How to find a rental?

[Anonymous]

Would you just use craigs list? is there a more official way of finding a rental?
thanks.

[Anonymous]

zillow? trulia? condo associations

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you just use craigs list? is there a more official way of finding a rental?
thanks.

Hotpads too..

[Anonymous]

Craigslist and word of mouth. When I lived in Chicago, I always used finder services like Apartment People. I'd happily plunk down $50 or $100 to have someone drive me around and show me places that meet my specifications until I find one that works, sadly I didn't find anything like that when I moved out here.

[Anonymous]

We found ours on Craig's list

[Anonymous]

Redfin

[Anonymous]

If military you can use: ahrn.com or militarybyowner.com.

For this immediate area, I used cbmove.com, but many other realtor companies have their own version where they'll email you rentals that fit your criteria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Craigslist and word of mouth. When I lived in Chicago, I always used finder services like Apartment People. I'd happily plunk down $50 or $100 to have someone drive me around and show me places that meet my specifications until I find one that works, sadly I didn't find anything like that when I moved out here.

An agent will do this for you for free. But it will not include anything that's privately listed on craigslist.

[Anonymous]

I would use padmapper.com to get a better idea of the rental locations & prices. I like it a lot better than what Craigslist itself provides for its mapping capabilities. You can also try going directly through some of the rental companies that provide listings (e.g., Yarmouth which does a lot of Capitol Hill).

However, if you're just trying to find an apartment in a large building, then something like rent.com should suffice.

[Anonymous]

zillow is good, as a landlord the best tenants came from searching zillow I think it had to SES.

The worst was from the sign on the front lawn.