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Tips for Cooking for One

By Katie McGwin • Published October 17, 2012

One of the biggest obstacles you have to overcome while living off-campus is learning to buy and cook for one.  While it doesn’t seem that difficul...

6 Tips to Avoid Getting Sick in College

By Katie McGwin • Published October 1, 2012

For college students, it isn’t all that hard to get sick.  When you’re sharing a room with at least 1 other person, you’re increasing your exposure...

The Facts About Sleep: What a College Student Should Know

By Katie McGwin • Published September 28, 2012

For most college students, endless nights of paper-writing and studying are not uncommon.  In fact, it’s not at all surprising that a recent poll s...

Balancing Your Life in College

By Katie McGwin • Published September 26, 2012

For college students, finding a balance between academics, work, and life can be difficult.  It isn’t always easy finding time for everything, espe...

8 Ways to De-Stress in College

By Katie McGwin • Published September 17, 2012

College can be overwhelming; it seems like you have a never-ending supply of homework, projects, and exams, and it’s difficult to manage all of tha...

Tips for Improving Landlord-Tenant Relationships

By Katie McGwin • Published September 12, 2012

The landlord-tenant relationship is often one of the most strained.  For landlords, expert Diane St. Laurent explained that this incompatibility of...

Tips for Adjusting to College Life

By Katie McGwin • Published August 30, 2012

For many incoming freshmen, college can seem very scary.  You are suddenly given greater independence, but with that comes a lot of new experiences...

Avoiding the Freshman 15: Eating Healthy In College

By Katie McGwin • Published August 29, 2012

Photo from http://www.kidshealth.org For college students, eating healthy is often far from their minds.  I mean, let’s be honest here:  The fact t...

Tips for Living with a Roommate for the First Time

By Katie McGwin • Published August 28, 2012

If you’re going off to college for the first time and moving into university housing, in most cases you’ll be put into a room with at least one oth...

Tips for Getting Along With Your Neighbors

By Katie McGwin • Published August 20, 2012

For many students, living off-campus comes with a greater sense of independence.  However, with this independence comes greater responsibility, and...

Roommate Sharing 101

By Katie McGwin • Published August 8, 2012

If you’ve never lived with a roommate before, it can be slightly daunting.  It’s strange to think that you’ll be sharing a home with someone whom y...

The REAL Cost of Renting

By Katie McGwin • Published August 7, 2012

If you’re renting for the first time, you should be aware of what utilities you will have to pay, along with your monthly rent payment.  While some...

How to Make Yourself a More Attractive Tenant

By Katie McGwin • Published August 6, 2012

The deadbeat tenant:  perhaps the most-feared in the landlord community.  This person is the tenant who never pays their rent on time, or at all, a...

Finding Furniture For Cheap

By Katie McGwin • Published August 1, 2012

If you’re renting for the first time and your apartment is unfurnished, you may be wondering how on earth you’re going to be able to furnish the en...

Cutting College Housing Costs

By Katie McGwin • Published July 31, 2012

College can be expensive; as we’ve seen in the news recently, there are a lot of students struggling once they leave school to pay back their loans...

Greener Living on a College Budget

By Katie McGwin • Published July 18, 2012

As a college student, while you may want to have a more “green” lifestyle, your ramen-noodle-every-night budget may restrict you from actually livi...

Reducing Home Allergens

By Katie McGwin • Published July 17, 2012

While allergies symptoms can range from mild to severe, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, approximately 60 million America...

Apartment Security

By Katie McGwin • Published July 16, 2012

In our experience, locking the door for college students seems to be a problem sometimes.  We’ve heard many stories when we were in college of stud...

Starter Pantry Essentials Checklist

By Katie McGwin • Published July 12, 2012

When you’re moving off-campus for the school year, there are a lot of things to consider.  If your living in an unfurnished pad, in particular, the...

How to Deal with Roommate Issues

By Katie McGwin • Published July 11, 2012

Let’s be honest here:  You and your roommate(s) are never going to see eye to eye on everything.  Whether it is about doing dishes, who’s buying th...

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