalker's Beard

7/24/17 9:33am

Same here but I'm glad I can help my kids a bit more than that. It's not some requirement to

soupie

7/24/17 9:38am

I also received my "Paid for College Myself" merit badge

YouPuntYouDye

7/24/17 4:52pm

and am looking forward to helping my kids with their education expenses....

YouPuntYouDye

7/24/17 4:53pm

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