Have you ever wondered why two adequate people living together as roommates start fighting over things like groceries or toilet paper? Why can’t they just sit down and talk and straighten things out in a civilized manner? The answer is, they are too different to understand each other, their personalities don’t match and they psychologically
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      I found a really interesting article published by Curbed from August written by Amy Plitt. I think this article is very cool and applies to anyone living with roommates . These guys are so creative! Enjoy;-) [All photos by Max Touhey]   When longtime friends Adam Finkelman and Evan Garfield were looking
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With the rental market being so tight and expensive in the City of New York, the landlords are becoming really picky about who they rent their precious properties to, and to make the selection process as close to the one, described by Darwin, as possible, they come up with the long lists of rules and
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Me, being me, I of course wanted to make this post another horror story, involving all kinds of stereoptypes about crazy Muslims or Jews or Hindus giving a hell of a trouble to their less extreme roommates, but I couldn’t score any decent horror story. No one I know seemed to have anything interesting to say
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If you are trying to find a roommate right now, or rent a room, and are overwhelmed by the drag of having to go through one online add after another, send email after email, and make call after call, all with little to no results, then I have news for you! New Yorkers took looking for
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The most important thing about renting out your room, is bringing the right person in and there is no way you can leave this up to chance. When you feel that you have found someone who will fit in your household perfectly and who you will get along with, the time has come to apply some simple deal closing tactics,
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Signing a contract when you rent a room might sound as ridiculous to you, as signing a loan agreement with your friend, when you buy a five dollar coffee for him, but sometimes things between you and your roommate start unexpectedly going out of hand, even if you are childhood friends, and when you regretfully realize that
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OH, THE RENT… If you live in New York, you will most likely agree that living costs here are the finacial vortex that is systematically eating up bigger part of your hard earned cash. How do you feel writing that check for your landlord each month? How do you see yourself in a year from now?
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Why to rent out your room? If you have ever thought of renting your room out but are not sure that it’s going to work for you, think again. Even if the room you presumably want to let is too small, or dark, or crampy you still have a good chance to significantly improve your financial situation
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How many times have you heard them saying that hooking up with your roommate is bad? Probably, just as many times, as alcoholics hear that liquor destroys their kidneys and shortens their lives. And just like a hopeless alcoholic who keeps drinking while fully aware of the harm, you did it, you hooked up with your
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