This is my $300 a month apartment in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

[@brokethehabit]

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[@bangzznnn]

In my experience living in a rental apratment, i think you need an apartment that has a window. It's very important to have a window in your apartment, otherwise, it feels like a prison💀

[@chinaboss6683]

I have windows i never look outside.

[@MissMeMe-rq8gr]

@@chinaboss6683 I never look out my windows either but I still want them.

[@skysg]

All mini apartments over here look new form the outside but they are dangerous for any long-term stay because they are all closed-space, lack of safety systems such as smoke alarm, fire extinguisher, evacuation passages, and so on. So I think we should move a little further away from the center areas and rent a small house in a typical alley in Saigon. There are plenty of such homes, including some truly apartments, within $300 budget in D5, D6, D8, Tan Binh, Tan Phu district, I suggest. All of them are just under 30mins riding from Ben Thanh Market. I, myself, are living in District 6 and my neighborhood is just safe enough.

[@ThaoNguyen-jv4up]

I lived in Vietnam for 6 years ... quick tip ( don't rent in district 1,2,3,7) you can get a gaint 2 bed to bath outside thoes district for like 200 bucks a month, with balconies ( if you have a vietnam gf or friends, have them help you thats what i did when i was new, saved like 300 usd instantly ) in 2015. Im back in america 🇺🇸 now ( tan phu and tan binh districts are literally hell holes dont even visit )

[@sosanova9446]

brother the realestate has become delusional in HCMC, they think they are Tokyo now. D7 and Binh Thanh are the best in my opinion

[@techietam]

It's great to see more content from Viet Kieu (like myself). Keep up the hustle, man.

[@brokethehabit]

🙏

[@andyhughes1776]

Thank you for talking about the reality of Vietnam that no one else talks about.

[@newconor]

just stumbled upon your channel. Im out here in Vietnam as well, excited to see what else you got coming my dude!

[@brokethehabit]

More to come my dude

[@minatran3652]

Yeah that's so true . You have to look at different places before you rent the place you want .

[@ElectricDreamsPodcast]

Came to Vietnam month ago too, struggle with a same problem

[@timmyjones1921]

I know it's hard not being a insider and trying to get going in a foreign land , I'm happy you had success .

[@kj22nd]

Great video, I also watched your other video about making the big move. Several of my colleagues from work are also Vietnamese, but i'm Cambodian-Chinese American. I'm considering visiting Vietnam in the near future.

[@techworld-kc6lt]

In 2006, my son and I went to VN and was shown a completely unfurnished emptied room to rent; I was so shocked and speechless from the agent treatment 😮

[@robocop581]

You're basically staying in an inside cabin in a Cruise ship but larger!

[@moonlambo5229]

Moving to Ho Chi Minh City in 6 months and also from Canada. What kind of visa are you on? I was thinking of just doing 3 month tourist visa, leaving the country for a few days and coming back on another 3 month one.

[@jackstify]

There's a visa exemption for people with vietnamese ancestry that gives them 5 years of visa exemption. But each entry is only 6 months. But you pay for it once and then you no longer have to do any paperwork for 5 years.

[@a_sea_oasis]

New sub from Santa Barbara, California. Happy 4th 2024 July. Good luck young man. I will watch with curiosity. I am an ex boat refugee from Saigon, 1979. I have not been back to VN and probably never will. My parents lost all their properties there. My father lost his life in the re-education camp for South VN officers. We barely made it alive to the Malaysia shore in December 1978. I was diagnosed with PTSD 30 years later. Thank you for taking your audience on your new journey. Stay safe. I feel so detached with VN after 45 years in 🇺🇸

[@EndlessAbyss84]

@@a_sea_oasis Thank you for giving a quick summary of your experience. I myself went through a similar situation but landed in Indonesia in 1989. I hope one day you do decide to visit, maybe just once. As for me I have visited 3x since spending over 30 years of my 40 years life here in the U.S.

[@kellyt8836]

Do you have to sign a long term contract? The place my friend is staying at is in district 3 Vo Thi Sau and he had to sign a 6 month contract and it’s around $500-550. My friend and I rented a different place in D3 for a month. The guy charged us 11M for the place plus 2M for electricity and 400k to do laundry. He pretty much kept most of the deposit. I was livid but lesson learned. I don’t even pay that much for electricity in the US and I did 2 loads of laundry!!!

[@brokethehabit]

Usually 6 or 1 year, 2m sounds expensive for electricity

[@AdamAdam-yj2re]

​@@brokethehabitdefinately 2mill is too much I pay 500k a month electricity I'm Viet kieu but my Vietnamese is decent after living here for 16yrs I pay 3mill but it's not self contained more like a large hotel room in a family home

[@henh690]

the poster of this video looks better than in the past

[@Worldstreetphotos]

How much is your electric bill for air conditioning?

[@hieumaiminh2475]

You can rent a better apartment in a residence with a pool, gym, and trees inside the apartment complex for $300, bro. And you will also have a room with both natural sunlight and a spacious balcony.

[@brokethehabit]

Maybe in d7 or d3

[@Ryan-qq9qe]

Where? I’m going in February and this sounds great lol

[@Drakedv.]

I came across your video needless to say, I had the same experience like you have.. moving in and out of apartments in saigon is such a pain in the arse. 😅

[@ThuLe-l5z]

How long did it take for your whole sleeve tattoo?

