Month: June 2012

An Interview With JumpOffCampus

JumpOffCampusRecently, Katie from JumpOffCampus conducted an experiment: what happens if you tape record me talking for 15 minutes, and post it almost word-for-word on the internet?

Find out the results by reading the interview on the JumpOffCampus blog (except for the parts that were “too colorful for the internet”, kindly censored out).

JumpOffCampus is, in my honest opinion, the world’s best off-campus housing tool. It’s only available with schools that partner with them, so if you are a student and looking for a good apartment search tool, you should reach out to them.

A widget-ized version of the rent calculator is currently available as a resource on their page, which we hope will be very valuable for their students. Woot!

Rentin’ Rooms in your House

Why U No Use Rent Calculator?
Most Splitwise Man In The World

If you are going to rent out a room in your house, especially to a friend, you need to pick a fair price that also reflects the market. One reader asks:

Dear Splitwise,

How would you charge if you rent out a room with a private bathroom in the home that is your primary residence, which you own?

Sincerely,
Landlord in Training

Hi Landlord in Training,

Great question. As it happens, I just had to help my parents do this. Here’s what you need to know: Continue reading Rentin’ Rooms in your House

Welcome, Nellie!

The Splitwise blog is back, and back in force. Here to the rescue – Nellie Hughes! Welcome!

Nellie in the Splitwise office
We welcome Nellie at the Providence, RI Splitwise office.

Nellie is joining us as writer, project manager and all-around research person. She’s got a background in game design and creative project management, and we love her sense of humor. She just started Monday – woot!

Despite the last month of no-blogging, things have in fact been humming along. In the words of our good friends and fellow Betaspring alums Recovend:

Why U No Blog?
Why U No Blog Anymore?

We’ve got great stuff brewing: a new Android app, and a sexy web re-launch. We’ve also been busy moving to Providence, and of course hiring Nellie. Apologizes if you’ve been waiting a long time for us to respond to your Dear Splitwise – we’re working on catching up on the backlog, as you’ll see later today.