Do Landlords Look at Your Facebook Page?

February 12, 2020 | By Stella M AuthorMy First Apartment

Chances are that you’ve applied for a job at some point in your life, so you’ve likely heard the common notion that you should keep your Facebook page squeaky clean – potential employers might look at your social media pages, and if they see something there they don’t like, they can easily disqualify you and…

3 Ways To Use Instagram In Your Next Apartment Search

January 25, 2017 | By J Simpson AuthorMy First Apartment

Everybody knows that social media and online communities are an essential part of every modern apartment hunter’s gig bag. Unfortunately, that’s also part of the problem. How many times have you seen your dream apartment or room share pop up on Craigslist, Facebook or Twitter, right in your price range and in the perfect part…

Apartment Hunt Begins: Protect and Clean Up Your Social Media

January 2, 2017 | By Sarah AuthorMy First Apartment

Nowadays, your social media profiles extend everywhere. Most people have accounts with Facebook and Instagram for personal use, and many others use LinkedIn to keep in touch with professional contacts. Traditionally, Facebook and Instagram have been focused on sharing parts of our lives with friends and family, but with new and complex privacy options, that…

A Short Guide To Apartment Hunting Groups On Facebook

March 2, 2016 | By J Simpson AuthorMy First Apartment

It’s not as simple to find an apartment on the Internet as it might seem. Following Craigslist or other apartment rental sites can be like trying to get a cool, refreshing drink from a waterfall – more of a drowning deluge than a refreshing trickle. Before you know it, you’re inundated in updates, which you…

For the Love of God Pick a Roommate You Will Get Along With

August 14, 2010 | By Alissa AuthorMy First Apartment

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 roommates together. Messy with messy and all will be neat — that sort of thing. Primarily, it’s geared towards college…