[@benquach3127]

What district is ur apt? I m new to sgn too, Vietkieu, living in Phu Nhuan, bordering D1/D3. We should have coffee sometime. I can give u some pointers for ur videos, though I m not a content creator, I just watch lots of videos. Here's a hint/comment, have a script, u forgot to disclose in the conclusion to the original point in the beginning of the video re cost. (But it's in the title, $300)

[@brokethehabit]

Tbh I'd rather not meet someone that offers unsolicited advice 😂

[@benquach3127]

@@brokethehabit No worries man. Perhaps I came off too straight forward, just trying to help :) But Good Luck to u in ur journey.

[@buttcheese9111]

Way too expensive. U need a local to show u how u was overpaid dude

[@JaydeninCanada]

And I am paying for a very small and cramped for about 1000$ in one of the most expensive cities in the world where you used to live for the most of your life. Enjoy the pace of life in Vietnam which may help you understand who you are and why you are living in this life, bro.

[@Cars_and_Robots_]

Is that an enclosed balcony specifically for drying clothes???

[@brokethehabit]

Yep!

[@hainguyen6514]

yeah, renting agent are really scummy. Not sure why, but I always have bad time when dealing with these shitty renting agent. And I am a local.

[@alfredt6180]

I don't understand how $300 gets you this. What do you do in VN? I think for 400-500, you can get a much better place. But what you said about agents/landlord playing punk on raising prices is true. I met 9 agents last week for a place in D2 but haven't decide on any yet.. will take another 1-2 months to decide.

[@Justin1988Johnson]

I love vietnam weather, everything is cheap and the girls are pretty but there’s alot of bullshit that happens in vietnam

[@rcsautohaus]

Also D2 is not “touristy” depends on which side your on.

[@brokethehabit]

Not touristy, I mean more foreigners residing.

[@jimsecretarchive]

fun fact: Vietnam minimum wage is 500$

[@thomasschumacher5362]

@@jimsecretarchive not true

[@davidpham9353]

meanwhile i feel great living in Vinhome golden river for $3.1k/ month while making $12k-15k net profit from my online business.

[@jasminebora3445]

that's a steal!!! is the area safe?

[@brokethehabit]

I'd say so

[@dasonzhao8751]

Usd or cad

[@brokethehabit]

Usd

[@Erkencie666]

Now u know why the USA is different from Vietnam 😮😮😮

[@ieatass4226]

Did you speak English or Vietnamese to them?

[@brokethehabit]

Vietnamese 🙃

[@hakuchu]

your paypal link doesnt work

[@brokethehabit]

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[@hakuchu]

@@brokethehabit sent !

[@hakuchu]

@@brokethehabit sent!

[@sunnybunny50]

good shit

[@Msanabanana1973]

Is it $300 or $350 ?

[@brokethehabit]

Not including fees, and including fees.

[@lantieunguu930]

The renting price there is so high 😮

[@brokethehabit]

yes hic

[@evapham]

Thanks for sharing. Hard pass for me to live there. That would make me jaded to constantly wheel and deal and think five steps ahead.

[@cefnylls]

Imo, I think it's a rip-off for what you get. Then again, I'm viet kieu living in D11 with double the size apt., two rooms $400USD. I dont know which district youre in though, but i can understand paying more for location ig.

[@raymondle9966]

@cefnylls where in D11 specifically ? is it a residential tower or renting a room from a home owner ? I am planning to go to saigon this summer, any information you can offer is greatly appreciated. a few years ago I was renting a room in a love hotel in D7 Truong Son for $300USD a month, so $400USD for two rooms sounds great.

[@DOANNGUYEN-mr9hr]

You are not a foreigner, want to admit it or not you are still a Vietnamese for all purposes my friend.

[@longminh2759]

Ngta còn chả phải quốc tịch Việt, rồi còn chả sống ở đây tới tận bây giờ thì chả là foreigner chứ còn gì? For all purposes nữa mới ghê 😂 nói như kiểu ngta cố chấp trong khi bạn đang cố giãn cái nghĩa của "foreigner" ra để nói v

[@VietnameseEats]

I want to work with you to make Eating videos around Vietnam.

[@noahtram11]

Just started watching your KZbin and i completely understand how you are feeling. Im living in the us but thinking moving back there. However i am living with my bf and i cant Leave him with 2 dogs that we just adoped 1 yr ago. Still struggling with the idea that i wish i were single now so that i can move the ASAP

[@rcsautohaus]

You got ripped off for that unit 🤦‍♂️

[@brokethehabit]

after surveying locals, its quite the average for my district

[@whoru1157]

This is indeed the average for the center of hcmc. I was looking for a place for months and I think I went through this one like his, has a price of 9.5mil just like the other rooms in that district

[@Eastricesmktrees]

You could get an apartment with 300$ so much better than this!

[@Suk.mahdik]

My electricity and management fee alone is 10 million month in d2 haha

[@henh690]

I think you should add more music background

[@kenh-muabankyguiusatovn8598]

bro,,just wanna ask you,,how u make money in vietnam?...is this from youtube?,,and how u feel?,,,,,,,,,,,,living in vietnam,,,,,how much u earn a month in vietnam>,,,,,,,,,if u dont mind im asking,,,,,,,,,,,

[@Bikepacking]

Over paid for that place by 200$

[@brokethehabit]

Yep

[@theyhateme8763]

you over paid