All posts by William Paid

Hiring movers can often be both a blessing and curse. You hardly have to lift a finger during your move, and the most strenuous part of it is telling the movers where to put your stuff. However, many choose not to pay for moving help. Expense, hassle and cost vs. benefit are some reasons why. [...]

Those of us who have roommates know how difficult it can be to live with someone else. Depending who you ask, everyone has an opinion on whether it’s easier to live with men or women. More and more, renters are becoming less conscious of living with someone within their own gender, and male-female roommates are [...]

Being a renter (or a former renter) is a lifestyle that most non-renters wouldn’t understand. From the good to the bad, we’ve put together this A-Z list of what it’s like to be renting your place of residence. A - Amenities. For example, a community pool, building groups and activities, dog run, parking or snow-shoveling [...]

As much as we’d like to believe that renting an apartment or home always goes smoothly, unfortunately, the hard truth is that sometimes we run into problems. Whether it’s leaky plumbing, a messy roommate, or a disagreeable landlord, we all have our share of disastrous rental stories. However, it’s not all horror stories. Sometimes, what [...]