Monthly Archives: November 2011

If you’re just moving into a new apartment complex, it’s the perfect time to make friends out of your neighbors. In many apartment complexes, neighbors keep to themselves and may be hard to connect with them. For a true social butterfly, however, meeting and making friends with your new neighbors is an important part of [...]

Depending on how well-prepared you are, a cross-country move could be a great opportunity to start fresh or a complete nightmare. If you’re moving far away, whether for school, work or just because you’re ready for a change, you’ll want to make sure that you’re properly prepared and that you have enough funding to see [...]

It takes time to get to know a new city, and this time can be bewildering and frustrating. Fortunately there are a number of things you can do to help familiarize yourself with your new surroundings when you move into a new apartment. Follow these simple tricks and tourists visiting your new town will be [...]

There are plenty of Internet scammers out there looking to make a quick buck off someone renting out the extra room in his apartment. Most scammers live overseas and correspond with their marks over email, making it easy for them to get away with a person’s money. Unfortunately, this makes it difficult for people who [...]

By MyNewPlace Celebrity Moving Expert and Dlogger, Leroy Brown Wooooofsup readers! It’s been about a month since I last barked at you, and I have tons of celebrity updates. We’ve got tons to cover, so I’ll dive right in. Couple Alert! Jennifer Aniston moved to New York with tasty treat Justin Theroux in tow Though [...]

Until recently, Americans were on the move.  For decades, they left northern states and headed for the south and the sun.  A recent article in The New York Times describes how these trends are changing.  People are staying put, and American migration patterns have shifted as a direct result of economic downturn.  Houses are harder [...]

We had a great turn out here for our Halloween party yesterday and we thought we’d share some of the highlights with our readers! We had a costume parade around both our offices: And some DELICIOUS baked TREATS! And finally, the winner of our Pet Halloween Contest, the one and only Leroy Brown! Do you [...]

By MyNewPlace Guest Blogger, Ron Leshnower – About.com’s Apartment Living Expert Understanding your lease and paying your rent are two essential aspects of apartment living, and so it’s no surprise that many apartment hunters and renters alike have questions about both topics. When these questions go unanswered, however, problems often arise that could lead to [...]