How poor or broke are you? Are broke like me?

July 25, 2010

I know that I am very blessed,i live in a huge undecorated house with ugly used furniture, a pool which I have never been in becuz it has never been properly cleaned and a nice bed I got as a graduation gift to sleep in every night. However, my father does refuse to turn on [...]

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How do I tell my roommate to stop hogging the living room?

June 20, 2010

I am sharing an apartment with a guy who works from home as a sports agent. His job is 24 hours a day and most of it involves watching football and making calls. The problem is, he is always in our shared living room; the furniture we’re using is from the roommate that I replaced, [...]

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Efficiencies versus one-bedroom apartments?

May 29, 2010

I’m an older college student in the DC area. I don’t really want to do the roommate thing, so I’m trying to figure out which is better for someone like me: an efficiency or a one-bedroom. I know the difference between an efficiency and a studio, even though the managment offices around here use the [...]

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How can I increase rent or politely ask tenant to move out…or how do I just live with it?

April 16, 2010

I am renting out a room upstairs to a friend of mine. Actually, she’s someone I know from church, and we’re not close or anything, and I don’t know her that well. When we’re both home we don’t talk to each other at all. So she had approached me and asked if she could live [...]

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Has it become common practice for people to act stupid so they can get their way?

March 9, 2010

I work with an antique dealer a few days per week; all the time, we get people calling, claiming they cannot see a price for an item on our website. I have made it RED and BOLD and it says THIS ITEM IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE. We constantly get calls from people asking how [...]

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What is my fair share of rent?

February 25, 2010

I’ve read many threads suggesting splitting the rent depending on how much square feet of personal space each tenant has, plus their share of common space. My question is should the garage space and den be included in personal space or common space? I have no intention of using either space because he will have [...]

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Does anyone know where to get modern/contemporary furniture at a reasonable price in UK?

February 6, 2010

My roommate and I are trying to find interesting furniture for our apartment. We would like quality but get the furniture at a reasonable price. We’ve been to places like Ikea but we like pieces with more character or history. We also lean toward modern/contemporary pieces. . If you know any websites like this please [...]

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Does anyone know where to get modern/contemporary furniture at a reasonable price?

November 24, 2009

My roommate and I are trying to find interesting furniture for our apartment. We would like quality but get the furniture at a reasonable price. We’ve been to places like Ikea but we like pieces with more character or history. We also lean toward modern/contemporary pieces. We really like the furniture at Eurway.com. If you [...]

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