A Renter’s Guide to Moving to Raleigh, N.C.

Finding a roommate can be stressful, scary, and nerve racking. Check out Alcoves tips and top questions you should ask a potential roommate.

Alcove provides the systems and technology to make the experience of finding roommates and maximizing your real estate assets' net operating income one and the same. 

No matter who your roommate is or where you’re living, it’s important to set up a roommate agreement. A roommate agreement puts into writing the duties, rules, and obligations that are expected of each roommate. If one roommate was to not follow through with the roommate agreement, this document could be used to prove that the roommate initially agreed to that rule. This agreement also lays out exactly what each roommate expects of the other, which removes any stress or worry that may occur without it. Overall, roommate agreements make coexisting simpler for everyone involved. These are the most important ideas to cover on a roommate agreement.

Rentals might not have any personality, but that’s where you come in. Adding some personal touches to your rental property can make the space feel more like home. Follow the 5 tips to make your space feel like your own!

Rent tends to be one of the more expensive bills when it comes to financing and budgeting every month. It’s the major bill that causes people worry and stress. If you can’t afford rent, you won’t have a place to live. It’s important to calculate your rent budget before settling in a place. 

Everyone has bad days and makes mistakes, but it's how we preserve through them together that makes the difference, especially with roommates. Co-living, or living with roommates, has so many wonderful opportunities to get to know new people and life situation that there will be conflict that arises, its natural!