24 year old male here. I recently got out of a long term relationship and am ready to start dating again. I'm smart, funny, and moderately good looking. I've got confidence and little to no fear of rejection. I'm losing weight and getting into the best shape of my life. All good so far.

The problem is that I fit a very, very, bad stereotype; I have a crappy job and live in my mom's basement.

I can logically justify both of these things (at least to myself). My job (retail) has a deal with my school and they cover a lot of the incidental costs. I have a quite a few years invested there and make enough money to cover my expenses (cell phone, car insurance, etc.) while saving up to pay off my eventual loans. As for living at home, my father spent four years throwing our family into turmoil before he passed away, and it was really rough on my mom. I probably could have moved out during that time, but I wanted to be there for my family, and frankly I would have been living paycheck to paycheck under those circumstances.

So I'm in school and looking for a better job. As logical as that all sounds, I'm not naive; I know the sentence "live with my mom" is an instant turnoff to women. It’d be easy to just say I’m screwed until I finish my degree, upgrade employment, and move out, but I think I’m attractive enough (physically and personality-wise) that I shouldn’t waste two years.

My question is, what (if anything) can I do to overcome this?

tl;dr: Smart, attractive, funny guy in the prime of his youth wants to date, but still lives with his mom.