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Let’s face it - times are still tough out there. And, you’re probably locked into a lease, at least for a few months, if not more. Here are some easy and not-so-easy ways to lower your rent.

Negotiate. Believe it or not, it’s tough for landlords, too. Landlords would rather have you pay a [...]

Your BFF and roomie is jetting off to Europe for the semester so you’re going to have to share your apartment with a complete stranger. Your current roommate may be more interested in covering her share of the rent than making sure that you are safe and have a good roommate.
While this could be the [...]

Your roommate knows your parents - well, actually. Whenever your parents come to town, you all go to dinner and hang out. In fact, your roommate has gone home with you a few times over school breaks. But, if something happened to you, could your roommate reach your parents? Your employer? Your [...]

It seems that odd roommate antics put the situation in sitcoms. Let’s see how your memory holds up with our WilliamPaid TV Roommate Trivia Quiz.
1. Who was Peter Scolari’s cross-dressing roommate on Bosom Buddies?
a. Tom Cruise
b. Tom Hanks
c. Paul Newman
d. John Candy
2. The building seen as the apartment building on [...]

Your roommate is always bringing home the latest fashion trends, vacationing in the coolest tropical locales and generally has $20 bills falling out of her wallet. You, on the other hand, paid for your lunch out of your spare change jar, spend breaks at home and generally scrimp to get by. (Or, maybe [...]

Do you have one friend that always has the coolest apartment? Or, maybe it’s a roommate that consistently does that ’something special’ to her room that makes it so much cooler than yours? It often has nothing to do with how much the rent is (though that can be a factor when playing [...]

Apartment hunting is much like training for the Olympics. It takes many hours of hard work and dedication to reach your goal. Instead of a medal, though, here the prize is a reasonably-priced, clean apartment in a decent neighborhood.
For athletes, though, the Olympics comes only every four years. Apartment shopping, unfortunately, [...]

As part of our monthly sweepstakes, we offer additional entries for those of you who answer our Question of the Day. Sometimes the QOD (as we lovingly refer to it) relates to our website, sometimes it asks a question about credit and, other times, we ask you a survey question. Regardless of the [...]

Are all of your roommates talking about you behind your back? Take our quiz and find out exactly how wonderful of a roommate you really are.
1. When it comes to sharing, your philosophy is:
a. Share and Share Alike
b. Separation of Church and State
c. What’s Mine is Mine and What’s Yours [...]

At some point in most adult relationships that last longer than six months, someone raises the question - why don’t we move in together? After all, let me guess, you spend nearly every night together anyway, right?
There is no single “right” answer for every couple - or even each person in a [...]