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Originally Posted by cignaguy  If you don't mind me asking, how much was the apartment you found? Did they have any kind of discount or affiliation with the school? |
Peachtree City is a great learning environment from what I seen. Small town and family oriented which will keep this single guy from playing too much. But close enough to Atlanta for an escape a couple times a month.
Falcon has no affiliation with the apartment. I know they do have some king of agreement set up with another complex for some students, but I do not know the details since that complex did not offer a garage.
I also know some other people there are living in houses with rooms for rent (some furnished) for around $500/month. I know the school had a posting board and one of the CFIs had a room for rent in a house owned by an airline pilot for around $500/month too if I remember correctly.
You can find apartments within a 30 minute commute around $550/month to $650/month in Newnan. As long as you are okay driving 30 minutes. A 10 minute commute in a place without a garage option will set you back around $650 to $700/month. Overall not too bad. I am not sure if those other places offer a flexible lease term though, whch could be real important in the long run since you never know when that new job brings you from CFI to First Officer.
The place I got is a one bedroom with about 800 sq-ft for $785/month. It's pretty nice and upscale, other than too many little kids running around when school is out. The garage is $100/month extra and a washer/dryer cost $35/month extra. Peachtree City seems to be all families like I mentioned, so no matter where you go there seems to be kids everywhere. The place is called Camden Peachtree City and has 2 pools with a gym and DVD library and other stuff. They also only require a 30 day move out notice and even though you sign a lease. So you can break the lease anytime with 30 day notice and paying one extra month rent. They require $0 security deposti which was also nice, but the application fee was rediculous at $250 if I remember correct (guess it's never perfect). The nice part about this, even though it costs a little more, is that if you get a good job before your lease is up you will not be held to a long term lease. Being in aviation, that could be a huge advantage since being stuck in a lease with 6 months left on it would not be a good situation to be in when a great opportunity knocks on your door.
There were a couple cheaper places in Peachtree City within the 15 munite or less commute to the airport also. Those places did not offer a garage for my truck and harley, so I am stuck paying a little more due to that.
So there are certainly many options.