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What types of people make the best roommate candidates? What are the pros and cons of rooming with a close friend, a co-worker, or a stranger? …

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Are These Roommate Candidates Right for You?

So, you’ve decided that sharing an apartment with a roommate is the best option for you. Your next step is to find roommate candidates and determine whether any would make a good fit

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Da Best Roommate Is Just That, According to Contest

Apartments.com recently announced the winners of its second annual Roommate of the Year contest . This year’s grand prize, including a year’s rent plus $10,000, goes to Da Best Roommate (a/k/a Andrew Prestler of Kokomo, Indiana)

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Show Off Your Most Creative Space

CB2, Crate and Barrel’s modern home furnishings and accessories destination, is looking for photos of your most creative space. One grand prize winner will receive $10,000 in CB2 merchandise plus a private shoot (with a signed print) by photographer Todd Selby and a feature on TheSelby.com blog . A top-vote getter, second-prize, and third-prize winner and 15 honorable mentions will each get a CB2 shop card in various denominations. …

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Curbing Rowdy Behavior in the Hallways

Is your landlord on your case because your children have been noisy in the hallways? Does your lease bar children from acting rowdy in common areas?

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Twenty Different Rooms in One Small Apartment?

How can you squeeze 20 different rooms into one studio apartment that’s only 350 square feet? Hong Kong designer Gary Chang came up with an answer: maximize each room at 350 square feet but experience only one room at a time

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Free or Low-Cost Housing Advice Gets Increased Funding

If you’ve got burning questions about your housing situation and need free or low-cost advice, one option to consider is  contacting a housing counselor near you that has received approval from the U.S.

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Who Decides Where Your Children Should Sleep?

Some landlords try to impose bedroom-sharing restrictions on families with children. Whatever their reasons may be, landlords who try to regulate sleeping arrangements can delay a family’s apartment search or lead the tenants to pay more money than they budgeted . ..

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Do You Trust Your Roommate?

Part of feeling safe in your own home is knowing that you trust your roommate. If you have reason to worry that your roommate might take or use your belongings without your permission when you’re not home, you can’t fully enjoy your apartment living. Worse, if a roommate does invade your privacy or disrespect boundaries, it’s a sign you should consider looking for a new person to share your apartment

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Staying Cool in Record Heat

You might not be surprised to learn that last month was the warmest June on record across the planet, according to a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) . July has continued the trend, already bringing several days of high temperatures and humidity to much of the country

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