Download or read book How to Pick the Perfect Roommate written by Michele Hall and published by What Works Media. This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want Better Roommates? Have you ever been saddled with the roommate from hell? Does it seem that every time you advertise for a roommate only the worst candidates show interest in your place? How about an almost foolproof way to make sure your next roommate is well...perfect for you! This straightforward and comprehensive step-by-step guide will open your eyes to issues you have probably never considered before in shared accommodation. Use the tools that professional recruiters use to ensure you get the perfect roommate every time! Whether you are heading off to college, looking for a place to lick your wounds after a divorce or are considering an alternative to senior's accommodations, this little book will guide you every step of the way. Shared living has never been easier with The Ultimate Roommate Guide Book Series.
Download or read book Should I Get a Roommate written by Joseph Garcia and published by Joseph Garcia. This book was released on with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roommates, roommates, roommates! We’ve all heard the horror stories of living with complete psychos but we have also heard beautiful stories of people who became lifelong friends because they were roommates first. This leaves us a bit confused about what to do. Do we risk it in the pursuit of an amazing relationship and hopefully a great living situation? Or do we play it safe and stick it out on our own? And how do we even know if we are cut out for having a roommate or even cut out for living independently? If these are the kinds of thoughts that are going through your head, then you are not alone. I am here to report that your fears and concerns are completely valid. You see, I have lived out both the horror stories and the amazing success of having a roommate. Rather than let you live through it as well, I have written this book as a guide through this whole process. I have highlighted the things that you should be thinking about before you get a roommate and how to have a fruitful relationship once you do have one. But this book isn’t going to be just one-sided, some people are better off living on their own but they just don’t know it yet. As you finish this book, you will know what the best decision is for you and how to get the most out of that situation. The goal is for you to have a wonderful living situation that allows you to both thrive and enjoy coming home at the end of the day. So, if you're ready to discover if you are cut out for having a roommate then add this book to your cart and find out today.
Download or read book How to Choose a Roommate written by Andrew Mote and published by Page Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2022-05-04 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written for the sole purpose of helping others avoid the many pitfalls of choosing a roommate. Our intent and feelings are generally good when we decide to take on a roommate. All the variances of why we are making this decision differ from one person to the next. It could help you financially, or just as well help a friend, acquaintance, or family member in need. There are more of us than you realize that needs a constant companion, and does not like to be alone. For most of files decisions, there is usually a price to pay. Some prices are great and works out for you, and some not so much. The not so much are the ones we tremendously pay for, and that's where my book comes in. There are so many ways to help others. Giving money, clothing, volunteering, donating food, visiting hospitals, and the list goes on. My way is to give strong advice on what and what not to do in life and the decisions we make. Put into focus that your current roommate just packed up and left, said, "I am moving back home." You're stuck in a twelve-month lease with eight months remaining. One job, school supplies, car, and insurance payments, groceries, utilities, and now the full amount of rent is on you. You ask around, no luck. You post sticky notes on the college boards as well as placing ads online. Then bingo, you get a response. They said they have a full-time job, are clean, father is a police officer, mom is a school teacher, and you say, "Great, my problem is solved." They give you the first month's rent and move in. You are quiet, an introvert, reserved, respectable, and tidy. The next month, the place starts to build up trash inside, more traffic in and out of the residence, personal items start missing, more and more loud music, you come home and someone is laying in your bed. You have a talk with your roommate about all the issues at hand, but they have a right to do as they please because it's fifty-fifty, so what do you do? It's unfortunate, but some are now deceased from not taking the wise first step and just went with the "I-need-it-now" mentality. There are certain things in life that are just unavoidable, but taking a step in the right direction from the start would be smart and wise.
Download or read book The Perfect Roommate written by Minka Kent and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "She's my roommate. I know how she takes her tea, how she organizes her closet. I know when she goes to bed each night, what she eats for breakfast, the passcode on her phone. I know she calls her mother on Mondays, takes barre on Thursdays, and meets her friends for drinks on Fridays. But more important than any of that ... I know what she did."--Publisher's description.
