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Finding The Perfect Roommate With Help From Friends

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Finding The Perfect Roommate With Help From Friends

The minute you realize it's time to do a roommate search, start your plan of action and make sure that plan includes an objective third party. Where you advertise for the perfect roommate is up to you. However, when it comes time to making the final decision, it's a good idea to get help and advice from someone who has your best interests in mind. While you're concentrating on details like whether or not this person works and can pay his/her share of the bills, your friends might pick up on more subtle traits that could spell disaster later on. Once you've narrowed down your roommate options, make arrangements for the person to stop by the apartment and make sure it's a time when a close friend can be with you. Before the meeting takes place, ask your friend to focus on specific details like:

-Whether the person appears genuinely interested;

-Is the person alone, or did a couple of friends join him/her? Remember, these friends might not just be there for moral support, they might plan on hanging out more often than you'd like; -Gut instinct. While you're asking the questions, you might totally miss something that, under normal circumstances, would drive you crazy.

Just remember that even a “perfect” roommate won't actually be perfect. If you can keep your wits about you, and rely on an objective third party to help you through the roommate search, you'll do just fine.

   

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