my friend went to MMI
MMI is in a bad part of town, there are several shops you can work for but will be a parts person most likley as thats what all mmi students do. rent can be cheap anywhere from a trailer for 500 a month to a apartment for 600+ to a small apartemt 1 story with studio for 400-500 a month. there is somthing for every budget. renew your tags and tell the cops you a student in arizona, keep your old plates. dont get az license either. the im testing is a bytch there as you need a visual inspection also and is state run not private run inspecters. jobs dont pay hardly anything, so i suggest if you need money to survive get on homedepot as a night stocker. as several mmi guys work as nite stockers on bell road and 67th ave. you MMI will have a job list, most them are crap jobs though, you can make more then they offer at HD at nite.
Ray