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How To Find A Place To Live After College

On Sunday I posted about four different housing options for after college. I thought it would be useful to share some of the resources I used when looking for a place to live after college. Here are my top three recommendations:

  1. CRAIGSLIST! - A great resource, especially if you plan to live in a city. When I was apartment hunting in the DC area, I used it to find a roommate after I picked out an apartment I liked. There are postings for apartments, houses, rooms, roommates and more. It’s also a great resource for determining price ranges for different area
  2. Local Web Sites - Community newspaper sites or local forums are a good method for finding housing or a room in a smaller area. I used this approach when I moved for a web design job in Southern Maryland a few months ago and found a great group of young professionals to live with in a single family home.
  3. Apartments.com - This is a great site that contains apartment listings for all over the United States. I found it particularly useful when I was comparing the cost of living in different cities when I was a college senior.

Please post with any other suggestions or stories about how you found a place to live!

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