Renting With a Roommate

By Tiffany Pineda

You want your own place, but you don't necessarily want to live alone. Sound familiar? If this is you, have no fear, you are not alone. Many people want to have a place to call their own, but they do not want to live in a house or apartment completely alone. Some people are just social by nature and want someone around who they can talk to, and some people are simply afraid of the bumps in the night and they want to know someone else is home with them. Whatever the case may be, a great option is to find a roommate.

There are many pros to having a roommate: someone to split the rent with, someone to split the chores with, someone to keep you company, someone to collect the mail when you go out of town, someone to take your phone messages, etc. However, there are also cons to having a roommate: less privacy, having to share common areas, having to clean up after someone else, etc.

Most importantly, if you are about to rent a house or an apartment with a roommate, make sure you will be able to afford the monthly rent on your own, in case your roommate decides to bail. Perhaps your roommate is your best friend and you know he/she would never do that to you...well, be wise...what if he/she decides to marry the person they have been dating or needs to relocate due to their job? The point is, anything can happen and you need to be prepared. If you know you will not be able to afford the rent on your own if you lose your roommate, make sure you have a few "back-up roommates" lined up just in case.

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