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That was fast…
January 30, 2007 – 9:22 am | One Comment

Jason here. Remember that Mission apartment Jen mentioned on Sunday? The one with the huge garden? Yeah, it’s awesome. It was the first one we looked at, and I don’t think we’re going to find …

They say money is the root of all evil…
January 27, 2007 – 11:12 am | No Comment

It’s Jen. I feel like I haven’t sat down at a computer without checking Craigslist in the past four days. Jason and I have pretty much decided that the Mission and Noe Valley will be …

Major Cities with Cheapest Rents!
January 26, 2007 – 2:41 pm | 5 Comments

New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston are without doubt terrific cities; but you’d be right foolish to believe that they’re the only American cities worth living in. With some rents in major …

The Final 3: Change of Address, Cable/Internet/Phone, and keeping the lights on
January 25, 2007 – 11:18 am | No Comment

On the eve of moving, it’s easy to remember the obvious things: the boxes, the bed, that bowl you made in pottery class when you were seven. . . What’s a bit less obvious, …

Renovation gamble that paid off
January 24, 2007 – 11:10 pm | No Comment

Our friend Ned reports how he gambled and won in the renovation game. A recent Temple University grad, he is now living in the Society Hill neighborhood in Philadelphia in a totally renovated rental. Here’s …

Recon
January 23, 2007 – 10:23 pm | No Comment

Jason here. The apartment hunt officially began this weekend, when Jen and I went up to San Francisco and scouted out a few neighborhoods that we are considering (SOMA, the Mission, and the …

Success- Kind of
January 23, 2007 – 1:31 pm | One Comment

Well its as simple as this. I got an internship at a newspaper and I love it. I’m transitioning out of academia, to the newsroom?- or somewhere else. I’m applying for a teaching assistantship in …

Starting the Search in the City by the Bay
January 22, 2007 – 10:22 am | No Comment

Hello from San Francisco—kind of. Jen and Jason here, reporting fromPalo Alto, California, where we just moved in together. Here’s our story…
Jen: I just moved to California in December—until then I’d been living in …

DC real estate woes
January 16, 2007 – 11:08 am | No Comment

We went to see another condo. It was located on 16th Street- near Dupont Circle, U Street and Downtown-prime property. The ad was in the Sunday paper and we knew it was a good deal …

Condo dreamin’
January 16, 2007 – 10:55 am | No Comment

OK, so I’ve decided against even going to see the Woodner, but school starts at the end of next week so I gotta get on it. Some new, really nice options have been presented to …