roommates

If you've been looking for an easy way to collect money from a group of people and use it for shared living expenses, a common charity cause, help out a sick friend, cover the costs of a bachelor party or to run a team or fraternity, you need to check out WePay. WePay is a service that helps you...

You've just moved into your sweet new house a half-mile from campus, free from nagging RAs, lackluster dining hall food and Draconian quiet hours that cramp your music-blasting study methods. It's the end of summer and you happen to be the first person to move in, so you call up the cable...

It reportedly is a growing trend: people desperately trying to increase income to stave off foreclosure by renting out one or more rooms in their own homes. In a telephone interview with WalletPop, Sharleen Kilgore, of California-based Project Sentinel, a non-profit agency that offers free housing...

If you've lived with someone else for any period of time, you know what a pain it can be to track who still owes their part of the cable bill, what's left on rent and who has or hasn't paid for groceries in three weeks. I've seen Excel sheets, whiteboards, bulletin boards and yes, even a chalkboard...

Imagine you're a teenage boy whose parents are helping you move into your freshman dorm. Ooh, the excitement of starting college! You and Dad are hauling some cartons in, when suddenly you stumble across Mom having some kind of orgasmic têtê-à-têtê with your dorky new...

Hard times and tightening budgets are moving many to downsize their home life, an endeavor which may include adding a roommate to help share expenses and cut housing costs. USA Today reports that many homeowners and even apartment renters are seeking housemates to help cover their shelter...

Update May 2009: A recent study in the U.K. found that, thanks to the recession, 5 million English homeowners have considered becoming 'reluctant landlords' by renting out rooms. When my friend Michael, an inveterate couch surfer, turned up on my doorstep a few years ago, my boyfriend had just...

This post is part of a series about real-life signs we're in a recession. Does the thought of moving to a new city after graduation, as the economy heads towards a recession, frighten you? If so, you may want to do what some whippersnappers are doing: move in with grandma and grandpa in order to...