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Helping the Community of “Live-in Landlords”

January 17, 2012
PUSH FOR HELP

During the roommate search, most of us have used Craigslist to advertise our spare room.  However, one of the major downsides of using Craigslist is the e-mails we receive from scammers. Although, the majority of us have been smart enough to look past these phony e-mails and avoid being scammed, there have been some inexperienced [...]

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Dealing with Discouragement

November 16, 2011
Stained glass window of birds nesting there ...

I received an e-mail this week from a reader feeling discouraged from the lack of responses to his roommate advertisement.  His initial e-mail didn’t state how long his advertisements were online for, but after following up, his advertisements were “live” for about a week and half.  Now, a week and half isn’t a terrible long [...]

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