It’s a sad fact of life: many of us have no in-house laundry, and have to drag our stuff to the Laundromat whenever the pile of laundry starts to really stink up the room. So how can you make these trips less frequent, and less annoying when they do happen? Read on. Wash your sweaters [...]

Lest you get TOO excited, this is a list of entirely PG ways for you to let off a little steam this winter: Throw a party, any party All you want to do is curl up under a blanket, we know, but you can only do that for so many hours before it gets a [...]

It’s 2012, people, you know what the Mayans said. There’s never been a more appropriate time to use your paranoia to a good end, i.e. preparing for the worst so you can make the best of things. Fire Smoke detectors and fire extinguishers. You might never need them, but if you do, you’ll REALLY need [...]

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 put together some smart, simple [...]

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 ensure that it’s your lease [...]

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 a big one, so we [...]

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 the cold at bay and [...]

Resident retention is of utmost concern to property managers, now more than ever.  But how do you actually retain residents?  Property Management Insider has identified the following myths, based on resident feedback, about how landlords keep tenants.  Before you institute any expensive or time-consuming policies, read the following to make sure you’re not barking up [...]

We’ve all had the experience:  that neighbors who won’t take their barking dog inside at night, who consider treble to be inferior to bass and makes you think there’s an earthquake every time the stereo comes on, who has loud, erm, relations on an alarmingly regular basis.  If you’re living in such a situation now, [...]

If you’re feeling those mid-winter blues, looking around your apartment and needing something different, a little online shopping might be just the thing.  Want to make some relatively small but crucial changes in your décor?  Etsy.com is a particularly good spot—all the items are handmade by individual craftspeople, and there is such a range of [...]