5 Cities Where Salaries are Getting a Promotion

If you are pondering a move to a more profitable place to live, check out the top 5 cities where salaries are rising.

If you are pondering a move to a more profitable place to live, check out the top 5 cities where salaries are rising.

If you are pondering a move to a more profitable place to live, take some advice from the PayScale Index. This excellent online resource provides data about compensation and which cities are seeing growth in pay for employees.

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According to their calculations, here are the top 5 cities where salaries are rising.

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Short-Term Apartment Rentals: What You Need to Know

If you're a business traveler looking for a short-term apartment, here's what you need to know.

If you’re a business traveler looking for a short-term apartment, here’s what you need to know.

Have you ever thought about renting a short-term apartment? Whether you’re seeking short-term accommodation for business or pleasure, here’s what you need to know.

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If you’re on the road for work frequently or just love to travel for personal reasons, it may be worth it to you to look into staying at a short-term corporate or vacation rental rather than a hotel. Or, if your situation requires that your living arrangements stay flexible (like if you’re a student, are in between leases or are planning to purchase a house in the near future, etc.) renting a short-term apartment may make sense for you.

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2013 Renting Trends: Mid-Year Update

Read about what's going on in apartment renting right now.

Read about what’s going on in apartment renting right now.

At Apartment Guide, we want to help movers stay informed about the state of renting in this country.

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Take a quick look at a gathering of recent trends and reporting about what you might expect to find when renting an apartment right now.

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Best Cities for Frequent Flyers

Plan a route through these top-notch airports and you’ll be sitting pretty every time you travel.

Plan a route through these top-notch airports and you’ll be sitting pretty every time you travel.

If you feel like you fly the friendly skies more often than you sleep in your own apartment, then knowing the most convenient cities for a jet-setting frequent flyer is a must.

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When the name of the game is making confident connections, finding a decent airport meal and amusing yourself during a delay, this list of best airport cities will help your trips fly by.

You might want to plant your apartment homebase in one of these cities with high-flying airport service.

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America’s Wealthiest Communities

If you aspire to the good life, you’ll find company in these three areas where wealth is concentrated.

If you aspire to the good life, you’ll find company in these three areas where wealth is concentrated.

Want to know where America’s richest people live?

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Between 2006 and 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau tracked where the wealthiest five percent of Americans are living. Defining high-income households as those that earn about $200,000 a year and above, the Census Bureau determined that the greatest concentration of wealth is in three main areas. These three areas are located near, but not directly in, large metropolitan areas along both coasts.

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Young Women Choose Apartment Living

Young, professional women are proving to be a driving force in the apartment living boom.

Young, professional women are proving to be a driving force in the apartment living boom.

The demand for apartments remains strong and is likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future. A bruised housing market and sluggish economy have encouraged many people to choose renting over home ownership.

According to a recent report from CNBC, many in this group are young, professional women. These women are proving to be a driving force in the apartment living boom.

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America’s Emptiest Cities 2012

If you’re looking for rental deals, you’re likely to find them in one of America’s emptiest cities.

If you’re looking for rental deals, you’re likely to find them in one of America’s emptiest cities.

If you’re looking for rental deals, you’re likely to find them in one of America’s emptiest cities — places hit hard by the real estate downturn and a weak job market.

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percentage of vacant properties, which includes both apartment units and unoccupied homes for sale, has risen by nearly 44 percent nationwide since 2000.

While rental rates are rising in most cities across the country as the popularity of renting increases, the market has yet to recover in certain cities. Read about five empty cities where it’s definitely still a renter’s market, as interpreted in this CNBC report.

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Rental History is Becoming a Key Criterion for Approving Leases

Rental history is judged by many landlords to be a reliable measure in choosing whether to extend a new lease.

Rental history is judged by many landlords to be a reliable measure in choosing whether to extend a new lease.

Here’s some important news to be aware of if you are a renter or a potential renter.

The apartment leasing industry (also known as the multifamily industry) is increasingly using a new metric besides the credit score to help determine whether they should offer a lease to a prospective renter.

Rental history is becoming a key criterion for approving new leases, and it is judged by many landlords to be a very reliable measure.

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Can You Rent an Apartment with Bad Credit?

Check out five strategies to help secure an apartment lease -- even with credit issues.

Check out five strategies to help secure an apartment lease — even when your credit score has a few dings!

Think you can’t rent an apartment with bad credit? Think again.

While it may be a bit more difficult for those with credit issues to rent an apartment, it’s not impossible.

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To make yourself a more appealing applicant, you have to understand what property managers are looking for and know how to convince them to work with you.

Here are five strategies you might use to help secure an apartment lease — even when you have a few dings on your credit report.

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5 Things NOT to Overlook on Your Apartment Search

Have you considered these five details on your apartment search?

Have you considered these five details on your apartment search?

It’s easy for an apartment search to become overwhelming, even when you follow a careful search plan.

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Don’t bog down your brain with zillions of requirements. Focus on a few things you feel are important to your perfect apartment space.

Here are five essentials that might be easy to overlook, but are extremely important to consider when choosing your new apartment home.

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