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Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

house being loaded onto flatbed with WIDE LOAD sign and caption "meanwhile in Austin real estate, property taxes have gotten so high, our neighbor is taking their whole damn house to the hill country"

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‘Our neighbor is taking their whole damn house’: TikToker claims neighbor is moving whole house due to property taxes in Austin

You can find her byline in Vice, Teen Vogue, Epic, and the Independent, among other publications. You can find her on Twitter @GagliardoSilver.

Victoria Gagliardo-Silver

Messy room with laundry trash and random garbage and cat caption "when ur nightmare of a housemate finally moves out but leaves their room like this and ABANDONS their cat" (l) Cat eating in messy room with caption "when ur nightmare of a housemate finally moves out but leaves their room like this and ABANDONS their cat" (c) Messy room's closet and other side caption "when ur nightmare of a housemate finally moves out but leaves their room like this and ABANDONS their cat" (r)

‘Take the cat in please’: TikToker shows off mess left by ‘nightmare’ roommate who abandoned their cat

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

Woman in greenscreen video caption "actual photos from my move out inspection after I cleaned for 5 hours and the report they attached" (l) Red house with magnifying glass up to it with other white houses around (c) Screnshot of womans inspection claim "dirty: caption "they really trying to scam me" (r)

‘Goodbye $500 security deposit’: TikToker says landlord tried scamming her by deeming her clean apartment ‘dirty’ during move out inspection

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

Moises Mendez II

amazon giftcard (l) Woman greenscreen tiktok video with text " Hi, Alexis. Thank you for letting us use your apartment last month for our property inspections! Your unit impressed so many people at the corporate office, that I am reaching out to see if you'd be comfortable with us photographing your apartment to use as our "staged" photos for the blank studio floorplan. We would not photograph any personal items- we're mostly just trying to show the furniture layout, scale off furniture, use of space etc. Your apartment is adorable, and I know your unit would help generate interest when we advertise the floorplan. We would provide you with an Amazon gift card, and I would have my on-site cleaner coe clean your apartment for you" (r)

‘Ask for a discount on rent’: Landlord asks to use TikToker’s apartment for their marketing, offers Amazon gift card as compensation (updated)

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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‘So sad for the tenants who were scammed’: Viral TikTok shows cops evicting apartment building rented out by squatters, sparking debate

‘I left the house thinking that I was going to come back’: TikToker says landlord kicked her out after she already paid rent

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