I might also add...you can glean a lot of information by researching the specific plants that you want to buy before you make the purchase, to see if you think that you can provide the correct growing habitat for them.
Monstera deliciosa is endemic to the wet tropical forests in Mexico and its range extends down toward Panama in the South. It ha been imported to Hawaii, Australia and other places and has become invasive in some of these hot tropical places. There are roughly 200 species of Monstera, and they are all scandent (vining) epiphytes that normally live in wet tropical forest. While it is a popular houseplant, most houses do not meet its preferred conditions, which is probably why there are 1000's of questions about them on forums like this one.
Anthurium clarivervium is also endemic to Mexico, coming from the Southern state of Chiapas in the rainforest there. It likes to be kept evenly moist and does not like to dry out. It also likes very very bright light, and many houses cannot give adequate light levels. If you try meeting these conditions for the monstera and the clarinervium (higher humidity, bright light, moist not wet soil) you should have a fair chance at having them thrive
