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Three years ago I made the website bit after a moving day fit of rage. See, back then I was driving a truck, so to everyone ever that meant I was running a shipping company. Not organized? Don't worry about it, nobody ever is. We've got all the info you need to do your first place right.

Can I move out at 16?

While technically speaking its possible through a legal process known as, “emancipation” you’re going to have a really difficult time finding a landlord willing to take a risk on a sixteen year old tenant. Pretty much what you’re left with is living in a motel or couch surfing. Even if you’ve got a buddy who’s [...]

Can I move out at 15?

While technically its possible through a legal process known as, “emancipation” there’s no landlord that is going to rent to you, so if you do manage to get your parents to sign all the necessary legal documents you’d still have like no options. At that point your only real hope is to find a friend [...]

Apartment Hunting Tips: Look Offline

Guess what? The Internet doesn’t work well for every business. Not every landlord has enough experience with computers nor the Internet to make that form of advertising work for them. You can find a lot of great deals online, but if you don’t look anywhere else you may not be getting an accurate picture of [...]

First Apartment Essentials

One of the biggest complaints I have received is that I made the process way too daunting. I always thought it was assumed that the checklists were more of a suggestion than a requirement, but that’s totally fine I can see how people would come to that conclusion. So I have done a round up [...]

Apartment Hunting Tips: Right Questions

When you go into any sort of high pressure situation whether it be an interview or seeing the place you plan on living for awhile come prepared. If you figure you’ll just show up and wing it you’ll almost certainly forget to ask what’s important. Don’t worry, I got your back. Here are a few [...]

Apartment Types: House

What most people don’t know about renting a house is you’ve got access to every room on the property unless it’s explicitly stated you do not. If the landlord has a lock on a portion on a room, and that’s no where mentioned in the lease it’s technically illegal. You can actually come after them [...]

Apartment Types: Low-rise

A low-rise is a building which is only a few stories tall. They typically offer amenities similar to a high-rise with greatly reduced prices, but remember all most all rent asking prices are negotiable and you should haggle it down. If you go into a pawn or thrift shop their prices are suggestions. Think an [...]

Apartment Types: Polish Flat

Immigrants from Poland would come to America and buy a house as quick as possible. Which mind you wasn’t an easy task because there was quite a bit of discrimination back in the day. Once upon a time Poland was a very mixed country, and the western-Europeans who settled America thought of them as sub-humans. [...]