If you live in a place like New York where the rent is exorbitant, the easiest way to lower your monthly rent is to get a roommate or two.  Even in places with affordable rent, the temptation to get even lower rent by sharing your space with someone else is quite attractive.
Although the idea of roommates worked amazingly well in college and probably the first few years after college when you were still interested in constant companionship, I want to address the issue of an age where roommates are no longer the best option.  As we grow older and move …read more

“Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.”
Bill Cosby
I’m seeing more and more families trading up so that adult children can remain at home while they save. Times certainly have changed. My first apartment cost me a grand total of $135.00 a month and that included everything. These days, where I live, it’s pushing a thousand easily. Unless kids share accomodation, they don’t stand a chance.
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