Get ready to laugh and laugh and laugh!

This is a funny but realistically practical book of advice for sons and daughters considering their fist real move away from their very first "home" with Mom and/or Dad!

For example, who has ever thought to let the new renter know that "...a little bug spray, a spritz of upholstery deodorizer, an old blanket, or some duct tape will remedy most furniture flaws."

Or consider what the following words REALLY MEAN as advertised: cozy = so small you might mistake it for a closet...spacious = can fit the bed in the room and still open the door...

On and on the advice comes - hysterically funny in parts only because most readers will know from experience these scenarios but a really useful tool for those about to embark on their first home and budget which all can be summarized by that magical term, independence!

Enjoy the romp and you just might find yourself checking this resource as much as you do a cookbook or telephone book in your new abode!

Nicely done, Chris Salditt!

Reviewed by Viviane Crystal on October 18, 2006

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