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Making a Moving List and Checking it Twice
February 29, 2008 – 3:47 pm | No Comment

Moving into a first apartment in a new city is a challenge, surely – but moving out of the old(be it your college dorm, parents’ house, or your own apartment) is no walk in the …

Lesson learned: Work out the roommate “What Ifs” before moving in
February 25, 2008 – 12:35 pm | One Comment

My apologies that it’s been awhile — between being sick AND having to move this week, there’s been precious little time for anything else. Well, aside from saying goodbye to friends and making them …

Going somewhere new means leaving someplace else
February 17, 2008 – 11:55 pm | One Comment

I accepted a job offer in New York approximately two weeks ago. What I don’t think I accepted at that time, was that my life as I knew it was about to be flipped completely …

Posting on Craigslist Housing Wanted worked!
February 13, 2008 – 11:35 am | 4 Comments

If I were going to bet on whether it’d be harder to find someone to take my Chicago apartment or to find decent housing in New York, I would have said the latter. And, I …

My handicap? Still being in Chicago when I need to apartment hunt in New York!
February 8, 2008 – 4:27 pm | 2 Comments

I’ve been responding to post after post on Craigslist for roommates and the only response I’ve gotten is from a woman looking to rent a 9 X 11 room with a sloped ceiling for $600. …

By Golly, It’s a NEW Apartment Searchin’ Blog!
February 5, 2008 – 12:50 am | 3 Comments

Hellooo fellow apartment hunters!
Allow me to re-introduce myself. My name’s Alissa and when I first started blogging for this shnazzy site, I was young(ok, 23), naive to apt-living, and generally flying-by-the seat of my pants. …