Articles by Alissa
I've lived in apartments in 6 cities (including 2 foreign countries). Does that make me an expert? As of now, my ceiling isn't leaking and I don't have rodents (knock on wood) -- so I'm going to say yes . . . but ask me again tomorrow:) These days, I'm enjoying life Chicago style, but my years in Brooklyn are never far from my mind. P.S. By day I work at GolinHarris, but these opinions are totally, 100% my own.
Oh my goodness – the heat!
It’s true that we’re in the midst of a 3-post series about how to furnish your apartment based on various budgets. BUT – we thought it necessarily to take a break …
It’s week #2 in our super cheap apartment furnishing series! Hot Dang!
Well, not to ruin the surprise, but as you may imagine, the key difference between a $500 a $1000 apartment isn’t so much the …
We’re often asked for advice about how much to budget for apartment essentials. For instance, “What kinda apartment can I get for X amount per month?” Or, “If I have $1000 to move cross country. . . …
We focus much of our site about renting apartments. How to do it – from dealing with landlords, finding new (and sane) roommates, or hunting down movers – we got your back.
But, housing prices are …
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” – Ferris Bueller.
Ferris was right. Case in point? That movie turned 20-frigging-five earlier this week. Of …
We’ve received a couple questions lately from readers asking our advice for how to move back home, with mom/dad/grandma as landlord. With only 56% of 2010 grads working full-time jobs and those working taking pay …
Timing is everything in life, love, and . . . apartment hunting. Summer is the most popular apartment hunting season, especially for first apartments, but how long does finding a new apartment actually take?
Do you need to …
Do you know what the NYC DOB is? You should – The DOB is a great resource for apartment dwellers:
The NYC Department of Buildings ensures the safe and lawful use of over 975,000 buildings and …
I can’t believe it’s already mid-April and the prime moving season is just two weeks away…are you ready? Be sure to email us at editor@myfirstapartment.com if you have any questions as you head out on …
Every so often, we run a feature on MFA where we’ll give a lucky reader (okay, a reader who nicely emails us!) our take on his/her apartment problem.
This week, we respond to Lee in Texas …
