Can I rent house in US before I come?
Oct 30th 2013, 6:20 am
#16
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Re: Can I rent house in US before I come?
Pulaski is spot on. The corporations are much more difficult to work with if you don't fit the profile of the average US renter. Private owners can be more flexible and less of a jobsworth.
I would add Craigslist to that list also
I would add Craigslist to that list also
Oct 30th 2013, 9:57 am
#17
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Re: Can I rent house in US before I come?
You'll likely find it easier with a private landlord over a more "corporate" apartment complex or houses managed through a property manager or letting agency.
Try looking at rent.com, forrentbyowner.com, or Google-up other rental web sites or local newspaper sites with a rental classified section.
Try looking at rent.com, forrentbyowner.com, or Google-up other rental web sites or local newspaper sites with a rental classified section.
I wasn't away of those websites so many thanks for those. I have been looking at realtor.com which are mainly estate agents.
Oct 30th 2013, 9:59 am
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Re: Can I rent house in US before I come?
We did. hubby visited 3 weeks before we came and viewed a house. Went armed with UK experian report, references, letters from employer, employment contract etc. he set up a US bank account and deposited money for the house deposit. We were renting it for a week before we arrived. X
Oct 30th 2013, 12:38 pm
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Realtor.com probably isn't going to be much help, other than to direct you to realtors who (i) don't really want to help you rent a home, (their business is usually primarily handling sales/ purchases) (ii) want to charge you a significant fee for their "help", and/or (iii) will only direct you to homes for rent by their clients.
Oct 30th 2013, 2:16 pm
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We used craigslist and pad mapper.com plus some local websites to look online and then got local contacts ( couple of people from the company I was going to be working for) to go and look at the places and pay the deposit.
The landlord wasn't heavily marketing it ( I found a 2 week old listing ) which might have helped our case
Turned out OK, we knew it was not going to be a long term rental and 16 months later we had our own home
The landlord wasn't heavily marketing it ( I found a 2 week old listing ) which might have helped our case
Turned out OK, we knew it was not going to be a long term rental and 16 months later we had our own home
Oct 30th 2013, 3:33 pm
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Craigslist can be good, but there aren't half a lot of time wasters and scams on it these days.
Oct 31st 2013, 8:43 pm
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Oct 31st 2013, 9:10 pm
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