How to Find the Perfect Roommate

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Finding the perfect roommate requires a little effort, but these steps will help.

To complete this How-To you will need:

An understanding of what you want in a roommate
Knowledge of your own boundaries
A computer with internet access
Fliers
Magic markers

Step 1: Choose a gender

Determine whether you want a male or female roommate, and how either will affect your lifestyle.

Step 2: Decide on an age range

Decide the age group a roommate would belong to in order to be compatible with your current lifestyle and life preferences.

Step 3: Consider personality

Decide on a personality type that will work for you, such as laid back and reserved or social and independent. Know what you can tolerate, and don't settle for candidates who don't fit the profile.

Step 4: Social habits

Establish drinking and smoking requirements. Decide whether you can accept a roommate who drinks or smokes, and to what extent you can tolerate these habits.

Tip: Aim for tolerable -- nobody is perfect.

Step 5: Ask around

Put out the word through friends and acquaintances that you are looking for a roommate.

Step 6: Advertise

Place classified ads in local papers, on community boards, and on the web. Use paper and markers to make fliers and hang them in local establishments.

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[TheBlueOracle]

Uh, if there's no such thing as a "perfect" roommate, then CHANGE YOUR TITLE

[runescrule]

jeez just get your brother or sister

[migueldirtysouth]

@MegaBytes124 Craigslist killer lol

[MegaBytes124]

craigslist. :3

[DeadScarab]

computer with internet access? Dam seems i cant do this one, can someone else test it for me and tell me how it worked? :S

[Jermz1997]

@2bornot2b2cornot2c

Expecting alot of thumbs ups there hugh? Yeah well just because most people who do the dislike bar "joke" get alot of thumbs ups doesn't mean you will too.

[JessiRain94]

Omg these comments on these video are so funny

[2bornot2b2cornot2c]

7 people have had a roommate

[magix470]

if we need a computer with internet access wtf are we using now?

[xPeAcEfOeVa]

Optional: Room

[darshanmiller]

@runescrule what if you dont have brothers or sisters?