Moving long distance presents a challenge. How do you find a place to live when you aren’t there to see the place and to interview potential housemates? Some people make the trip for a weekend ahead of time and try to jam it all in and maybe they get lucky. I’m sure some do get lucky. I wonder how many nightmare housemate stories come from panicked decisions?
In addition to using Craigslist and other internet tools to find place to rent, the Internet offers another wonderful tool for interviewing. Skype. With Skype you can see the person which is a whole lot more than listening to them on the telephone and more than emailing or texting. It is said that a decision is made in the first 30 seconds of a job interview. I don’t know if that’s true for housemate interviews but I do think seeing is a huge help.
This interview is a step in your process. Don’t rent a space without physically seeing it. Use Skype to narrow down your choices and then get on an airplane to check them out.
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