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To Roommate Or Not To Roommate
Making the Decision Do you want or need to live with a roommate? What are the pros and cons of having a roommate? What should you consider when looking for a roommate? And what issues should... (read more)

Making Room for Two How to Adjust to Life with a Roommate
Because downsizing is a fact of life these days, many renters and homeowners can, at a moment's notice, find themselves unable to pay the rent or the mortgage... (read more)

Signing a Roommate Pre nup
You're just graduating from college. You and your new roommate are moving into your first off-campus apartment. Now you can just kick back, relax, and enjoy the real world... (read more)

Finding The Right Roommate
The Search Finally ready to move out of your parents' basement? Tried living alone and didn't like it? Need to share so you can save a little bread? You're not alone: By some estimates, 30 million... (read more)

College Roommate Personality Clashes: How to Survive
Are you living with your total opposite? It? amazing how different two people sharing the same (tiny) room can be... (read more)

College Roommates: Threes A Crowd
It? hard enough sharing a dorm room the size of a postage stamp with one person, but what happens when your roommate consistently invites friends and dates to hang out too? Even if you all get along, it can get old fast... (read more)

Do You Know How Safe Your Roommate Is?
Landlord - Tenant Common Sense When choosing the perfect roommate, whether you are the tenant or the landlord, a little common sense and due diligence should be a pre-requisite before... (read more)

I Hate My Roommate!
So its the beginning of the school year, your first day of class is over, and you just want to sit down and relax for a moment because you know that the rest of the semester won't be as easy as Day 1. You're alone in the room. Quiet... (read more)

Hidden College Costs: Roommate Conflict
Parents, if you?e already reeling from the costs of today? college education, take a deep breath. According to one expert, if your kids lack conflict resolution skills, it could end up costing you even more... (read more)

Real Story a Hobo Friend For My Roommate
Although this story is coming from the perspective of a crazy roomate, it is something I still regret to this day. It all started when I moved in with my best friend at college... (read more)

How To Choose The Right Roommates
Imagine the following scenario. You've just arrived home to find your answering machine full of messages from people responding to your advertisement, who just like you, are looking for roommates... (read more)

How To Find The Perfect Roommates
If you have looked high and low, left and right and even peaked around the corner and are starting to think that finding your perfect roommates is just not possible, think again... (read more)

Self-Injury on College Campuses
Self injury is intentionally causing self-inflicted physical pain in order to cope with overwhelming feelings, traumatic events, or severe emotional pain... (read more)

Simplicity with Your Home Wall Decor
I can still picture my roommate as she lay stretched out on the floor, rummaging through a pile of Martha Stewart magazines. It was our mutual friend? birthday and we preferred to deliver our own personalized birthday gifts... (read more)

Christian Roommates - Finding Good Company
In 1 Corinthians 15:33, Paul wrote:? o not be misled: Bad company corrupts good character.?This statement should be your guiding light when selecting your next roommates... (read more)

College Study Tips: Work Smarter, Not Harder
Here are some benefits to studying for your college classes the right way: more leisure time, less stress, less pressure from your parents, less debt, better grades, and better career opportunities... (read more)

8 Tips for Renting the Right Apartment
So, you're looking for an apartment to rent or share with a roommate... (read more)

Do Best Friends Make the Best College Roommates?
Do best friends make the best college roommates? Not always! It? amazing how the quirky things you used to like about your best friend can begin to drive you crazy when you?e around it 24/7... (read more)

Make Your Life Easier
'Have you read the Art of War?' someone asked me once. Fighting someone to get your way is definitely a valid strategy... (read more)

The Art of Possibility
?onsult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilledpotential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what is still possible for you to do... (read more)

College Freshman: How to Get Over Homesickness
Whether you?e a freshman or a senior, studying abroad or going to college in your hometown? it? natural to have a period of adjustment when you leave home... (read more)

Make Your Life Easier?
'Have you read the Art of War?' someone asked me once. Fighting someone to get your way is definitely a valid strategy... (read more)

Writing Business Newsletters Avoid the Me Me Me Mistake
Effective customer newsletters find the right mix of promotional and ‘real’ content to maximize readership... (read more)

Remember The Titans --Let Them Never Forget...
In the popular movie, "Remember the Titans" most of us most likely can recall our favorite scene. Do you remember this one?The first challenge of the coach was to get the community to break up the racial divide and pull together... (read more)

Name That Tune
Direct Answers - Column for the week of July 26, 2004I have been married to a wonderfully grounded woman for nine years, and we have two young children. The problem? My mother-in-law lives from crisis to crisis... (read more)