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'post_title' => 'Rental Property Listing – What You Should and Shouldn’t Do',
'guid' => 'http://www.hometownrent.com/blog/landlords/rental-property-listing-what-you-should-and-shouldnt-do/',
'first_para' => 'For owners, who are thinking about renting out their property, there are certain practices they should and should not follow. Following are a few things that matter.',
'blog_content' => '
For owners, who are thinking about renting out their property, there are certain practices they should and should not follow. Following are a few things that matter.
- ü Give an advertisement that grabs the attention of the reader.
- ü Make a list of all the facilities you offer, instead of providing a jumbled up paragraph.
- ü Explain the surrounding landscape, and the different activities that can be indulged in, in the surrounding areas.
- ü Highlight all the attractions the place holds.
- ü Do not list something that is not there.
- ü Do not try to pass it off as something that it is not.
- ü Do not try to con the renter by displaying incorrect information.
There is more where that came from. Want to know more about what you should and shouldn’t do when renting your property? Then click on
http://cottagelife.com/70508/realestate/renting/the-dos-and-donts-of-listing-your-rental-property to find out more.',
),
1 =>
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'post_title' => 'Finding an Apartment Close to College',
'guid' => 'http://www.hometownrent.com/blog/renter-advice/finding-an-apartment-close-to-college/',
'first_para' => 'Are you a college student who wants to live in an apartment off campus? Do you find that college dorm life is just not for you? Then find an apartment by utilizing the apartment hunting tips given below.',
'blog_content' => '
Are you a college student who wants to live in an apartment off campus? Do you find that college dorm life is just not for you? Then find an apartment by utilizing the apartment hunting tips given below.
- First of all, decide whether you want to live in an apartment alone or prefer to have a roommate, and what sort of accommodation you are looking for?
- The next step is to survey the surrounding area of your college to see if there are any apartments or houses that meet your requirements.
- Finding a place within walking distance of your campus might just be the best thing for you.
- Having grocery stores or convenience stores near your residence would be an added advantage.
If you want to know more tips for apartment hunting, then you can find them at
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-04-06/classified/sc-cons-0405-college-housing-20120406_1_rental-rates-convenience-store-college-campus',
),
2 =>
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'post_title' => 'Decorating Ideas for Your Apartment',
'guid' => 'http://www.hometownrent.com/blog/uncategorized/decorating-ideas-for-your-apartment/',
'first_para' => 'Living in a small apartment, especially in one, that you have rented, leaves you with little to do. Sometimes you can’t decorate it to your heart’s content because of your landlord’s rules. Here are a few decorating ideas which can inspire you into making that small space your very own.
- Avoid making holes n your apartment walls by making use of floating shelves to display your photos or achievements.
- Paint the walls of your apartment in light colors; this makes it look more inviting.
- Store your kitchen items over an open shelf, and add a few decorations to make it look trendy.
- If you have rented out the apartment and the flooring is not too stylish, you can place an attractive rug over it, to make it look cool and cozy.
For more ideas for decorating your apartment, go to the following link;
http://www.bhg.com/decorating/small-spaces/strategies/ideas-to-steal-for-your-apartment/#page=1',
'blog_content' => 'Living in a small apartment, especially in one, that you have rented, leaves you with little to do. Sometimes you can’t decorate it to your heart’s content because of your landlord’s rules. Here are a few decorating ideas which can inspire you into making that small space your very own.
- Avoid making holes n your apartment walls by making use of floating shelves to display your photos or achievements.
- Paint the walls of your apartment in light colors; this makes it look more inviting.
- Store your kitchen items over an open shelf, and add a few decorations to make it look trendy.
- If you have rented out the apartment and the flooring is not too stylish, you can place an attractive rug over it, to make it look cool and cozy.
For more ideas for decorating your apartment, go to the following link;
http://www.bhg.com/decorating/small-spaces/strategies/ideas-to-steal-for-your-apartment/#page=1',
),
3 =>
array (
'post_title' => 'Innovation at Your Own Home',
'guid' => 'http://www.hometownrent.com/blog/uncategorized/innovation-at-your-own-home/',
'first_para' => 'Coming up with even a tiny bit of innovation for your everyday things at home can make your lives much easier. It is all about planning effectively and efficiently to make those tiny, yet relevant changes all around your apartment or house.
These innovations can be as little as a hanging book racks in order to save book shelf space, or designing an outlet for your USB cable, which is extremely important and popular these days.
These are just two of the innovative things that you can incorporate around your house or apartment to make your lives better. You can find many more here:
http://www.pinterest.com/aderahome/innovation-at-home/.',
'blog_content' => 'Coming up with even a tiny bit of innovation for your everyday things at home can make your lives much easier. It is all about planning effectively and efficiently to make those tiny, yet relevant changes all around your apartment or house.
These innovations can be as little as a hanging book racks in order to save book shelf space, or designing an outlet for your USB cable, which is extremely important and popular these days.
