Looking for an apartment....

How do you go about looking for an apartment?? My FI are getting married in July are both still living at home.....

SO I guess my questions are where to look and when????

Re: Looking for an apartment....

We just started looking on Craigslist, and I'm already getting frustrated. Reasonably priced apartements want only singles or are in questionable areas.

I'd love to hear from others on this as well.

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Have you looked in the Mineola area? I don't know if you're looking in Nassau or not, but we rented there for years. There are a lot of people there who have apartments in their homes. Also, there are co-op buildings there that people sublet. The co-op board lets them. We used a realtor. Yes, we had to pay a fee, but it was worth it. We had great landlords and stayed there 3 years w/o a rent increase.

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we are looking now mainly on craiglist we also have a realtor/friend lookign for us...it is extrememly frustrtaing

but we started looking now so i am not so stressed closer to the wedding i we see somrthing really nice we will jump on it but right now we are looking

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where are you looking?

Suffolk has a lot more to offer in terms of apartment complexes. DH and I live in one and I have to say, we LOVE it! it's gated and beautifully maintated. it has a pool and a clubhouse with a gym. the rent is also quite reasonable. Send me an FM if you want more info

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We wanted possibly Queens or Nassau

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We looked on craigslist & in the online long island pennysaver. We looked for a good 3 weeks (every weekend) b4 we found our current 2br apt (which we love). It's the top floor of a private house.

I found many of the Queens apts. to be basement. My last apt. was bright & sunny & in a private house in Whitestone, but the basement & the kids upstairs would jump the stairs & you'd hear everything...

If you are looking for July/Aug, I'd start looking in May.

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My friend has a 1 bedroom co op in Valley Stream that was renovated for rent, and a 2 bedroom apartment in a house in Franklin Square for rent. Fm me for more details. I am waiting for my friend to send me all the info on the two places and pictures too
Scott

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what about Long Beach?

I live in a great building- with a pool and private beach about 3 blocks from the boardwalk

all the bars and resturants are a $5 cab ride away

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I went with a realtor & so did friends of ours who also found an apartment in a house. We both have 2nd floor apartments 2 bedrooms in nassau. Ours is in bellmore & theirs is in levittown. I think the best way to go is craigslist and a realtor. We saw stuff that was listed in the newspaper & I wouldn't let my worst enemy rent it. The only downside to a realtor is you have to pay them 1 months rent as a fee.

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Posted by csorisi

I went with a realtor & so did friends of ours who also found an apartment in a house. We both have 2nd floor apartments 2 bedrooms in nassau. Ours is in bellmore & theirs is in levittown. I think the best way to go is craigslist and a realtor. We saw stuff that was listed in the newspaper & I wouldn't let my worst enemy rent it. The only downside to a realtor is you have to pay them 1 months rent as a fee.

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That is what I am afraid of

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Posted by Danielle&Scott

My friend has a 1 bedroom co op in Valley Stream that was renovated for rent, and a 2 bedroom apartment in a house in Franklin Square for rent. Fm me for more details. I am waiting for my friend to send me all the info on the two places and pictures too
Scott

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Sent you FM...thanks so much!