Download or read book The Perfect Roommate written by Minka Kent and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I know how she takes her tea, how she organizes her closet. I know when she goes to bed each night, what she eats for breakfast, the passcode on her phone. I know she calls her mother on Mondays, takes barre on Thursdays, and meets her friends for drinks on Fridays. But more important than any of that ... I know what she did."--Back cover
Download or read book The Perfect Roommate in 13 Run Ins Life is a Story story one written by Fausia Berlini and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-03 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roommates. A word that sparks excitement, and maybe a little fear, in the hearts of students, young professionals and certainly expats. Moving to Vienna when you are in between that stage of being a young professional and an established money-making expert, a question inevitably arises: How many roommates does it take to live with before finally being able to comfortably get a place on your own? One you want to flaunt to your surroundings and can feel proud of yourself in. And by get I mean rent, although buy could certainly apply as well. When I came to pristine Vienna in 2018, I came with full enthusiasm and with a range of roommie-experiences, or, wg-life and was unprepared for this city I have come to love. I quickly tumbled into a world of international expats, the UN-bubble, friends who became like family, cooking teachers and for the first time, scammers who did not want to pay for their own living.
Download or read book How to Be a Good College Roommate written by Rodger Holst and published by Cider Mill Press. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of helpful advice from individuals entrenched in campus life, from Registered Nurses and dorm mothers to students just like you, this pocket-sized handbook is a must-have for those entering their first year of college. Getting ready to go off to college? Not sure what it will be like to live with a complete stranger? How to Be a Good College Roommate is here to help. Full of sage advice from individuals entrenched in campus life, from Registered Nurses and dorm mothers to students just like you, this pocket-sized handbook is a must-have for anyone entering their first year of college. Thanks to nuggets of wisdom dealing with everything from cleaning habits to fridge etiquette, How to Be a Good College Roommate will allow you and your roommate to live in perfect harmony.
Download or read book The Naked Roommate written by Harlan Cohen and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 10 years (and counting), The Naked Roommate has been the #1 go-to guide for your very best college experience! From sharing a bathroom with 40 strangers to sharing lecture notes, The Naked Roommate is your behind-the-scenes look at EVERYTHING you need to know about college (but never knew you needed to know). This essential, fully updated edition is packed with real-life advice on everything from making friends to managing stress. Hilarious, outrageous, and telling stories from students on over 100 college campuses cover the basics, and then some, including topics on College Living •Dorm dos, don'ts, and dramas •Lying, noisy, nasty roommates Finding People, Places, & Patience •Social network dos and don'ts •Friend today, gone tomorrow Classes •To go or not to go? •How to get an A, C, or F Dating •17 kinds of college hookups •Long distance = BIG concerns The Party Scene •The punch in the "fruit punch" •Sex, drugs, and safety first Money •Grants, loans, and loose change •Credit cards and campus jobs In college, there's a surprise around every corner. Luckily, The Naked Roommate has you covered!
Download or read book The Roommate written by Rosie Danan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Warmly funny and gorgeously sexy."—New York Times Book Review A LibraryReads Pick House Rules: Do your own dishes Knock before entering the bathroom Never look up your roommate online The Wheatons are infamous among the east coast elite for their lack of impulse control, except for their daughter Clara. She’s the consummate socialite: over-achieving, well-mannered, predictable. But every Wheaton has their weakness. When Clara’s childhood crush invites her to move cross-country, the offer is too tempting to resist. Unfortunately, it’s also too good to be true. After a bait-and-switch, Clara finds herself sharing a lease with a charming stranger. Josh might be a bit too perceptive—not to mention handsome—for comfort, but there’s a good chance he and Clara could have survived sharing a summer sublet if she hadn’t looked him up on the Internet... Once she learns how Josh has made a name for himself, Clara realizes living with him might make her the Wheaton’s most scandalous story yet. His professional prowess inspires her to take tackling the stigma against female desire into her own hands. They may not agree on much, but Josh and Clara both believe women deserve better sex. What they decide to do about it will change both of their lives, and if they’re lucky, they’ll help everyone else get lucky too.
