As we took our search online, we were able to look at multiple listings and save on gas money and time. I typed into googles search engine '$450 rent (city, state)'. I got multiple sites showing results for $450 rent. A site that came up pretty often was http://www.padmapper.com/. At first I ignored this site but then decided to check it out. What it does is it shows red baloons over locations with that price. A downer is that if a unit has 3 rooms it would divide the total rent by the number of rooms so good luck fining a 1 bed or 2 bed for 450. it may be 1000 and 3 rooms so the price per room comes out lower than 450. But if you click on the red balloons and find the ones that fit, you can google that address on a separate search and find more information about the property and even a phone number to call the property management company.
The last 3 words are key in finding good priced units! Property Management Company. Now that is a stroke-of-luck-find for me because as a beginner on searching for rentals online, I searched the inefficient way by simply googling the keywords. But I learned that if I ever stumble upon a good priced property for me, I would find who the property management company (PMC) is. Then I would google the PMC to see their listings and waaalaaa, most likely they will have other listings in the same price range. How nice is that. I do searches for PMC rentals all the time now.
That's your tip for the day. Good luck in your search and we are doing well as our wedding date approaches and we will have a nice, affordable place to live.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
My Search for Cheap Rent. Is is out there?
I'm looking for the type of rent that is so cheap that anyone with 15hours of work per week can afford. I'm talking $450 to $500. I do not want to spend any more than that. My wedding is in 3 months and expenses are through the roof. My fiancee is worried we would not be able to afford a honeymoon, but the thrifty in me had to look for deals. Back to rent though, I started by looking for apartments on the side of the road as I was commuting. Whenever I would see a phone number for renting a unit, I would dial the number and find out about the unit and ask for rent amount. But this method wasn't yeilding much results in my opinion so I shifted my efforts into online hide-and-go seek.
After going to google.com, my favorite search engine, I typed in 'cheap apartments (city, state)'. But of course I soon realized that that search method was inefective because my idea of cheap is different than someone elses idea of cheap (mine is $450 and someone elses is $700 and thats a $250 difference that I wasnt willing or able to afford). Anyway, I decided to search by price because it is specific. I typed in $450. What do you think happened? I'll let you know in my next post, Finding $450 Rental.
After going to google.com, my favorite search engine, I typed in 'cheap apartments (city, state)'. But of course I soon realized that that search method was inefective because my idea of cheap is different than someone elses idea of cheap (mine is $450 and someone elses is $700 and thats a $250 difference that I wasnt willing or able to afford). Anyway, I decided to search by price because it is specific. I typed in $450. What do you think happened? I'll let you know in my next post, Finding $450 Rental.
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