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Oil Boom Pushing 'Stressed Out' Residents Of Town To Move Away

AP | JAMES MacPHERSON | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Video, North Dakota, Housing, Oil Boom, Oil Rush, Rent, Overpopulation, Ap, North Dakota Oil Boom, Business News

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Oil has brought enormous economic prosperity to the busiest city in North Dakota's booming oil patch but also has exacerbated ...

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Rent and Tick, Tick... Boom Rock Out Chicago (Well, Almost...)

Robert Bullen | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Chicago Around Town, Jonathan Larson, Chicago Theater, Rent Musical, Jonathan Larson Rent, Rent, Chicago Arts, Rent Show, Tick Tick Boom Show, Tick Tick Boom Musical, Chicago News

It's a Jonathan Larson summer in Chicago. Currently, the genre-defining musical theatre composer is receiving productions of his two major shows by a trio of distinguished local theatre companies.

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You're Never too Old for Love

Laverne H. Bardy | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Clothing, Fast Food Places, Children, Divulging, West Virginia, Travel, Country French, Propriety, Speeches, Happily Ever After, Petite, Army Tank, Scenery, New Jersey, Married, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, E-Mail, Household, Dressing Up, Analyzing, Online Dating, Hangnail, Blessed, Lord's Prayer, Laughing, God, AmericanSingles.Com, Chinese Restaurant, Linebackers, Birth Certificate, Pottery, Food, Dissecting, Directions, Downtown, Sell, Petrie Dish, Evaluating, Horseback, China Dishes, No Prayers in School Law, Paintings, MapQuest.Com, Household Goods, Shovel, Neighbors, Baltimore, Parents, Social Interaction, Store Fronts, Rent, Commercial Vehicle, Charleston, Mountain, Axe Murderer, U-Haul Truck, Car, Art Deco, Solitaire, Phone Conversations, Protein, Saturday Night, Road Kill, Doodads, Renovating, Fifty News

We met online. He was from West Virginia; I'm from New Jersey. He was looking for Happily Ever After. I was looking for something to do Saturday nights.

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Renting? Think Again

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Rent Costs More, Video, Rent, Renting, Apartments, Renting Costs, Apartment Rent, Buying a Home, Home Ownership, Renting an Apartment, Rent Costs, Renting Costs More, Money News

If you're trying to save money, you may want to consider buying a home. As contradictory as that may sound, renting cost 15 percent more than ownin...

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Owning A Home Cheaper Than Renting One

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: House, Housing Market, Video, Buying a House, Housing, Rent, Buying a House Cheaper Than Renting, Renting, Is Buying a House Cheaper Than Renting, Buying a Home Cheaper Than Renting, Housing Crisis, Rents, Money News

Despite very low prices, many Americans can't or don't want to buy houses. Instead we're paying ever-higher rents and watching as housing prices fa...

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In These Cities, The Rent Really Is Too Damn High

24/7 Wall St. | Michael B. Sauter, Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: National Low Income Housing Coalition, Income Inequality, Wages, Rent, Nlihc, Renters, Income, Recession, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: The homeownership rate dropped to 66 percent of all households in the fourth quarter of 2011 — the lowest rate in over a decade....

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Never Too Old To Get An Allowance From Mom And Dad

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Multi-Generational Housing, Financial Help From Parents, Allowance, Financial Assistance, Rent, Gen Y, Boomerang Generation, Living at Home, Adult Allowance, Poll, Parents, Money News

Living at home, doing chores and getting a regular allowance. Not much has changed since middle school--except that this describes nearly 20 percent o...

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Does America Have Enough to Pay Rent?

Joel John Roberts | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Poverty, Homelessness, Rent, Third World America, American Dream, Affordable Housing, Middle Class Housing, Housing Market, Economy, Impact News

What does it mean to have to pay a larger percentage of your household budget toward keeping a roof over your family's head? Less money for other essentials like medical costs and food.

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Renters: Screwed Again

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: New York Apartment Rents, Beige Book, Video, Apartment Rents, Rent, Apartments, Federal Reserve, Real Estate, Rental, Federal Reserve Beige Book, Rents, Rentals, Money News

Renters are getting squeezed. Even as home prices continue to fall, not many can afford to buy a house. Rents in major cities across the country ro...

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Astoria Characters: The Good-Bye Guy

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Tom Park, Astoria, Murray Cleaners, Macy's, Johnny on the Spot, Brooklyn, Rent, Dry Cleaning, Grocery Store, Civil Engineering, Travel Agency, Trade Fair, Manhattan, Military, Coney Island, Tailors, New York News

Tom Park has spent his career in the dry-cleaning business, and he lost a shop once before. But he's 49 now, and he didn't see this one coming.

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The Rent Is Too Damn High In Every State In America

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Housing Market, Housing Prices, Housing Bust, Rent, Renting, Apartments, Rentership, Homeowners, Rental Units, Working Poor, Video, Homelessness, Housing Crash, Homeownership, Doubling Up, Low-Income Housing, Renters, Rental Housing, Business News

The poorest people in America are running out of places to live. In every state in the country, there are people looking for cheap rental housing -...

