So as the title states, I recently attained my associate's degree in business admin. I currently live in Connecticut, which means that I got the degree for free.
I'm moving to Austin with a buddy of mine, who is making very good money and is generous enough to help me with a portion of the bills. My rent will be capped at $700 plus utilities. I live in CT right now, which means the cost of living in Austin will be a little bit cheaper than it is here, I think.
I currently have close to $8000 saved up thanks to the ARP and being pretty frugal over the years (I lived in a 2 bedroom apartment with 3 people while I worked at a grocery store to put myself through school). The last couple of months I've lived back at home while in between leases and finishing up my degree.
So I was hoping for some advice on the best way to go about getting this dental work done. I know that I'm gonna have to drop a good amount of cash on driving my car across the country, first/last months rent, and the cost of a new mattress. I'm not entirely sure how much that will come to which is why I haven't spent any of the cash I've saved thus far, just in case I run into any unforeseen expenses.
I've got a job lined up for when I get there that pays $40k a year, which isn't much but a hell of a lot more than I was making at my local grocery store. I also plan to do a lot of door dash/uber eats with my newly had free time, since I won't be going to complete my Bachelor's degree right away.
I have pretty good credit at 753. I heard that its possible to get a loan specifically for dental treatment, but I wanted to see if there were other options to consider before signing up.
The specifics of the dental work I need:
I grew up poor so never got braces. I also fucked up big time and didn't brush enough (please don't be like me to anyone reading this). So I need to get a couple of root canals, a couple of crowns and probably even more. The estimated bill I got in CT was over $10k, and that's before braces.
I'm not in any pain yet, so I was hoping to get the ball rolling on Invisalign right away, and get the other stuff fixed at a later date. But again, open to suggestions.
I've also pondered the possibility of heading south of the border to get treatment.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks guys.
Submitted July 04, 2022 at 10:51PM by Ballsskyhiiigh https://ift.tt/kdGwjxQ
