I rarely need help paying my rent,But when I do the situation can beÂ
pretty bleak. Once you’re out of college, you can’t very well ask yourÂ
parents to help pay rent. You have to grow up one way or another, andÂ
oftentimes your parents don’t have the money to afford paying your rentÂ
anyway. There are resources out there, but you need to be careful andÂ
you need to be savvy. For every sincere group out to help the poor,Â
there are two or three who want to take advantage of you while you’reÂ
down.

One of the most frequently used tools there for help paying rent is theÂ
payday cash advance. Payday cash advances can actually be a prettyÂ
good tool if you are just a few days behind. After all, if you wait until youÂ
actually get the money, it can increase the money you owe. PenaltiesÂ
and threats from landlords are not a lot of fun, so it can be worth theÂ
money you have to pay to the cash advance center.

Then again, if you can enlist a friend’s help paying rent, you will haveÂ
better luck. Friends will not charge interest for a short-term loan, andÂ
that makes a big difference. Think about the people you know andÂ
whether any of them owe you a favor. You’d be surprised how often youÂ
can find just the help paying rent you need at your moment of greatestÂ
urgency.

Then again, if you chronically need help paying rent, it might be time toÂ
investigate new job opportunities. You’d be surprised at the resourcesÂ
that cities have to help the working poor. There are, of course, tempÂ
agencies that offer job training which you can go to. Even better, youÂ
might be able to get federal assistance. Federal job training AndÂ
placement programs are often hard to find out about because they don’tÂ
tend to advertise efficiently. If you can discover them, however, you canÂ
often get more than help paying rent. You can get help pursuing anÂ
actual career so that you don’t have to live paycheck to paycheck.

Still, when you are living with the immediate reality of having to pay rentÂ
in the next week, it is hard to think of things in this kind of globalÂ
perspective. Sometimes, what you need is a short-term fix so that youÂ
can have time to think about a long-term solution.