Paying double rent- how to save up? I feel like I’m drowing. For background- I’m a teacher, I make about 46k a year; after taxes I bring home about $2900/month. My portion of my rent is $870. However, my roommate hasn’t been consistent with rent since June. I cleared my savings paying my parts (and hers) for June + July at once- It costs about 3.4k and took almost all of my savings. Since then, I pay anyw…