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• 140 or Less: What You Have To Say About Your Landlord

  [ January 22, 2010 ]

  Landlords. That one single word can raise the hair on the neck of many a renter. While there are great landlords out there (really), many more of us have had to deal with landlords that haven’t been so wonderful.
  You know what they say, if you don’t have anything nice to say… [...]
• Turning Your Apartment into a Gym

  [ January 21, 2010 ]

  Last week, Lindsey, our relatively-new marketing assistant and the author of Living the Life, discussed her toils in finding a gym to fit her needs and her budget. These days, as Lindsey found out, it’s not cheap to belong to a gym that you feel comfortable using the equipment without toting around your own [...]
• Couch or Futon? A Classic Apartment Dilemma

  [ January 20, 2010 ]

  Couch or futon. Futon or couch. It may not rise to the same level as safety or space, but this was the epic dilemma I struggled with over the past week.
  Turning my apartment into a home will be complete with the perfect couch (or futon). Why am I having such a difficult [...]
• Roommate Revenge

  [ January 19, 2010 ]

  Yes, roommates can be very annoying. And, yes, sometimes, they do things that cross the line. You’ve been patient. You’ve tried to talk to them. But, nothing. Alas, it’s time for payback.
  As they say, though, payback is hell. Roommate revenge is in full force (there is even an entire [...]
• Dr. Fish’s Take on ‘The Roommate Hook-up’

  [ January 18, 2010 ]

  I had a 23 year-old client, “Joe,” come in the other day telling me that he was starting to have romantic feelings toward one of his three roommates, “Susie.” Joe wondered what impact it would have on the roommate relationship as well as the impact it could have on the apartment if the two [...]