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Rents Fell Last Year, But In Many Cities Still 'Too Damn High'

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Video, Vacancy Rate, Lease, Rent-Is-Too-Damn-High, New York City Rent, San Francisco Rent, Cost of Living, Rent, Rental Prices, Transunion, Tenant, Credit Reporting, Jimmy McMillan, Rent or Buy, Business News

Rents fell across the United States last year, but landlords got choosier. Overall average rent in the U.S. dropped to $820 in the fourth quarter ...

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An Open Letter to America

Trisha Ocona Francis | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Personal Loans, Mortgage Banks, Rent, American Dream, Short Sales, Mortgage Payments, Loans, Business News

Why did the banks get billions of dollars in a bailout when many failed, but as a working, tax-paying citizen, my cries were left on deaf ears? How do I get out and become free again? I know everything is a risk including homeownership, and it comes with a lot of sacrifice.

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Four Ways to Get Out of Your Lease, Part 2

Jim Thomas | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Tenant, Sublease, Assignment, Leases, Landlord, Business, Rent, Business Lease, Contracts, Denver News

Maybe the landlord will agree to take some or all your space back. Maybe the Mayans are right and the world will end on December 21, 2012 this year, so why worry about your lease?

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Four Ways to Get Out of Your Lease: Part 1

Jim Thomas | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Leases, Landlord, Exit Planning, Buyouts, Rent, Business Lease, Renting, Contract Negotiations, Contracts, Denver News

That your business is suffering, or rent is lower across the street, is generally of no concern to your landlord. If your business is viable, any change in your lease has to present some upside to both landlord and lender.

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Rent: Not As Loud, But Still Plenty of Spark

Danny Groner | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Broadway, Off-Broadway, Rent, New York News

It's hard not to think about the Occupy protests in New York and across the country when watching the off-Broadway production of Rent.

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Katy Perry, Princess Elisabeth & More: Today's Famous Birthdays

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Famous Birthdays, Adam Pascal, Celebrity Birthdays, Katy Perry, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Princess Elisabeth, Hinder, Rent, October 25, Barenaked Ladies, October 25th, Celebrity News

In a world with nearly 7 billion people, chances are someone famous is celebrating their birthday today. And indeed: Katy Perry, Princess Elisabe...

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For The New Unemployed, Trouble Keeping A Home

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Video, Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage, Unemployment, Job Loss, Rent, Unemployment Crisis, Mortgage Payment, Foreclosure, Savings, Housing Crisis, Business News

One in three Americans would not be able to pay their rent or mortgage for more than a month after losing their job, according to a new survey. The...

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Judge: NYC Can End Rent Subsidy For Ex-Homeless

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Homeless Nyc, Rent-Subsidies, New York Rent, Nyc Rent Subsidy, Homelessness, Rent, Ny News, New York News

NEW YORK — The city can stop paying rent subsidies for more than 16,000 formerly homeless families after losing state backing for the initiative...

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PHOTO: Need A Roommate?

Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Ads, Personal Ads, Housing, Funny Craigslist Ad, Rent, Craigslist Ad, Apartments, Craigslist, Urlesque, Comedy News

It's a recession, people are willing to do things they might not have a few years ago in order to save some extra cash, and some of the best examples ...

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You Can't Evict Me Because... I've Moved!

AP | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Rent Control, Manhattan Rent, NY Real Estate, Rent, Faye Dunaway, New York News

NEW YORK — Faye Dunaway denies she's been evicted from her New York City apartment. The Oscar-winning actress tells The New York Times ( ) she ...

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'Rent' Revisited: Iconic Rock Musical Gets Off-Broadway Revamp

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Jonathan Larson, Rent Revival, Musical Theater, Rent, Tony Awards, New World Stages, Broadway Musicals, Theater, Pulitzer Prizes, Broadway Theater, Culture News

For some hit shows, moving off-Broadway after a groundbreaking around-the-world run seems questionable. But the cast and creative team of the new prod...

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James and The Giant Peach Meets Josephine Baker and Bernadette Peters...

Freddie Gershon | Posted 09.19.2011

This past January at the Broadway JR. Festival in Atlanta, approximately 2,500 young people from grade schools with their teachers and adjudicators we...

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Three Reasons Why Vacancy Is Tight in Manhattan and Rents Are Higher

Pauline Millard | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: New York City Apartments, New York Apartments, Manhattan Real Estate, Real Estate, Rentals, NY Real Estate, Rent, Apartments, New York News

For the past two years, renters have enjoyed plenty of perks: free rent, no-fee apartments, flexible move-in dates. But the vacancy rate in Manhattan has tightened and rents have gone up.

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Houston Family Living In Storage Unit Loses Custody of Kids

AOL Real Estate | Ann Brenoff | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Star of Hope, Houston, Child Abuse, Storage Unit, Great Recession, Rent, Economic Crisis, Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, Child Protective Services, Economic Recovery, Child Custody, Texas Connections Academy, Housing Crisis, Business News

Charlomane and Prince Leonard were doing just fine before the recession hit. But for the past three years, they've been forced to live with their six ...

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