<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Screening</title><description>Finding a room and vetting who you live with: reading a listing, the questions that predict problems, what to look for at a viewing, and how rental scams work.</description><link>https://roomagreement.net/</link><item><title>Moving into an existing household</title><link>https://roomagreement.net/blogs/moving-into-an-existing-household/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roomagreement.net/blogs/moving-into-an-existing-household/</guid><description>Joining a house that already has its own habits is different from starting one. You are the variable being tested, and the norms are already set.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>households</category><category>screening</category><category>deciding</category></item><item><title>How room rental scams work</title><link>https://roomagreement.net/blogs/how-room-rental-scams-work/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roomagreement.net/blogs/how-room-rental-scams-work/</guid><description>The surface tells change constantly; the structure doesn&apos;t. Every version needs money before viewing and a plausible reason nobody can meet you.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>scams</category><category>verifying</category><category>listings</category></item><item><title>What to look for at the viewing</title><link>https://roomagreement.net/blogs/what-to-look-for-at-the-viewing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roomagreement.net/blogs/what-to-look-for-at-the-viewing/</guid><description>Half an hour in a flat is a small sample. Spend it on the things that only exist in person, and stop checking what a photo already told you.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>viewing</category><category>screening</category></item><item><title>The questions that actually predict problems</title><link>https://roomagreement.net/blogs/the-questions-that-actually-predict-problems/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roomagreement.net/blogs/the-questions-that-actually-predict-problems/</guid><description>Most roommate screening questions are personality quizzes. The ones that predict friction are about schedules, money, space and how the last person left.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>screening</category><category>deciding</category></item><item><title>What a room listing tells you</title><link>https://roomagreement.net/blogs/what-a-room-listing-tells-you/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roomagreement.net/blogs/what-a-room-listing-tells-you/</guid><description>Listings are short, so every choice in them is load-bearing. The price, the wording, the photo angles and the omissions each carry information.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>listings</category><category>searching</category></item></channel></rss>