These are just two of the innovative things that you can incorporate around your house or apartment to make your lives better. You can find many more here:
http://www.pinterest.com/aderahome/innovation-at-home/.',
),
4 =>
array (
'post_title' => 'How to Furnish Small Rooms',
'guid' => 'http://www.hometownrent.com/blog/uncategorized/how-to-furnish-small-rooms/',
'first_para' => 'Often times, you might find that apartments can have rather small rooms. Adding furniture without regard to room size can end up back firing since it can look quite cluttered and claustrophobic.
The best thing to do is to be smart about it and decide what you need and don’t need in your apartment. With the help of the following tips, you can learn to shop smartly according to your room size:
Choosing the Essentials
Pick out the furniture items that you think are the most essential pieces that the room must have. This could be the bedroom that has to have a bed, a small bedside table, a closet and a dressing table. Once these pieces have been added, you can add other non-essential items for decorative purposes.
Go for Versatile Functionality
Pick out furniture items that can have two or more functions. For example: a bench that can also be used for storage purposes. A kitchen cart can also have an additional foldable surface area that can be folded away when not in use. Similarly, stackable chairs and desks can also be used. You can keep them stacked in a small place and open them up when you’re entertaining more people.
For more ideas on how to furnish small rooms, have a look at the tips on this link:
http://www.free-home-decorating-ideas.com/small-apartment-decorating.html',
'blog_content' => 'Often times, you might find that apartments can have rather small rooms. Adding furniture without regard to room size can end up back firing since it can look quite cluttered and claustrophobic.
The best thing to do is to be smart about it and decide what you need and don’t need in your apartment. With the help of the following tips, you can learn to shop smartly according to your room size:
Choosing the Essentials
Pick out the furniture items that you think are the most essential pieces that the room must have. This could be the bedroom that has to have a bed, a small bedside table, a closet and a dressing table. Once these pieces have been added, you can add other non-essential items for decorative purposes.
Go for Versatile Functionality
Pick out furniture items that can have two or more functions. For example: a bench that can also be used for storage purposes. A kitchen cart can also have an additional foldable surface area that can be folded away when not in use. Similarly, stackable chairs and desks can also be used. You can keep them stacked in a small place and open them up when you’re entertaining more people.
For more ideas on how to furnish small rooms, have a look at the tips on this link:
http://www.free-home-decorating-ideas.com/small-apartment-decorating.html',
),
5 =>
array (
'post_title' => 'Whether You Rent or Own - Make Your Bed!',
'guid' => 'http://www.hometownrent.com/blog/uncategorized/whether-you-rent-or-own-make-your-bed/',
'first_para' => 'A clean and made bed is always the best bed. Here are a few tips you can use to make sure your bed is always looking presentable:',
'blog_content' => '
A clean and made bed is always the best bed. Here are a few tips you can use to make sure your bed is always looking presentable:
- First, make sure that all the extra junk that you might have accumulated on your bed is put away.
- Remove all your pillows, blanket, and other accessories from your bed so that you can start with fixing the bottom most layer of your bed.
- Remove all the dust from your sheets.
- After assuring yourself the sheets are clean, you can put the comforter on and make it nice and smooth.
- If you have a quilt as well, fold it properly on your bed.
You can look into more detail here:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Bed',
),
6 =>
array (
'post_title' => 'Winter can be Fun; Even if You’re in a Rental!',
'guid' => 'http://www.hometownrent.com/blog/for-fun/winter-can-be-fun-even-if-youre-in-a-rental/',
'first_para' => '
Most of us just love the winter, especially those of us who only get to experience it for just a few weeks in a year. This season is all about snow, warm clothes and lots of coffee plans along with bonfires. Here are some of the fun things that you can do in the winter season even if you’re in a rental:
- Winter is fuzzy slipper and sweater time.
- Read a good book in your rental apartment under your warm blanket.
- Spend some quality time in a hot tub; if you’re lucky enough to have rented a house with one.
- Make a snow angel and have a snowball fight.
- Ice skate.
There are many more activities that you can indulge in. You can see some of the others over here:
http://www.realsimple.com/work-life/entertainment/winter-activities-00100000088755/',
'blog_content' => '
Most of us just love the winter, especially those of us who only get to experience it for just a few weeks in a year. This season is all about snow, warm clothes and lots of coffee plans along with bonfires. Here are some of the fun things that you can do in the winter season even if you’re in a rental:
- Winter is fuzzy slipper and sweater time.
- Read a good book in your rental apartment under your warm blanket.
- Spend some quality time in a hot tub; if you’re lucky enough to have rented a house with one.
- Make a snow angel and have a snowball fight.
- Ice skate.
There are many more activities that you can indulge in. You can see some of the others over here:
http://www.realsimple.com/work-life/entertainment/winter-activities-00100000088755/',
),
7 =>
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'post_title' => 'Want more free time to spend at home? Conquer Time Management',
'guid' => 'http://www.hometownrent.com/blog/for-fun/want-more-free-time-to-spend-at-home-conquer-time-management/',
'first_para' => 'Time management is extremely important if you want to be your own boss, and take time to relax in your home or apartment. Without proper time management, you will get nowhere and you will probably end up wasting a lot of the existing free time. Here are a few very important reasons why time management is extremely important and if you master time management you can spend more of your time making your rental apartment or house the perfect place for you and your family:
- You utilize time more effectively and gain extra hours of productiveness
- Your overall productivity and efficiency increases as you get more focused towards the important things in life – like spending time with family at home.