Download or read book Tales from the Dew Drop Inne written by Kenneth Weene and published by . This book was released on 2012-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tales from the Dew Drop Inne" reads like a darkly humorous sitcom. The tone is both heartfelt and deliciously irreverent, showing that one does not need to hate humanity to appreciate the humor of life. Here are tales of drifters, alcoholics, religious renegades, veterans, and drag queens set in pub that is at once a confessional, a circus, and a psychiatric hospital. --Marina Julia Neary, author of "Martyrs & Traitors: a Tale of 1916"
Download or read book Room for Love written by Andrea Meyer and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Room for Love by Andrea Meyer, Jacquie Stuart has just turned thirty-two and she wants to do a major rewrite on her life. Her salary at a snarky film magazine barely covers her mortgage, her bratty sister has staked permanent claim to her couch, her best friend is in an obscenely happy marriage, and the only guy who really gets her is gay. Worst of all, she keeps falling for broke, self-involved commitment-phobes. Needing moonlighting money, Jacquie gets the idea of investigating a new dating trend—looking for Mr. Right in the "Roommate Wanted" ads. After a bunch of colorful near-misses that bring her into the slums of the East Village, the brownstones of Brooklyn, and the dingier digs of the Upper East Side, Jacquie thinks she's finally found the man she's been looking for and stuns her friends by moving out of her beloved apartment—and into his. Complications ensue when her live-in love reveals some alarming imperfections, the irresistible artist who dumped her wants her back... and what is up with the mystery man living in the charming one-bedroom she left behind? Jacquie has been looking for love in other people's homes all over town, but could the key to her happiness lie right under her very own roof?
Download or read book My Virtually Perfect Roommate written by Nicky Lowney and published by . This book was released on 2023-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amanda is an upbeat professional from California preparing to start a new job in Boston. With the guidance of a well-meaning real estate agent (Shirley), she encounters hilarious surprises as she seeks the perfect roommate... virtually. The cast of potential roomies includes a pet enthusiast, a theater afficionado, a shady mobster, and a house full of rowdy gamers. Will Amanda ever find the perfect roommate? Will she learn how to pronounce the names of Massachusetts towns? Will Shirley ever master the mute button? Making comical use (and misuse!) of video conferencing features, this 12-scene virtual play can be pre-recorded or performed live for audiences of all ages.
Download or read book Sharing Housing written by Annamarie Pluhar and published by . This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding the right housemate can feel like a gamble and incredibly risky. Annamarie Pluhar's book, Sharing Housing, reduces the risk by guiding the reader with a practical process, insights and tips. This book takes the reader from the initial idea, "Maybe I should have a housemate" to actually living with one. The author draws on her twenty-plus years of experience in living with "former strangers," to present a clear process that will enable the reader to find the right housemate. Within the pages the reader will find: how to eliminate inappropriate people quickly and safely; how to write an ad; how to negotiate the details of living together; and what kind of background checks and references are helpful. The book continues with chapters on actually living together what to expect and how to manage. It's an easy-to-follow readable guide with stories and interviews. Worksheets for each step are included. The book contains a special chapter for single parents considering sharing housing. This book is an essential for anyone looking to have a housemate -from temporary short-term housing to long-term committed intentional communities.
Download or read book The American Roommate Experiment written by Elena Armas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Cosmopolitan, Goodreads, PopSugar, and more! From the author of the Goodreads Choice Award winner The Spanish Love Deception, the eagerly anticipated follow-up featuring Rosie Graham and Lucas Martín, who are forced to share a New York apartment. Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn’t told her family and now has terrible writer’s block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina’s spare key while she’s out of town. But Rosie doesn’t know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking—for lack of a better word—on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Oh, and he cooks. Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. And then he proposes an outrageous experiment to bring back her literary muse and meet her deadline: He’ll take her on a series of experimental dates meant to jump-start her romantic inspiration. Rosie has nothing to lose. Her silly, online crush is totally under control—but Lucas’s time in New York has an expiration date, and six weeks may not be enough, for either her or her deadline.
