1. Official record: 1bedroom/ 0.75 bath (shower+toilet), the back patio has been converted to a bonus room and used as a second bedroom (small).
2. 720 sq ft indoor, 2040 lot sz. Built in 1915, very well maintened. Previous owner did put a lot of interior upgrades with new appliances and new paint. It’s in move-in condition.
3. It’s a Bank-owned REO property. The previous owner’s unpaid mortgage balance to the bank was $359K. Listing price now is $380K. The comps in the area is about $425K to 475K.
4. Located in a very good neighborhood in Los Angeles. Close to freeway and shopping. School district is just ok, not excellent.
5. Officially, only one parking space available (not a covered garage). Street parking is not a problem.
6. Just listed in the market for 7 days.
7. Buyer would like to pay 20% down, and the credit is excellent.

How much do you think this house is worth?

Both of my parents have not contributed anything to my college living expenses. I lived with them through two years of community college and am at my second year at a university, living out on my own. My dad makes a good ammount of money, so the ‘expected family contribution’ would be more than enough to pay for my education and living. All I recieve from my parents is health insurance and car insurance. All the government offers me is unsubsidized loans.

I have scraped together money saved from working in highschool, internships during college, and some very decent scholarships. I work during the school year, which complicates the already high difficulty of engineering school. I have taken out loans, but find myself needing more money to survive, even in my relatively low standard of living (I’m eating canned corn as I write this at a desk I found on the side of the road).

How do I convince my parents to give me some of the money that they are saving by having me as a ‘dependant’ on their taxes?

I’ve worked so hard and am so close to the end, I don’t want to drop out of school just because I can’t afford it. My loans would come due, and that would kill me. My little brother isn’t even able to go to school because they won’t finance his education either.

My parents live in a million dollar custom home on prime real estate in the foothills, and were stupid enough to invest hundreds of thousands in real estate they planned to ‘flip’ back when that was the cool thing to invest in. Aparently deadbeat investments are worth more than their children.

What is worse is that my scholarship money is disbursed to my mother’s account by the university. Last time she claimed that I couldn’t get it because ‘she had to make the house payment’, and threatened not to write me the check if I forgot to buy her cigarettes on my way to their house (ITS MY MONEY DAMNIT).

Do I talk to the financial aid office? I heard they can’t help me. Do I try to override dependant status?