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Apartment Hunting

summerbride20 Posted:

Apartment Hunting

How do I find an apartment?

Do I use a real estate agent, craigslist, etc.?

I live with my parents and have never looked for my own place before, how do I begin?
julesrbf Posted:

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Are you looking to buy or rent?

summerbride20 Posted:

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Right now, I think rent.

julesrbf Posted:

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I know a lot of people use Craigslist to look for apartments for rent ... I think MLSLI.com also has a rental section. Sorry, I never rented before so I am not sure! I moved from my childhood home into the home that DH and I bought.

AdriandSteve Posted:

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just sent you FM

LoveyDovey Posted:

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you can also check popular apartment complexes as well

home properties

fairfield

avalon

are all popular complexes

are you looking in long island?

craigslist is a good place to start

i would avoid realtors because you will have to pay a broker fee...and you will prob have no problem finding one on your own
AngnShaun Posted:

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hotpads.com
jwleewedding Posted:

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i found my place on CL...

you can search for places that are broker free.. saves you some $
asg450 Posted:

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we used a real estate agent. I found it easier to use them than do the entire search ourselves. They look for the apartments and you just go and look at them.

pjc92980 Posted:

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I used CL too...I didnt want to have to pay a real estate agent

FuTuRe MrS MaZz Posted:

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When I rented, I found mine on craigs list... After seeing like 20, you'll find that diamond in the rough so dont give up hope!!!! I found that apts on CL tended to look nice in pics and then was horrendous in person... Its amazing how pics can be so deceiving so dont get your hopes up too much before you visit the place in person
FutureJOC Posted:

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We originally searched through Craigslist but were unable to find anything we liked,. Eventually we just went to Tscherne Realtors (it's in our neighborhood) and the first apartment they should us was the one we took. Had to pay a broker's fee of course but it was totally worth it because we love our apartment.

Soon2bMrsH Posted:

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weve been looking on craigslist- a lot of realtors post on there

and also, just going on real estate websites and narrowing the search down to meet our criteria.

jessrocksyoursocks Posted:

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we're using mlsli right now.
we've had some luck, and some that were a joke.
FH actually found a gorgeous apt in islip that he took a peek at last week and we're going back friday.
if it's good, we're in next month! :)
MrsVtoBe Posted:

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I used CL for my first apartment, then when I moved in with FH, we got an apartment through word of mouth.
If you have a specific area you are interested in, go to local supermarkets, they sometimes post available apartments on the boards by the exit doors.
agchunk Posted:

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not sure where you're looking - someone at work told me about a place in East Northport...

NellieBellie32 Posted:

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it doesnt hurt u to use a real estate agent, it just costs the person listing the apartment.......let them do the work, tell them what u want

i used to be an agent so we have a website thats so easy to use just type the info and well find what ur looking for
slyman1101 Posted:

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as long as its not in manhattan -craigslist! do no fee ones first. there is usually a great selection, thats what ive used to get all of my apartments except for the city. if youre looking in manhattan, get a broker.
good luck!

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