Monthly Archives: August 2011

Craigslist can be a great way to find apartments and connect with potential roommates. It’s easy to use, available throughout much of the world and there are many thousands of people who visit each day, making it easy to reach a wide audience. While there are plenty of legitimate ads on craigslist, there are also [...]

Occasionally, it happens that the careful selection of a compatible roommate, the countless hours spent pouring over the roommate agreement and the time spent in roommate meetings and even roommate arbitration all goes out the window. This is when the roommate wars begin. These battles, fought by the use of clever pranks and trickery, have [...]

In January of 2011, MyNewPlace was thrilled to announce the launch of MNP PINK: A year-long breast cancer fund raising and awareness campaign in partnership with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF). Breast cancer has affected many of those closest to the MyNewPlace family, and since a majority of our users and clients are women [...]

Apartment living can make owning a dog or a cat difficult for many renters. People who want a pet but who can’t keep a dog or cat can look at getting an alternative pet, such as a rodent, rabbit, bird, reptile or amphibian. Hairless animals can also be great for those with allergies to more [...]

In a down economy charitable giving is often among the first corporate cutbacks, but in 2011 the Apartment Rental Industry will donate well over $1 million to charitable causes.  MyNewPlace, one of the nation’s largest apartment and home rentals websites, is one of several companies that are donating to breast cancer research and using their [...]

Security is important wherever we live, but in an apartment community where people are frequently coming and going it can be difficult to guarantee while keeping the community convenient and open. Some new security systems offer better security and more convenience for both renters and owners. Wireless Systems Although new apartment buildings can be built [...]

Part III in our ‘Going To College’ series! One of the toughest things about moving off to college is being assigned a roommate. Though many students choose to live with people they knew in high school, for others, who may be the only one from their high school to attend a certain college, or who [...]

As anyone who has searched for one knows, choosing an apartment is a big decision. Apartment hunters want as much information as they can get to help them locate the ideal place and technology gives them more ways than ever to find it.  Here are five trends shaping the way renters find apartments in the [...]

If you’re at all handing with a chop saw and a drill, there’s no reason you can’t fill your apartment with one-of-a-kind work-of-art furniture. And you don’t have to spend a fortune on supplies to do it either, cheap build-it-yourself pieces, such as those purchased from Ikea, can be easily adapted into exactly the type [...]

As rental prices continue to rise, many people are looking for roommates to help offset the high cost of living. It’s hard enough for friends or acquaintances to share a place when there’s one bedroom for each of them, but the slow recovery of the economy has made it difficult for some people to afford [...]