How to Find a Roommate Fast!

Still continuing your search for a roommate, but with no luck? If people are looking at your apartment, but decline to accept your offer to move in, try offering an incentive or two!


Lower Rent
Using incentives to find a roommate is simple and effective. It just takes a little compromise, negotiation and creativity on your part to make an offer attractive. The easiest incentive to offer that's the most attractive is to offer lower rent. Nothing crazy...just $25, $50 a $100 or so. If you can afford to lower the rent by just a little, what would it hurt?


Paid Utilities
Offering to pay for all the utilities is also a big one. However, do your the math. If paying for the utilities come out to be higher than lowering the rent by $100, go with the lower rent!

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