Roommates

Biggest Signs That Your Potential Roommate Isn’t Right For You

Choosing a roommate is like finding a new best friend to share your fridge, your living room and fight over…

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How to Find a Roommate in a New City: Your Ultimate Guide

Moving to a new city is such an exciting experience! The thrill of exploring new neighborhoods, discovering local hotspots, and…

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First Time Living With a Roommate: Dos and Don’ts for a Happy Home

Living with a roommate for the first time can be both exciting and stressful. Whether you’re leaving your family home,…

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Tips and Tricks for Interviewing a Potential Roommate

When it comes to renting with roommates, finding the right person to share your space with is as crucial as…

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Tips for Living With a Roommate: How to Create Private Spaces in a Shared Apartment

Living with a roommate can be a great way to save on rent and make new friends. But it also…

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What to Do When Your Roommate Stops Paying Rent

Living with roommates clearly has its benefits, but it can also present some challenges. One of the toughest is when…

5 Signs It’s Time to Break Up with Your Roommate

Few things can make the renting experience as awful as having a bad roommate. Of course, all relationships have their…

7 Tips on How to Solve Any Roommate Disagreements

As humans, we’re all built differently. Your roommate’s personality may collide with yours, which is normal because your roommate doesn’t…

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Living with Roommates During COVID-19? These Tips Might Help

COVID-19 has been tough on everyone, but has tested roommates more than ever. With tough conversations around mask-wearing in the…

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The Roommate Agreement: Why You Should Have One and What to Include in It

More often than not, if you’re living in a big city and you’re still in the early stages of your…

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Not Sure How to Find a Roommate? Here Are 10+ Roommate Finder Apps and Websites That Will Do It for You

I think it’s safe to assume we’ve all binged on Friends at some point in life. And we’ve probably fantasized…

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How to Budget for an Apartment

The thought of moving out of your parents’ home into your own place is an exciting prospect! But moving into…

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Dorm vs. Off-Campus Housing? Here’s What You Need to Know

The choice between a dorm and an apartment away from campus can be just as confusing as deciding which school…

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Top 10 Questions to Ask Potential Roommates

No matter whether you’re renting your first apartment or have already switched places more often than you can remember, choosing…

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Apartment-Friendly Workouts You Can Do Without Waking Up Your Roommate

Sharing an apartment is great for your budget — but it can be pretty tough on your fitness regimen. Those…

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The Cohabitation Correlation – What Makes The Best And Worst Roommate

Roommate horror stories run the gamut from loud noises at odd hours to failing to pay their share of the…

Top 5 Ways to Avoid Housemates from Hell

Top 5 Ways to Avoid Roommates from Hell

There are certain kinds of bad roommates who can drive you insane. Some can be slobs who can’t contain their…

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How to Combine Decorating Styles with Your Roommate

It’s important to love your space and to make it feel like home through design that reflects your personality. But…

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Five tips for a good roommate relationship

You may have heard tons of horror stories with roommates playing the “bad guys” part. And most of them are…

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How many bedrooms do you need in your apartment?

If you’re in progress or about to undertake a search for a new apartment, you might be struggling with how…

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How to Fairly Share Rent in a Multiple-Bedroom Apartment

So your San Francisco apartment has three bedrooms, all sized differently, and one bathroom. You have two roommates, one who…

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Essential things for your first dorm room

You’re close to your first year in college, your first roommate, and of course, your first dorm room. You have…

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How to Cope With a Moody Roommate

Learn how to read your roommate. I’m not talking about mind reading, just saying that if you’re living with someone,…

Finding someone to drink coffee with you in the morning is harder than you think.

Phoenix, what type of roommate are you?

One would think that the best of friends would likewise make the best of roommates.  I can tell you from…