meauxna

There's my 'something new' for the day!
Now now, they get it good with me. Why just this week I've evicted the mice and let the tenants stay!

dave2702

5x seems rather steep. Have you tried looking on something like apartments.com. Though to be honest you might as just as well wait until you arrive. In the front of the supermarkets is a little handbook where all the leasing agencies in the area advertise

Plus Private Rental is definitely an option, the housemarket is bad and so many people are now trying to rent out their places. You can easily get a nice townhouse for much cheaper than a condo. When you arrive just drive round the area and see who's advertising their places for rent

I don't think I've ever spent more than a couple of $100 for depost. though you will need an SSN before you start

frrussre

Hi Ray, showing our age again. The young ones will have no idea.
Reg. Frank R.

memiek

Sorry but that is absolutely not true. You can rent (both via a private party and via agencies) an apartment, town-house, condo, single family home, etc. without a SSN. You just don't build any credit history.

anabella

Agreed... how would all the illegals rent otherwise...

AdobePinon

You won't last long in this country like that.

Anyway, if you can't make a deal with one leasing agent, move on to the next. When I moved to the US, the standard was first + last + deposit. Still plenty of those around.

The Martins

Why thank you people, this has given me much food for thought.
Visited the Embassy in London Fri morning & was granted a 3 year E2 so now I can put all of your good advise to use.

Thanks again

Ray

Sure that not two years ...never heard of a three ..its been custom lately for an initial two followed by five years

The Martins

Yeah real sure, Asked for an extra year & De Man From Da Consulate Office Say Yes!!

Ray

Well thats a first ....well done !!

The Martins

Thanks Man! Looking forward to it

chrisncarla

We decided not to go rent but to buy as the property in MN was cheaper.
The deal was done in 6 weeks

ian-mstm

If you're headed to the St. Paul/Minneapolis area, my stepdaughter and her husband are moving to Texas at the end of January... their place in Maplewood will be on the market shortly... not for rent though, but purchase. It's the end unit of a short row of town homes at the end of a cul-de-sac. If you're interested, PM me.

Ian

HSHMN

Hi
Im not sure if this may be a little of a late reply but we recently moved out to MN with husbands work. We are renting a house belonging to an ex colleague of hubbys who had no luck selling with how things are at the mo. We did get shown round some rentals through a real estate agency, coldwell burnet or something.. arranged through the relocation assistance we received. They didnt mention having to pay so much at all for a security deposit. We also found that the local papers have plenty of rentals in and also the craigslist webpage.

One thing we did do when in UK was have a contact for arranging car leasings, to do this in the UK for when we moved over to States would of cost us over 3 times as much as just turning up to the dealers here and shopping around.. so I guess it might be the same with the housing too!

Good luck - or if you are over already, hope you are enjoying it and found somewhere to live!

Ray

Since found out the consulate are giving 3 year initial E-2 now ..instead of two ..you must have been one of the first to get it ..