Where to look for apartments?
Finding an apartment can seem like a lot of work and often it is. There are many places to look for apartments. You can look at news papers, walk around in the neighborhood, hire a company to find one for you and check the various
online rental listings.
Newspapers
Newspapers are the old way of finding apartments. There are still lots of landlords using them, but less and less are doing so. There are simply too many better ways of attracting tenants such as using
online rental listings. Newspapers also do not offer very much information or any pictures.
Walking around in the neighborhood
This is probably the most time consuming way of
finding a new apartment. You will know nothing about the apartment until you see it and therefore end up seeing a lot 'dogs' that doesn't suit your needs.
Companies that can find a place for you
If you are very busy this does seem like a good idea. Unfortunately a lot of these companies have received many complaints. Often they just go through the various online rental listings and send you a list that you yourself could have found in a few minutes. Most of these companies charge around $50 for a list.
If you are busy there are other ways of saving time. Rentmore.ca offers an
Apartment Finder which will email you automatically when a new available apartment, that suits your exact needs, comes available. It comes extremely cheap compared to the companies that will find you an apartment since it's completely automated. As of this moment the price is around $10.00 for a full month! The price can change at any time and is only given for references purposes. You can check out the
Apartment Finder price here.
Online Rental Listings
Online rental listings are by most measurements the best way of finding a new home. More and more landlords are using online rental listings and it is becoming the most used way of advertising
apartment vacancies. Some sites charge tenants just to see the listings. There is such a large variety of websites offering online rental listings that you should never pay to see a rental listing. If you find a site that practices this avoid it! In most cases it is not worth your money.
Not only are more landlords using online rental listings but the level of detail that these
detailed rental listings provides also beats the newspapers hands down. A lot of websites now offer maps and pictures on the listings as well saving you lots time by not having to go to showings that you end up not liking once you've seen them. A picture solves that problem.
If you don't know the area that you are moving to a lot of sites offer maps on their listings. Rentmore.ca has gone a step further and now offers a new free service where you can
search on the maps for local businesses such as restaurants, bars, groceries, gyms and whatever you desire. This solves the problem of moving to new city and not knowing the neighborhoods.
To check it out
go to Rentmore.ca and find a listing with a map. On the map there's a small
Search the map where you can type in your search. You can also use this search when you go to a specific city or when you use the
search apartment function
This is not legal advice. Always ensure that you follow applicable Tenancy and Bylaw Regulations.
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