How To Prepare to Rent an Apartment in 2020

December 23, 2019 | By Stella M AuthorMy First Apartment

With the end of the year rapidly approaching, you might be wondering how your living situation could change next year. The start of a new year provides a great opportunity to review your expenses and establish your annual budget, and as you get to know your limits better, you might come to better understand how…

How To Prepare to Buy an Apartment in 2020

December 11, 2019 | By Stella M AuthorMy First Apartment

As 2019 winds down, you might be thinking about your living situation for 2020 (especially if your lease winds down sooner than later). If you’re a New Year’s resolution type, you might even be thinking about major life changes you can make not just for the next year, but for the start of a new…

6 Signs You’re Ready to Buy Your Own Place

November 17, 2014 | By Contributors AuthorMy First Apartment

By Catherine Boyle If you’re thinking about buying your first home, plunging into the market can be daunting. How do you know you’re ready? Is buying mostly like renting? How much money do you need? Before making such a large purchase, you want to be sure you’re ready. Here are six ways to tell that…

5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Buying Your First Home

June 24, 2013 | By MFA Editors AuthorMy First Apartment

Almost every young renter out there has probably heard something along these lines from their friends and family in the past year or so: “You’re still renting? But rates are so low! You should buy now while the market is still down.” Granted, nearly everything about the suggestion above is factually correct. Mortgage interest rates…

Should You Buy Or Rent?

June 29, 2011 | By Alissa AuthorMy First Apartment

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 down, interest rates are low and there has been a flurry of rent vs buy articles in various places (including last week’s NYTimes…