A Facebook messenger screenshot went viral this year when someone rejected a potential roommate because they were a Capricorn. Astrologers recoiled and spoke up against “using astrology for evil.” But what does a professional astrologer have to say about how each sign acts as a roommate? Randon Rosenbohm breaks do...

Since the age of 10, I’ve had an unusually intense, maybe even bordering-on-unhealthy, interest in chairs. The whole thing started in Canada. In 2003, my dad took the whole family on a big road trip, where we spent an afternoon exploring the Montreal Museum of Fine Art’s impressive collection of decorative art and...

The second season of Fleabag—a six-episode tour de force powered by creator, writer, and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge—was pretty much perfect. It received a whopping 11 Emmy nominations earlier this month; critics have showered it with praise for dealing beautifully (and raunchily) with themes of grief, family, self-...

Scrolling through apartment listings, you may notice that some people, without fail, love to decorate their homes with fake-deep, “inspirational” wall art. I used to think this was a suburban mom thing. After working at Caretaker for a few months, I realized young people were also choosing to surround themselves w...

The DM just said ‘Help’. It was 1 AM and someone had messaged Caretaker on Instagram. I replied and they explained that they’d been scammed out of $4000 when looking for an apartment on Craigslist. They sent me screenshots of the payments they had sent to someone, supposedly for a security deposit and first and l...

If you’ve followed Caretaker on Instagram for awhile, you may remember the five glorious months we ran a contest where one of our followers got their rent paid for by us. Those were fun times. From July through November, we spent almost $7000 paying our Instagram followers’ rents. But, like all good things, the r...

Your landlord wants to increase your rent. You don’t want to throw all your money away. Here’s how to fight it. Check out this video for a visual aid. Why would my landlord increase my rent? You have lived in apartment for a full lease term - typically 12 months - and the lease is coming to an end. If you like t...