I moved in with my parents at 24 to avoid rent in one of the most expensive areas in the US. It saves me $3000 a month.

• Amrita Bhasin is a 24-year-old who moved back into her family home in the Bay Area after college. • Although she had planned to only be home temporarily, she decided to stay longer-term to save money. • She has saved $3,000 a month, enabling her to build her business and career.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Amrita Bhasin, CEO of Sotira, a supply chain AI company. It has been edited for length and clarity.

After I graduated from college, I moved to Maine for a year to start my own company in the supply chain AI space. But after living in the Northeast for a year, shelling out over a thousand dollars each month on renting an apartment I often wasn't at because of the amount I was traveling for work, I decided to move back to my parents' house in the Bay Area.