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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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The Road to Recovery: Simple Ways to Get Organized

I believe there’s a fear inherent in us that we will die alone in a pile of things we bought 50 years previously.  Or maybe that’s just me—and numerous characters from TV and film, not least Bridget Jones, who fears she’ll die “fat and alone, and be found three weeks…

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Creative Kids Rooms In Small Spaces: Lots Of Cool Ideas!

You thought your midtown apartment was small?  We bet it’s feeling a whole lot smaller now that Junior has shot up another foot.   Space is limited, but creativity doesn’t have to be—no matter how small the room, there are ways to make it feel bigger and fit more.  Below, find…

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Apartment New Year’s Resolutions

Our guest blogger Ron Leshnower introduced the idea of making some apartment-living resolutions for 2012! It’s been two weeks–do you need help figuring out some New Year’s Resolutions for your home?  We have plenty of ideas for how you can have a cleaner, prettier, safer home. Cut Costs This is…

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How to Rearrange Furniture for a Party

The couch blocks access to the food, the chair arrangement is like a maze, and given the blockade of people in the hallway, you’ll never make it to the bathroom…if you’ve ever been to a party like this, you can appreciate that a little planning can make a big difference…

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How to [Save Soooo Much Money and Polar Bears and] Winterize Your Apartment

It’s getting chilly out there…oh, who are we kidding, if you don’t live in the deep South, it’s BEEN chilly for a while.  But maybe it’s only now that you’re noticing a draft, or noticing the size of your heating bill.  It’s not too late to winterize your apartment, keeping…

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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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