What Kind of Roommate Are You?

Do you bring the party home with you at three in the morning? Pile dishes up in the sink until somebody else cracks and washes them? Do you have 13 or so cats? Or are you the elusive, AWESOME roommate? Take the quiz and find out!

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

by Ron Leshnower | Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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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Do People Hate Your Holiday Decorating? Here’s How To Deal!

by Ron Leshnower | Thursday, December 1, 2011

By MyNewPlace Guest Blogger, Ron Leshnower – About.com’s Apartment Living Expert! Adorning your apartment with holiday decor can be a fun way to celebrate the holidays or get into the festive mood of the season. Normally, if someone you know doesn’t share your decorative tastes, it’s not a big deal.…

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Moving Out Of Your Apartment? How To Get Your Security Deposit Back In Full!

by Crystal Beran | Monday, November 28, 2011

An apartment landlord will take a deposit from renters for a variety of reasons. The deposit can help cover the cost of rent if a tenant can’t pay one month and it can cover the costs of cleaning that landlords need to front after their tenants move out. While there’s…

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Moving Far Away? How To Find A Roommate Without Being Scammed

by Crystal Beran | Friday, November 4, 2011

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…

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How to Kick Out a Housemate, Kindly

by Caitlin Morgan | Thursday, October 13, 2011

Sometimes, life throws us a difficult housemate.  (For examples, see our earlier post.)   Someone who wakes us up in the middle of the night, eats all our food, or just cannot converse openly—someone who drives us crazy.  In many cases, such circumstances are an opportunity to grow, to practice patience…

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Your Five Worst Roommates

by Caitlin Morgan | Friday, October 7, 2011

If you’ve started college, you’ve already met your new roommate.  Great!  You’re slowly but surely starting to learn how to deal with one kind of crazy.  We hate to break it to you, but it’s not over yet.  You can request a switch, you can wait til next year, but…

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Could You Live In A Studio Apartment? Take This Quiz To Find Out!

by Crystal Beran | Friday, September 23, 2011

Is renting a studio the right choice for you? Here’s a quick quiz you can take to find out. 1. How often do you like to go out? a) If I had it my way, I’d go out every day! b) I like to spend some of my evenings out…

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Thinking About Moving In With Your Boyfriend or Girlfriend? Read This First!

by Crystal Beran | Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Deciding to move in with a boyfriend or girlfriend is an important step in a relationship. Unfortunately, in times of economic hardship, the decision to move in together may have less to do with the present and future state of the relationship and more to do with the lure of…

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How To Avoid An All-out Roommate WAR!

by Crystal Beran | Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Part V in our ‘Going To College’ series! While it may seem like you’ll always be on great terms with the fantastic people you’re planning on living with the next year at the lease signing, it’s easy for things to go awry as roommates get more comfortable with one another…

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Choosing A New Roommate? Read This First!

by Crystal Beran | Friday, September 2, 2011

Though it’s great to be able to live with friends, many people searching for new roommates will need to choose someone they haven’t met yet. Choosing between a group of potential roommates that you don’t know can seem like a daunting task. After all, you don’t know these people, how…

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