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<title><![CDATA[Test drive the brand new blog at blog.collegerentals.com]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:01:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Test drive the brand new blog at  blog.collegerentals.com.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Avoiding Laundry]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:39:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  Being a college student liberates you from plenty of &ldquo;jails&rdquo; you&rsquo;ve spent your time in over the years. But one of the few things that will keep you behind bars is laundry. You can&rsquo;t ignore it and you can&rsquo;t hide from it. Well, you can&hellip;but it will only grow into a monster you won&rsquo;t be able to battle alone. Luckily, there are ways to avoid a few extra days ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Laundry: After You Wash It]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:25:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  You&rsquo;ve got laundry room etiquette down pat. You know how much you can fit in the washer and how long it takes your clothes to dry. You even have the washer and dryer timed so perfectly that you can go back to your student apartment or down the street to get a burger and walk back into the laundromat the moment the machine shuts off. And now that you&rsquo;ve mastered everything through drying, ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Student Apartment Living: Avoiding the Freshman 15]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/120/Student_Apartment_Living_Avoiding_the_Freshman_15/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:23:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  During college you&rsquo;re going to gain knowledge, life experience, skills, and if you&rsquo;re not careful, an extra 15 or 20 pounds&hellip;in your first year alone! But before you give up and let Pudgy the Pig rule your college years and ultimately the rest of your life, try out these tips for keeping on your slim side. <br/> <br/> <br/>      Get a pedometer.  Using a pedometer will help you ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Living the Greek Life Versus Living in a Student Apartment]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/119/Living_the_Greek_Life_Versus_Living_in_a_Student_Apartment/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:20:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  If you&rsquo;ve ever set foot on campus during Rush Week, then you already know what a frenzy it is. Everyone and their dog is trying to get into a fraternity or sorority. And if you&rsquo;re considering making the switch, keep a few things in mind. <br/> <br/> <br/>     If your sorority or fraternity has a house, you may be expected to live there. Not all fraternities and sororities have a house. ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Thieving Roommate: Keeping Your Stuff Safe]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/118/The_Thieving_Roommate_Keeping_Your_Stuff_Safe/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:15:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  Nightmare roommates are few and far between, despite what you may have heard to the contrary. You may get a roommate who bugs you, stinks, or otherwise raises your blood pressure&mdash;go ahead, check it for free once a week at the local grocery store&mdash;but a roommate who truly makes your skin crawl and then slough off is not common. A conniving, thieving little monkey of a roommate, though, ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Surviving the Small Apartment]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/117/Surviving_the_Small_Apartment/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:18:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>         <br/> <br/> Normal <br/> 0 <br/> <br/> <br/> false <br/> false <br/> false <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <br/> <br/>    <br/> <br/> <br/>     <br/> <br/>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }<br/> <br/>  <br/>    You&rsquo;re living in a tiny student apartment with three roommates and frankly, we know what&rsquo;s going on&mdash;you&rsquo;re ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Your Child in College: Be Prepared but Don't Hover]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/116/Your_Child_in_College_Be_Prepared_but_Dont_Hover/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:16:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  When your kid goes off to college, there are plenty of Dos and even more Don&rsquo;ts. Showing up uninvited, calling eight times every day and sending Nana to watch over them and to live with them in their student apartment are definite No-Nos. But while your kids may give you their own list of what it means &ldquo;to hover&rdquo; and insist that your obsession with their safety and comfort are ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Long-Distance Parenting: Handling Problems]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/115/Long-Distance_Parenting_Handling_Problems/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:13:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  With your child away at college, you&rsquo;re happy to have the house to yourself but you&rsquo;re probably still getting used to the fact that the once incredibly short leash you had on your child (even if you let them think it was long and lax) has now 50 times the length it once had. Don&rsquo;t worry&mdash;even though your growing genius isn&rsquo;t at home getting the parenting you want to ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Long-Distance Parenting: Keeping in Touch]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/114/Long-Distance_Parenting_Keeping_in_Touch/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:10:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  It&rsquo;s the proudest/saddest/most liberating day of your life&mdash;the day your child is off to college. And whether it&rsquo;s their first year or they&rsquo;re headed back after a summer at home, you&rsquo;ll be hard-pressed to keep in touch without complaints&mdash;&ldquo;Mom, stop smothering me!&rdquo; &ldquo;Dad, why don&rsquo;t you ever call me?&rdquo; Keep these tips close at hand and ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Filling Your Student Apartment on Less Than $100]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:08:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  So you&rsquo;re moving into a student apartment off campus. You think you&rsquo;re the man (or the woman) because you&rsquo;ve got your own place and will never have to listen to RAs ever again. Okay, chief, you&rsquo;ve got the apartment. Now what are you going to fill it with? Whoops! Didn&rsquo;t think about that part, did you? No worries. Here are some tips to help you put together a student ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Living with Roommates: What You Can Do to Get Along with Your Roommate]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/112/Living_with_Roommates_What_You_Can_Do_to_Get_Along_with_Your_Roommate/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:50:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  You&rsquo;ve probably read a thousand roommate horror stories or experienced one yourself. You may have even been the terrible roommate that everyone warned you about before you went off to college. And even if you&rsquo;re ready to write a Roommate&rsquo;s Bill of Rights and you have a strict contract for your new roommate to follow, there are plenty of little ways you can change your own behavior ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Laundry Room Etiquette: Keeping Good Neighbors and Your Clothes]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/111/Laundry_Room_Etiquette_Keeping_Good_Neighbors_and_Your_Clothes/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:46:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  So you thought doing laundry at your mom and dad&rsquo;s house was annoying? Try doing your laundry in a shared laundry facility at a student apartment complex. One hundred students and five machines can wreak ten times more havoc than ending up with your sister&rsquo;s underpants clinging to the folds of your favorite dress shirt. So how can you simmer down and relieve the stress of missing quarters, ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Living with Roommates: Decorating the Common Space]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/110/Living_with_Roommates_Decorating_the_Common_Space/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:44:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  All apartments have a common area and unless you end up with three other people who live in their rooms 24/7, the issue of common spaces and decorating is going to come up at some point. Since your tastes may and probably will vary from your roommate&rsquo;s, there are several things to consider. <br/> <br/>&bull;	Photos of family, friends, etc. Unless both of you will be permitted to showcase photos ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Surviving College: Encounters with Naked, Drunk and High]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/109/Surviving_College_Encounters_with_Naked_Drunk_and_High/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:33:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  Regardless of whether you live on campus or in a student apartment off campus, you&rsquo;re bound to run into the roommate of your nightmares. Even rooming with your best pal from high school will teach you a few things you never knew and certainly didn&rsquo;t need to know about him or her. So what can you do to get through without having a nervous breakdown or picking up your roommates&rsquo; ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Surviving College: How to Deal with Depression]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/108/Surviving_College_How_to_Deal_with_Depression/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:48:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  While college life comes with a lot of excellent bonuses&mdash;hotties around every corner, freedom from your parents and parties every Friday&mdash;it also comes with stress that can ultimately, for many students, lead to depression. Varying levels of depression and stress have come to be a norm in college&mdash;MTV-U reports that more than 85% of students feel stressed and more than 42% feel depressed, ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Living with Roommates: Building a Lasting Friendship]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/107/Living_with_Roommates_Building_a_Lasting_Friendship/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:45:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  You already know how to find a roommate and how to split up the chores and the bills. But living in a student apartment with roommates during college doesn&rsquo;t have to be all work, practicalities and seriousness. Building a fun and carefree relationship with your roommates is just as important, if not more so, than everything else you do while in college. So why should you build a good relationship ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Living With Roommates: Who Gets the Big Room?]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/106/Living_With_Roommates_Who_Gets_the_Big_Room/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:35:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  When you were younger you hated your brothers and sisters because you always had to fight over who got the big room, the new room or the better half of the room. Now that you&rsquo;re in college and living in a student apartment, your reality isn&rsquo;t much better. Most apartments, whether it&rsquo;s big or small, will have one room that is larger than the rest. And that means you&rsquo;ll have ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Writing an Ad for a Roommate]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/105/Writing_an_Ad_for_a_Roommate/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:30:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  You&rsquo;re finally out of that sardine can they call a dorm room and now you&rsquo;re in need of a roommate to help cover the expenses of living in a student apartment as far away from campus as humanly possible&mdash;without needing a car, a bike or having to ride the bus, of course. You&rsquo;re writing the ad you&rsquo;ll post up all over campus, at the local grocery store and at work. But ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Locks and Alarms for Your Student Apartment]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/104/Locks_and_Alarms_for_Your_Student_Apartment/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:27:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Y ou&rsquo;ve got the baseball bat under your bed and the bb-gun in the closet to protect you. You don&rsquo;t need anything else. Right? It&rsquo;s good to know how to protect yourself once an intruder is in the house, but it&rsquo;s even better to keep the intruders out. Here are a few ways to protect your student apartment and keep yourself and your roommates safe throughout your college career. ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[When to Find a Roommate]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/103/When_to_Find_a_Roommate/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:24:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  Whether you&rsquo;re sick of living in the dorms on campus or you got wait-listed (it happens but don&rsquo;t fret), you&rsquo;ll most likely be searching for the perfect roommate to go with your perfect new digs. You probably already know that there are a thousand different places you can look for and find the perfect roomie, but you probably don&rsquo;t know or didn&rsquo;t think about the fact ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Schedule Conflicts: When Living With a Roommate Spells Disaster]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/102/Schedule_Conflicts_When_Living_With_a_Roommate_Spells_Disaster/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:18:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  Savvy advice from articles all over the internet may tell you how to find the perfect roommate by indicating age, gender, whether or not they have pets and a variety of other criteria. But few articles will tell you how to pinpoint potential schedule conflicts prior to moving in with a roommate. But why should a difference in schedules affect your ability to live together? And what signs should ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Roommates: Male or Female?]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/101/Roommates_Male_or_Female/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:14:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  You moved into your new student apartment just across the street from campus and everyone you&rsquo;ve met in your courses, male and female alike, is hitting you up to be your new roommate. You&rsquo;re ready to spring for the &ldquo;proposal&rdquo; from the hottie in English 201, but you&rsquo;re not sure if you&rsquo;re ready to live with a member of the opposite sex. So how do you decide? Here ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Understanding Your Utility Bill]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/100/Understanding_Your_Utility_Bill/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:11:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  As if you didn&rsquo;t have enough things to worry about&mdash;rent, pets, college coursework, your car breaking down&hellip;again&hellip;and never having time for a date, let alone homework&mdash;try reading the non-explanatory electricity bill that just took your last hundred bucks for the month. Reading your utilities bill is difficult enough, but truly understanding it is a mastery-level skill ......]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Making Friends in College]]></title>
<link>http://collegerentals.com/blog/99/Making_Friends_in_College/</link>
<guid>http://collegerentals.com/blog/99/Making_Friends_in_College/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:42:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  When you chose your college, you thought you were the coolest kid at your high school and you got to rub it in everybody&rsquo;s face. But upon arrival, you realized something: all those people you left behind were the only people you&rsquo;ve known and been friends with since the 1st grade. So what now? <br/> <br/> Get to know your roommates.   <br/>Whether you&rsquo;re living in a student apartment ......]]></description>
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