Monthly Archives: September 2012

This week WilliamPaid honors Lori Gordon and Brooke Thalacker, roommates who rock. Last year, Lori Gordon lost half her nest egg and moved in with a roommate half her age, Brooke Thalacker. Brooke, a teacher and aspiring school counselor now rents part of Gordon’s home. “I just love Thalacker,” Gordon says. The two women lead [...]

November 1 lurks around the corner. It’s time to pay rent! Across the country, renters will be counting their pennies and writing checks to landlords. Paying rent is becoming more and more difficult. Some of you may be having horrifying nightmares, wondering how you are going to pay rent and dreaming up elaborate excuses for [...]

Rent.com recently released findings from their “Rent in Peace” renters and roommates survey, just in time for Halloween. The survey asked 10,000 Americans about their “most horrifying” rental stories. According to survey respondents, here are the top 6 most annoying traits of a “nightmare roommate”: 1. Leaves the living room or kitchen messy all the [...]

Syracuse University announced earlier this week that next fall a new gender-neutral housing program will begin. We know what you’re thinking, “Tons of college campuses across the United States provide gender-neutral dormitories, what makes this decision so different?” Well, we’re glad you asked. In Fall 2010, the pilot program will offer not only gender-neutral dormitories, [...]