How long to get into an apartment in Austin area??? (leasing, good credit) - City-Data Forum

robi10s · 07-11-2010, 09:43 PM

How long would it take for me to get into an apartment once I show up in Austin? I have good credit, etc. Not sure if I could get into an apartment within a few days max??? I'm moving, but not sure when I will be closed and settled at this point. Don't want to do all this sight unseen 2000+ miles away. The one and only place I bought sight unseen was a huge mistake back in my college days, so I won't do that again.

Willsson · 07-11-2010, 10:13 PM

A few days, a week max. They'll check your credit and residential history.

ImOnFiya · 07-12-2010, 04:03 AM

To be honest, it depends on how desperate the apartment building staffing are that time of year. I've been approved that day, and move in be in a couple of days, depending on the vacancies.

Hot tip: Get here late July/ 1st week of August. After Sunday, August 8th, the UT/ACC/Concordia students come back, plus all the family relocations before the beginning of the school year.

It helps to beat the rush!

Willsson · 07-12-2010, 12:00 PM

Or wait until a few weeks after schools starts, some students will be looking to get out of their leases.

jimdawn1 · 07-12-2010, 03:27 PM

Depends...I would contact a local realtor to help you with area, etc. and do some of the initial legwork for you!

Aaron Gordy · 07-15-2010, 11:26 AM

it depends on several factors. Some apartment communities just check credit and criminal in which case they can approve you on the spot. If they have availability then you can move in on the same day that you applied. Most communities check income, rental, credit and criminal. Some will outsource those functions to a 3rd party provider and in which case it will usually take several days. If the communities do those functions in house then it really depends on how quick the listed references provide feedback as to their rental and income. Most of the time it takes 3 days. In some cases if the community is affordable housing then they have quite a few extra chores to get a person qualified which usually takes a week. On most standard Texas Apartment Application leases on the back states that they have 7 days to process the application. It all depends though. I had one experience in which it took 3 months to approve a person but there were sooo many issues surrounding the situation that it wasn't the norm. Short answer: Typically it takes 3 days.

The best time to look or move is in June because it is slower than May, July, August, September or any time excluding the May,July, August, September months. In the offseason is the time to get the best deals...fyi or the very very beginning of the leasing season in May for a May move in...or so it seems.

robi10s · 07-20-2010, 06:25 PM

I'm trying to move back to the Motherland, yes to Texas, from Virginia. It's not easy to plan a trip more than halfway across the country with house on market, and so many other uncertainties at this point. Then, I will have to get me a J-O-B when I get there. I will definitely contact a realtor, I think that's probably going to be my best bet at this point. Thanks!!! Please God let everything work out for the best!