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Is your apartment ready for summer? Get on it before it’s too hot to move!
May 27, 2009 – 9:54 am | No Comment

With the passing of Memorial Day, no matter what the solar calendar says – summer is here. Hello, half-day Fridays, white shoes, and HEAT. GLORIOUS HEAT! Well, at least if you’re ready for it.
How …

How to tell your roommate his girlfriend is a problem
May 21, 2009 – 10:17 am | 97 Comments
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Calling all you relationship experts! Our friend Matthew has raised a common problem and asks you to put on your Judge Judy robes again. Here’s Matt’s email. (And thanks for the nice words about our …

Moving to Manhattan!
May 18, 2009 – 2:22 pm | No Comment
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I can’t believe I’m typing this but . . . it looks like that Manhattan dream ain’t so far out of reach after all. Plenty of people prefer Brooklyn(myself included), but many of my neighbors …

A beautiful apartment is possible no matter its size!
May 13, 2009 – 1:29 pm | One Comment

Coming from college, many of you might equate a small apartment with the dingy dorm you were were forced to live in with nary a stove for X number of years. I can see where …

I got my rent lowered by $300 per month!
May 10, 2009 – 11:58 pm | No Comment

You know what I did this week? Got laid off! Want to know what else I did? Took my own rent negotiation advice!
Oh, dear, it’s been a tough one. The non-profit I worked for, …

Should you be roommates with your BFF?
May 6, 2009 – 11:54 pm | One Comment
Female Friends Moving Into New Home

You’re graduating within the month and one Saturday night, walking back from a Bon Voyage party, your best college friend starts waxing poetical about how much she/he is going to miss you. If she’s a …