Rental Apartment - timelines
Hi Folks! So I warned you I would post annoying questions.. seriously though: We will probably need to move into a rental apartment for Sept 1, when should we start viewing these apartments so we can secure a Sept 1 move in? Any tips would be helpful thanks!
Hi Folks!
So I warned you I would post annoying questions..
seriously though:
We will probably need to move into a rental apartment for Sept 1, when should we start viewing these apartments so we can secure a Sept 1 move in?
Any tips would be helpful
thanks!
NSP – are you trying to stay in the slope too?
Thanks Guys – will prob stop teasing myself now looking at places hoping they will STILL be available by Sept 1 and just start the real search the last week of July
You know, in 2007 I didn’t see anything until 3-4 weeks before lease start, but this time, I think landlords are making more of an effort to advertise earlier…
Earliest you can start looking is August 1st, but typically stuff doesn’t start popping up until 2 weeks before (Aug 15th).
I’m guessing 4 weeks leadtime. Being a nomadic NYer (moved every 2 years for the last maaany years), stuff that’s available massively ahead of time tends to be the crap that doesn’t get rented. Seriously, if an apartment is decent and priced fairly, it will get snapped up so they don’t usually bother showing it until a month before. I think the main thing is just to allot a LOT of time within that 2 week period of maybe last week of July through the first week of August and you’ll find something. There seems to be a lot of turnover in my neighborhood recently. A bunch of yuppies moved next door and have been really noisy on the patio / roofdeck. Blergh!
Good luck 🙂
Well gemini, warm your heart with the thought of all the stress you are avoiding by not owning a depreciating asset through an economic melt down. there are upsides to either situation and you must embrace yours.
Wasder – OF COURSE am in shock already- I mean we are owners through and through – it will be weird being renters that’s for sure. Now of course I wish we didn’t sell, I love my house 🙁
Ditmas – thanks – as suspected, I have forgotten how to look for an apt to rent.
Start now.
I’m looking myself and I’ve just started seeing “September 1” listings on Craigslist, incl. some stuff from brokers.
Last week of July and 1st two weeks of August will probably be when a large number of Sept. 1s start showing up, but there are definitely some out there now.
I’d actually like a Sept. 15 myself, but I figure I’ll have to try negotiating that after I find a place I like.
You can start now, but brokers are unlikely to have anything to show you for September 1 until after August 1.
Wow–gemini, keep us informed as to how it feels to go from owning to renting. You must be mighty relieved to have sold your house but I suspect that a part of you will also miss the concept of owning.