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Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on Living on the Cheap. Striking out on your own for the first time can be exciting, but the whole thing can be daunting. Today’s renters face a different housing world than their parents did at the same age. Almost 1 in 4 millennials say they expect to rent forever, according to research by Apartment List, an online apartment-rental company.