The Hidden Costs of Cheap Rent: More Housing Problems

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The Hidden Costs of Cheap Rent – That is the title of a book I wish I’d read a few years ago when I gave up my studio apartment and started renting rooms to save money. If such a book does exist, someone send me a copy. Or better yet, I’m probably ready to write that book myself now.

Unfortunately, it’s not at all uncommon for bad landlords to luck up on some cheap property and use that below market cheap rent as a way to control and manipulate the people who rent from them. They go on power trips and hold their ability to kick their tenants out over their heads if the tenants dare to make requests or say ‘no’ to anything.

As you may recall from this post, I talked about how my landlord had been acting even more oddly than Read More

BlogLines: “…and I have nothing to show for it.”

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This is the first post of my BlogLines series where I share quotes that I’ve collected from other blogs that resonate with me around a topic or a ‘line’. This week’s theme… “and I have nothing to show for it”.

I’d like to share some of the experiences of other writers as it helps us to know that we aren’t alone. Go check out these blogs and their authors.   Read More

7 Times When It’s Awkward to be a Double Debt Single Woman at Work

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Do you work at a place where you are the only single (and/or broke) person in your work group?

I do (and have done so in the past) . For the most part that’s not a problem, as my co-workers and I spent a lot of our days heads down typing away on our keyboards in cubicle land. Sometimes however, I am reminded of my singleton status, and it’s, well…awkward. Am I alone in this?

These are seven times when it can be awkward to be a double debt single woman (or man) at work, in no particular order. Can you relate to any of these?

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ONE —  Monday morning / Friday afternoon chit chat about the weekend

You know, the Friday afternoon talk about exciting upcoming weekend plans with spouses / significant others and Monday morning breathless reports of weekend escapades. It’s all fun, but Read More