Hey, everyone.<\/p>\n
I’m looking to move to Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights, or Carroll Gardens this spring as a renter (CH would be most ideal). Since I’m in no hurry to move (I already have a secure place to live — but it’s a share), I figured I would try to do the legwork of finding a place myself instead of relying on a broker and thus avoiding the fee.<\/p>\n
Would it be absolutely crass to call building managers, owners, landlords, etc. to inquire about vacancies in their properties? For those of you who are landlords here, do you think this is a good way for possible tenants to reach you?<\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hey, everyone. I’m looking to move to Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights, or Carroll Gardens this spring as a renter (CH would be most ideal). Since I’m in no hurry to move (I already have a secure place to live — but it’s a share), I figured I would try to do the legwork of finding…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13921,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-27559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-renters"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/01\/cold-calling-bu\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Cold calling building managers?","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/01\/cold-calling-bu\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/01\/cold-calling-bu\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Renters","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"duckumu"}],"creator":["duckumu"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2009-01-07T14:32:59Z","datePublished":"2009-01-07T14:32:59Z","dateModified":"2009-01-07T14:32:59Z"},"rendered":"