The Ultimate Apartment Hunting Checklist

May 3, 2015 | By Audra AuthorMy First Apartment

I knew that I’d be on the apartment hunt again one of these days, but what I didn’t realize is that I’d be doing it so soon — and in another state. Having learned the hard way what I do and do not want in a new place from past experiences, I now create a…

Pros vs. Cons of Renting a Vintage Apartment

April 25, 2015 | By Audra AuthorMy First Apartment

Well, it’s been almost 2 years (a long stretch for me — I’ve moved at least 5 times since graduating college almost 3 years ago!), but I’m on the apartment hunt yet again. This time, I’m leaving my home state of Georgia behind and heading up to beautiful Charlottesville, Virginia, all thanks to a fabulous…

Crisis Averted

May 24, 2006 | By Jessica AuthorMy First Apartment

So, the property manager called this morning and said I needed a cosigner. Unfortunately, I don’t have one. I was worried this might happen. The rent is 35% of my income, and my credit score is decent considering my age, so I was hoping I wouldn’t need a cosigner, but apparently, I’m a risk. :)…

Relocating Complicates Everything

May 16, 2006 | By Jessica AuthorMy First Apartment

Hi everyone. Thanks for reading. My apartment hunt officially begins this weekend, though I’ve been planning and researching online for months. I’ll be moving to Chicago on July 1st to begin medical school, but I’m currently living in Maryland (with my parents… joy). I’ve only visited the city twice (once for my interview, once for…

Cleveland Park it is!

May 15, 2006 | By Heather AuthorMy First Apartment

I went to check out the apartment in Cleveland Park the other day and fell in love with it. It’s located on a dead-end street, so it doesn’t have much traffic making it a slightly quieter area to live in—something I’m looking for. The place has two different buildings and I looked at an apartment…

Something, at last.

May 8, 2006 | By Kelly AuthorMy First Apartment

So, after being incredibly busy with school and also trying to find someplace decent to sublet in NYC for this summer, I’ve finally made somewhat concrete plans. A friend is moving way uptown on Manhattan, and said I could live with him for the summer. It’s a fifth-floor walkup, but I’ve been meaning to lose…

Still searching…

April 18, 2006 | By Drew AuthorMy First Apartment

The place that I looked at on Saturday was unbelievable. Just totally amazing. It was on a phenomenal block right in the neighborhood where we want to live; the apartment itself was amazing; the price was totally right; and the girl who lives there was totally cool. I got there and helped her move her…

now it’s just getting ridiculous!

April 17, 2006 | By Kelly AuthorMy First Apartment

Still no luck. I’m starting to wonder if it’s because I’m from out of town or something – finding a sublet cannot be this hard! I’ve sent out countless emails, and received nothing but bad news in return. “Hi, my name is Kelly, I’m graduating from University in St. Louis this May, and was wondering…

Time is running short…

April 13, 2006 | By Kelly AuthorMy First Apartment

and I still haven’t found anything! Everything I check out seems to look great at first, but then when I hear about the roommates who smoke, the moldy toilet, or the rotted-out windows, it all falls through. I just want a place where I will be comfortable; a place where I won’t feel that I…

Harshtober

April 12, 2006 | By Drew AuthorMy First Apartment

So we didn’t get the place that we really wanted. We looked at it on Tuesday, put our name in on Friday night, but the woman who advertised it didn’t get back to us for a couple days and apparently in that time someone else snagged it. Ho hum. So we sent out another round…