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Ladies, Read This NOW! Valentine’s Gifts They WON’T Be Expecting – We Promise!

A beer gift basket For the beer snobs among us, this will be most welcome, and not your typical gift. More surprising and possibly more weird, or more classy, depending your point of view:  a range of dessert wines. A weekend getaway for one That really mixes it up, doesn’t…

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Got Cabin Fever? Celebrate The Season And Decorate Your Apartment

They don’t call it cabin fever for nothing.  There you are, in your little cabin of an apartment, feverishly itching to do something new, and yet spring isn’t just around the corner, not yet! Well for you little OCD spring cleaners out there, why not relish this moment for all…

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Apartment Politics: How To Handle A Roommate On The Other Side Of The Aisle

By MyNewPlace Guest Blogger, Ron Leshnower – About.com’s Apartment Living Expert! 2012 is an election year and, as daily headlines remind us, the country is in the middle of a contentious primary season. If you’re sharing an apartment with another person, this is a time when you may discover that…

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Trying to Lose Weight in 2012? How to Exercise in Your Apartment

As January draws to an end, are you reflecting on all those resolutions you made a month ago?  How does it work when you your goals seem to conflict?  Specifically, what do you do when you’ve decided to get in shape AND spend more time at home or to spend…

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Dogs vs. Cats: Telling Quotes

As age-old rivalries go, dogs versus cats is paramount.  Like Superman and Lex, Caesar and Brutus, Dumbledore and Grindelwald (for some reason, no female rivalries come immediately to mind), cats and dogs duke it out on the symbolic stage every day, and they don’t even know it. So which furry…

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Throwing A Party On A Limited Budget? Ten Ideas Under Ten Dollars!

1.  Homemade Invitations start your party off on the right foot—personal, put-together, and fun. Using recycled paper, the unwritten-on half of old cards, or any other re-purposed materials will keep this part of your planning under budget. 2. Buy your decorations from a discount party store.  Actually, when arranged attractively,…

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Smart Ways to Add Storage to a Tiny Apartment

So many of us dream of living in a castle, sliding down banisters and hiding all our worldly possessions in endless closets.  In reality, most of us live in slightly smaller situations, and if a person’s home is their castle, we live in rather cluttered ones.  To that end, we’ve…

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Getting That Lease Signed: Tips For Apartment Owners And Property Managers

You can own the most magnificent apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, but unless you sell it right, a prospective renter could just as easily rent the second most magnificent apartment on the Upper East Side, owned by your property manager nemesis, Dr. Strangerent. So how do you…

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How To Rent An Apartment With Bad Credit

Although good credit comes in handy, it’s not the only factor that landlords use to decide whether or not to rent to you.  To understand how to beat a bad credit rap, you need to understand why landlords check credit in the first place:  they want to know if you…

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Go Green 2012: How to Get Started

It’s January, and we’re going to milk this Resolution Month for all it’s worth.  If you’ve been meaning to become that eco-friendly person you both admire and make snarky jokes about, this is a great time to get started.  We’ve posted a number of times on simple green strategies for…

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Want to calculate average rent for your city? Interested in rental trends and industry statistics? MyNewPlace has always been a big fan of using data to draw meaningful conclusions about the multifamily and apartment rental industry. Here we share our findings with you!

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