Birds.

I'm not sure if there's a lesson here besides: Make sure you have easy access to copies of major payments you've made somewhere. Thankfully, Chase had electronic copies of two years' worth of checks online.

Some states can't afford the upkeep on all of the buildings they own, so they have started letting people live in them for free if they agree to fix them up.

I like being able to do whatever I want to my place. And feel like I've made a Grown-Up Investment. It's only lousy when I need to fix something and pay for it myself, but that doesn't happen super often.

Today on "WWYD," paying your rent, but still seeing the money in your account.

Apartment hunting in NYC is great because really all you have to ask yourself is: Am I comfortable here? And it doesn't matter what the answer is.

I borrow money from a friend to pay rent, and he gets $20. Win/win.

I like the service Airbnb is trying to provide. Is it contributing to higher rental prices in cities like San Francisco and New York and pricing out locals? Unclear. Does it provide an unsafe environment for neighbors concerned with strangers coming into buildings—another maybe, and Craiglist has already filled that role for some time now. We'll have to see what happens to Warren, and what the lobbyists end up accomplishing.

Next American City has a very interesting post looking at Berlin's history, and why rent there has remained so low, compared to other major cities.

This morning I wrote a rent check for $700. I only have $684 in my bank account (so close, yet).