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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?
Find out with this handy guide.
Got a story to tell on how you went about finding the right roommate? Share it here!
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The Most Promising Roommate Candidates originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 at 08:46:30.
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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.
Here are three things to keep in mind to help you streamline this process:
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Are These Roommate Candidates Right for You? originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 at 08:30:42.
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). Da Best made his case for the appropriateness of his name to Apartments.com judges and the voting public alike through a creative rap parody video.
An undergraduate, Mr. Prestler shares his living space with two roommates, who heartily agree with the contest's results, according to an Apartments.com press release.
You can view the grand-prize video as well as the four runner-up videos (which earned entrants $500 each) at roommateoftheyear.com.
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Da Best Roommate Is Just That, According to Contest originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Friday, August 27th, 2010 at 08:56:13.
There are more great cities in the United States than many people are aware of. If you've ever visited a city and been pleasantly surprised upon noticing all that it has to offer, then you know what I'm talking about.
The editorial staff at ShermansTravel put together a list of "overlooked and underrated" cities that "just don't get their fair share of the spotlight." If you're looking for an apartment and wish to relocate to a different part of the country but you're not sure where you want to go, you may just find inspiration by checking out the list of Top 10 Underrated U.S. Cities.
'Overlooked and Underrated' May Be for You originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Saturday, August 21st, 2010 at 19:29:13.
Two female tenants at an apartment complex in Fairfax County, Virginia offered their landlord sexual favors in return for a month's rent, claiming an inability to pay. The landlord allegedly agreed to the arrangement, according to a report yesterday from The Washington Post.
But it wasn't until later when the landlord discovered the tenants' real plot: to extort the landlord for several thousands of dollars. Apparently, while the landlord was over the tenants' apartment to make good on their sex-for-rent offer, the tenants secretly taped him. According to the Post, they then threatened the landlord with sending a copy of the video to his wife unless he paid them $11,000.
The landlord instead called the police, who raided the apartment and took the tenants into custody. They now face charges of threatening extortion, a felony that carries up to a 10-year prison sentence in Virginia.
Tenants' Sex-for-Rent Scheme a Front for Extortion originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 at 08:13:53.
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.
"The Selby Is In Your Place Contest" began accepting photos yesterday and runs through September 15. Visit theselbycontest.com for more details, including contest rules and entry information.
Show Off Your Most Creative Space originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 at 08:28:52.
Many apartment dwellers have Craigslist to thank for helping them find a home, a roommate, and more. If you're one of these folks and you've got an interesting story to tell, Craigslist wants to hear it.
It's easy to submit a success story to Craigslist -- find out how you can do it.
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Share Your Craigslist Success Story originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Saturday, August 14th, 2010 at 20:56:25.
If you visit one Jacksonville Beach, Florida senior community, you may spot something out of the ordinary: residents pushing strollers while dogs -- not children -- enjoy the ride.
According to a report yesterday from the local ABC affiliate, there's a practical, safety-related reason behind this seemingly unusual behavior. Some dogs' long leashes have posed a safety risk for residents with disabilities, which reportedly prompted management to suggest using strollers.
Both the residents and their dogs appear to love the idea.
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Seniors Pushing Strollers Holding Dogs? originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Saturday, August 14th, 2010 at 20:31:06.
Many high-rise apartment buildings offer a parking garage for residents as an amenity. But if you're the type who must have your own private attached garage, you would probably want to look at single-family houses instead.
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban will get the best of both worlds. For $10 million, reports the New York Post, the couple just purchased a penthouse apartment in a 16-story luxury condo building that's the first in New York City to offer "sky garages" -- along with a large, dedicated car elevator.
According to the building's Web site, 14 apartments come with their own secure garage boasting over 300 square feet of additional space. You can visit the site to view artist renderings, virtual tours, floor plans, and more, including an animation of how to get a car from the streets of Manhattan to an apartment several hundred feet above and back.
A Penthouse Apartment... With Its Own Garage? originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Friday, August 13th, 2010 at 06:33:03.
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?
If you can answer yes to either of these questions, you may be wondering whether policing children in this way is legal.
The answer depends on whether children are being unnecessarily singled out.
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Curbing Rowdy Behavior in the Hallways originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Saturday, August 7th, 2010 at 21:41:22.