Aug 10th 2011 6:30AM
The closest thing to a sure bet in real estate may be going to college. Investments in college towns -- places where the community is shaped by a university's presence -- have done well while other niches in the housing market have, for the most part, fallen off the Dean's List. It comes down to the basic law of supply... Continue Reading »
Jan 6th 2010 1:00PM
And you thought the punk house that your friends lived in during the '90s was unique. The New York Times reported Sunday on three students whose housing arrangements smash all previous standards of dorm-room customization. Brett Butler, age 24, of Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., lives in a teepee (left) that... Continue Reading »
Sep 24th 2009 10:00AM
Can you believe this? Student housing in some areas of the country still demand tanning beds. Huh? I thought a crusty, leathery, skin-cancer-tastic-tan was sooo passé. Apparently, my pale ass is wrong. "...[T]he debate continues to rage over tanning machines, an amenity in many dorms that some budding scholars... Continue Reading »
