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How To Deal With Bad Landlords
August 30, 2010 – 8:34 pm | 4 Comments
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Our guest blogger Russell works for Response Mine Interactive, an internet marketing company in Atlanta, GA.  He has dealt with bad landlords for the past three years, and has filed a lawsuit against one.  Currently …

Furnishing With Cheap and Free Finds
August 28, 2010 – 2:52 pm | 5 Comments
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Our guest blogger Elyse is an NYU student who just recently managed to free herself from the college dormitory system.
Free Craigslist: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Free Furniture
Once I signed my …

Blinded by Light or Don’t Fall for Building’s Amenities
August 26, 2010 – 1:15 am | No Comment
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Our blogger Kate starts her hunt in Boston.
Blinded by the light (and the gym, doorman and parking…)
24/7 air-conditioned gym. Charming doorman. Spacious laundry facility. Elevators, a parking garage, smiling tenants, and a bowl full of …

How To Personalize Your Pad When You Can’t Paint
August 23, 2010 – 6:20 pm | 5 Comments
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One of the easiest ways to personalize your apt is to paint. You roll up your sleeves and, ideally, beg some friends to help. It can really light up a room, but sometimes there are …

Sarah Says Neighbors Are Friends Not Foes
August 20, 2010 – 3:44 pm | 3 Comments
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Today’s guest blogger is Sarah whose first apartment is in the outskirts of St. Louis. She’s a recent college graduate and just started her first job as the Assistant Resident Director of off-campus housing!

Neighbors are friends not …

Shakiera Moves Off-Campus in Memphis
August 18, 2010 – 6:28 pm | 4 Comments
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A sophomore at the University of Memphis, Shakiera is moving out of her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia to be closer to her school life in Memphis, TN. With money in her pocket and restlessness in …

Living with Shared Kitchen
August 17, 2010 – 1:33 pm | One Comment
Let's clean it up

Colleen from Washington, DC gives her tips for sharing a kitchen with a bunch of roommates.  Our favorite,  make your roommates take the dirty dishes to their room if they don’t want to wash them.
Living with a …

For the Love of God Pick a Roommate You Will Get Along With
August 14, 2010 – 1:50 pm | No Comment
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If you have read the Wall Street Journal article on picking roommates or Maureen Dowd’s New York Times’ column, you’ll have seen the recent buzz about social media roommate matching systems that aim to pair like-minded …

Mercedes Finds Her Dream Off-Campus Apartment
August 12, 2010 – 4:12 pm | 4 Comments
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Mercedes from Laramie, WY, reports on her hunt for an off-campus apartment. It comes with a pool, hot tub and tanning bed, among other amenities!  For $389 amonth, furnished! (It’s up to $429 now, but Mercedes got …

What Elyse Learned from Her First Apartment Hunt
August 10, 2010 – 8:18 pm | No Comment
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Our guest blogger Elyse is an NYU student who just recently managed to free herself from the college dormitory system. Elyse and her two roommates are now rubbing elbows with the hipsters in the Lower …