The Very Best Way to Find Roommates

February 15, 2017 | By Sarah AuthorMy First Apartment

Moving into your first place? A great way to cut costs, make friends, and have fun in your apartment is finding a roommate to live with! Not only are roommates generally nice company to be around, but all of your standard monthly bills could cut in HALF! Think rent, utilities, cable, internet…the list goes on!…

Are You Annoying Your Roommate Without Realizing It?

August 2, 2013 | By doug AuthorMy First Apartment

Sure, you don’t think you’re doing anything annoying. You wave a friendly hello to your roommate. You pay the bills on time and even covered whole utility bill when your roommate was between jobs. Heck, you even shared those cookies you baked last week. As far as you’re concerned, you’re a rock-star roomie. And you probably are.…

How to Find A Roommate That’s Right for You

March 12, 2013 | By Alex AuthorMy First Apartment

Last week we talked about where to find people who are in need of a roommate. But simply finding a few people who are interested in being your roommate doesn’t mean you’re done – the next step is choosing someone you really want to have around. After all, the idea is not just to find…

5 Ways To Break The Ice With New Roommates

November 20, 2012 | By MFA Editors AuthorMy First Apartment

Inviting a new roommate to live with you, whether at a university or otherwise, can be quite daunting if you don’t know them beforehand. You need to figure out a way to become comfortable with each other quickly – after all, you’ll be sleeping just yards away from someone you just met. It really is…

Living with a Stranger Roommate vs. BFF Roommate

November 26, 2011 | By MFA Editors AuthorMy First Apartment

LIVING WITH A STRANGER ROOMMATE VS. BFF ROOMMATE by Katie Moving into your first apartment can be a daunting task, especially when it comes to figuring out who to live with. Do you ask your best friend to move in? A co-worker? A stranger? I’ve lived with someone I found on Craiglist, and I’ve also…

4 Secrets for Getting Along with Roommates

December 30, 2010 | By MFA Editors AuthorMy First Apartment

Our blogger Elyse shares her strategies for handling money matters and common chores with roommates. I’ve lived with a lot of different people in my life. When I lived at home, I had to share a room with my sister right up until I went to college and shared a dorm room. When I got the apartment, one…

Maybe living “alone” ain’t so bad after all.

May 5, 2008 | By Alissa AuthorMy First Apartment

Did you like those quotation marks up there in the title? Aren’t they kinda sneaky? Like, hey she’s not really living alone, she’s living in a three bedroom – what do they MEAN?? Well, those little quotations mean just that – that I’m not really living alone. And if you recall, my main predicament was…

Lesson learned: Work out the roommate “What Ifs” before moving in

February 25, 2008 | By Alissa AuthorMy First Apartment

My apologies that it’s been awhile — between being sick AND having to move this week, there’s been precious little time for anything else. Well, aside from saying goodbye to friends and making them lift heavy objects for me. There was puh-lenty of time for that. But, now that I’m squarely moved into my new…

Living with Strangers, er, Roommates

December 6, 2006 | By Alissa AuthorMy First Apartment

What to do when you want to move but all your friends already have places? Share an apartment with a stranger? Eeek! Actually, it can be pretty great–if you know what you’re doing. While starting by asking friends if they have other friends looking is a good idea, none of mine did. So, I went…

Roommate Decisions: The Personal Stuff

November 23, 2005 | By MFA Editors AuthorMy First Apartment

The key to a successful roommate relationship is having each party know what to expect right from the start. The best way to accomplish this is by drafting a written roommate agreement that anticipates problems before they arise and establishes ways to deal with them.