- You control your life and in a better way as you become more organized with your time and know exactly what all you have to get done
- Good time management lets you be happy in life as you learn to manage time with respect to your work, and with respect to enjoying yourself
You can get to know more on:
http://www.fluent-time-management.com/why-is-time-management-important.html',
'blog_content' => 'Time management is extremely important if you want to be your own boss, and take time to relax in your home or apartment. Without proper time management, you will get nowhere and you will probably end up wasting a lot of the existing free time. Here are a few very important reasons why time management is extremely important and if you master time management you can spend more of your time making your rental apartment or house the perfect place for you and your family:
- You utilize time more effectively and gain extra hours of productiveness
- Your overall productivity and efficiency increases as you get more focused towards the important things in life – like spending time with family at home.
- You control your life and in a better way as you become more organized with your time and know exactly what all you have to get done
- Good time management lets you be happy in life as you learn to manage time with respect to your work, and with respect to enjoying yourself
You can get to know more on:
http://www.fluent-time-management.com/why-is-time-management-important.html',
),
8 =>
array (
'post_title' => 'Do it Yourself: Five Easy Home Repairs',
'guid' => 'http://www.hometownrent.com/blog/renter-advice/do-it-yourself-five-easy-home-repairs/',
'first_para' => 'There are a few easy around the house maintenance things, which you should be aware of incase some emergency comes your way. If you do, they’ll come a long way in ensuring your home is always running smoothly and looks great. Here are the top five easy repairs that everyone should be able to do on their own:',
'blog_content' => '
There are a few easy around the house maintenance things, which you should be aware of incase some emergency comes your way. If you do, they’ll come a long way in ensuring your home is always running smoothly and looks great. Here are the top five easy repairs that everyone should be able to do on their own:
- Know how to paint
- Learn how to take care of your doors
- Know how to apply caulk; it can really do wonders
- Know how to fix your leaky faucet
- Fix a clogged toilet
To read up on each point in detail, you can visit:
http://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/repair/5-home-repairs-you-should-do-yourself.htm#page=0',
),
9 =>
array (
'post_title' => 'Searching for a Rental or Tenant? Use Your Smartphone:',
'guid' => 'http://www.hometownrent.com/blog/renter-advice/searching-for-a-rental-or-tenant-use-your-smartphone/',
'first_para' => 'Smartphones have become increasingly common in today’s world. These phones are not regarded or used for the simple purpose of calling anymore. They are now used for many other purposes that serve to fulfill the social requirements of people. Some ways smartphones are used while looking for or renting an apartment or house are listed below:',
'blog_content' => '
Smartphones have become increasingly common in today’s world. These phones are not regarded or used for the simple purpose of calling anymore. They are now used for many other purposes that serve to fulfill the social requirements of people. Some ways smartphones are used while looking for or renting an apartment or house are listed below:
- Access to your email all the time. You can check to see if the interested Tenant has responded to your ad.
- Surfing the Web makes finding a new rental apartment easy to do anywhere.
- Smartphones have a GPS system that helps you locate the rental home or apartment when going to view it.
- Cameras in smartphones – you can take real-time snaps of potential rental properties and share them with friends for their opinion or Pinterest them for safe-keeping.
If you want a detailed account to this article, you can visit:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2046765/5-ways-your-smartphones-smarts-have-become-more-important-than-the-phone-.html',
),
10 =>
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'post_title' => 'Take a Walk in Your Neighborhood',
'guid' => 'http://www.hometownrent.com/blog/for-fun/take-a-walk-in-your-neighborhood/',
'first_para' => 'Walking every day, either casually or rigorously, is proven to be a healthy form of exercise. It is free and accessible to everyone. Explore your neighborhood – whether you rent or own your home. Here are some of the everyday benefits of walking:',
'blog_content' => '
Walking every day, either casually or rigorously, is proven to be a healthy form of exercise. It is free and accessible to everyone. Explore your neighborhood – whether you rent or own your home. Here are some of the everyday benefits of walking:
- It helps your heart to be stronger.
- Walking everyday helps get rid of diseases.
- It helps control your weight.
- It helps improve brain function and lowers the risk of dementia.
- Walking helps you have healthy joins and lowers the risk of osteoporosis in women.
- It helps shaping your legs, your bum region, your stomach, arms, shoulders and your upper back region.
- Walking outside in sunlight helps you get your vitamin D that you do not otherwise get from food.
- It is a means to get lots of energy and helps keep you happy and uplifted.
- And, last it helps you meet your neighbors and make new friends in your hometown.
This information was taken from this article:
http://www.tescomagazine.com/health/fitness/top-10-health-benefits-of-walking-every-day-.html',
),
)