Download or read book Roommate written by Sarina Bowen and published by Tuxbury Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wanted: One roommate to share a 3-bedroom house, split the rent, and ideally not be the guy I can’t stop thinking about. I’m a man with too many secrets, so the last thing I need is a new roommate with a sexy smile and blue eyes that see right through me. Eight years ago, Roderick left town after high school. We’re not friends. I owe him nothing. But back then, I let one of my secrets slip, and he’s the only one who noticed. Part of me knows I should run far, far away. But the other part wants him to come upstairs and spend the night. But if I let him in, I could lose everything. Seeking: a room to rent in town. I’m tidy, have no pets, and I will feed you homemade bread. I should probably add: Gay AF, and has no filter. It’s no wonder my new landlord is so wary of me. A smarter man would ignore those hot glances from Kieran Shipley. The broody lumberjack wants more from me than another homemade pretzel, but if I push my luck, I’ll end up back on the street. Too bad I’ve never been smart with my heart… Passionate, sexy, and emotional, Roommate brings all the feels and all the delicious heat! Lauren Blakely, #1 NYT Bestselling Author of One Time Only You'll want to curl up with this page turner all night long! New York Times bestselling author Kendall Ryan ********** For fans of: Annabeth Albert, Trina Solet, Jay Bell, J.M. Snyder, Devon Cross, T.J. Lorenzo, Eden Finley, L.A. Witt, Alexis Hall, Garrett Leigh, Eli Easton, Elle Kennedy, Casey McQuiston. ********** Keywords: roommates to lovers, Vermont, baker, rancher, mm romance, m/m romance, gay romance, MM romance, male male romance, lgbtq romance, queer romance, childhood enemies to lovers, small town romance.
Download or read book The Roommate Book written by Becky Murphy Simpson and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roommate Book is all about celebrating this short season of life. It’s the time between parental curfews and settling down with a significant other. It is for the single and proud, silly and crafty, witty and thrifty. It’s a non-serious look at how to live with a friend (or total stranger). Nuggets of wisdom are included, but so are comical pie charts, hypotheticals, illustrations, and brief essays. This book invites passersby to thumb through and stay a while. Meet your roommate: The Random, The BFF, The Bra-less & Lawless, The "I've never actually seen my roommate," The "We get along but we're not really friends," The Enemy, The Frenemy, The Platonic Opposite Sex, or The Faux Partner. Use the "Should I Live with This Person" flow chart to help you choose. This fun and functional book also includes: The "Should I eat this without asking?" flow chart, the top 10 reasons it's awesome to have a roommate, the pet peeve awareness illustrated guide, the Eisenhower matrix for chores (important, urgent, not important, not urgent), the guide to creating nicknames, party and prank ideas, and so much more!
Download or read book Living on Campus written by Carla Yanni and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the architecture of dormitories that exposes deeply held American beliefs about education, youth, and citizenship Every fall on move-in day, parents tearfully bid farewell to their beloved sons and daughters at college dormitories: it is an age-old ritual. The residence hall has come to mark the threshold between childhood and adulthood, housing young people during a transformational time in their lives. Whether a Gothic stone pile, a quaint Colonial box, or a concrete slab, the dormitory is decidedly unhomelike, yet it takes center stage in the dramatic arc of many American families. This richly illustrated book examines the architecture of dormitories in the United States from the eighteenth century to 1968, asking fundamental questions: Why have American educators believed for so long that housing students is essential to educating them? And how has architecture validated that idea? Living on Campus is the first architectural history of this critical building type. Grounded in extensive archival research, Carla Yanni’s study highlights the opinions of architects, professors, and deans, and also includes the voices of students. For centuries, academic leaders in the United States asserted that on-campus living enhanced the moral character of youth; that somewhat dubious claim nonetheless influenced the design and planning of these ubiquitous yet often overlooked campus buildings. Through nuanced architectural analysis and detailed social history, Yanni offers unexpected glimpses into the past: double-loaded corridors (which made surveillance easy but echoed with noise), staircase plans (which prevented roughhousing but offered no communal space), lavish lounges in women’s halls (intended to civilize male visitors), specially designed upholstered benches for courting couples, mixed-gender saunas for students in the radical 1960s, and lazy rivers for the twenty-first century’s stressed-out undergraduates. Against the backdrop of sweeping societal changes, communal living endured because it bolstered networking, if not studying. Housing policies often enabled discrimination according to class, race, and gender, despite the fact that deans envisioned the residence hall as a democratic alternative to the elitist fraternity. Yanni focuses on the dormitory as a place of exclusion as much as a site of fellowship, and considers the uncertain future of residence halls in the age of distance learning.
