Separated Mom with Babe Looking for CHEAP Cincinnati Home (Reading: rentals, house)

[goyguy]

"No, thank YOU" for checking back in and letting us know how things are going.

[kjbrill]

Originally Posted by goyguy

"No, thank YOU" for checking back in and letting us know how things are going.

I definitely second that. Several of us are interested in how her situation pans out.

[avondalia]

Hello Everyone,

It's been so long since I first posted and I wanted to follow up.

Its been a slog and for a variety of reasons, I'm just moving to Cincinnati now; I'm ending my Brooklyn sublease March 1.

The best news: My son, who is now almost 14 months old now, has been evaluated by neurologists and geneticists and while we will have to be vigilant for years, we've been told by some of the best specialists in the field that thus far he is normal, healthy and unlikely to ever develop severe neurological or other symptoms.

The good news: I got a job offer! I'm soon to start working at a small but expanding tech firm in a first-ring Cincinnati suburb. I'm just an admin/hr-type but we should be able to survive on salary and child support.

The bad news: My savings are (relatively) eviscerated. We have some cash left but having dallied in NY for months trying to save my marriage has cost me a lot financially. Sigh. I guess the bright side is that I have some emotional closure now, even though we aren't divorced and probably won't be for a couple of years.

So now that I have a job, I just have to find a car and a place to live! I wanted to come back and thank all of you for your help. It's so scary (and to be honest, sad) to be starting over and I appreciate the support. If you have any thoughts about where to rent under $1k/mo. while I rebuild our savings, I'd appreciate it.

[SalamanderSmile]

Originally Posted by avondalia

Hello Everyone,

It's been so long since I first posted and I wanted to follow up.

Its been a slog and for a variety of reasons, I'm just moving to Cincinnati now; I'm ending my Brooklyn sublease March 1.

The best news: My son, who is now almost 14 months old now, has been evaluated by neurologists and geneticists and while we will have to be vigilant for years, we've been told by some of the best specialists in the field that thus far he is normal, healthy and unlikely to ever develop severe neurological or other symptoms.

The good news: I got a job offer! I'm soon to start working at a small but expanding tech firm in a first-ring Cincinnati suburb. I'm just an admin/hr-type but we should be able to survive on salary and child support.

The bad news: My savings are (relatively) eviscerated. We have some cash left but having dallied in NY for months trying to save my marriage has cost me a lot financially. Sigh. I guess the bright side is that I have some emotional closure now, even though we aren't divorced and probably won't be for a couple of years.

So now that I have a job, I just have to find a car and a place to live! I wanted to come back and thank all of you for your help. It's so scary (and to be honest, sad) to be starting over and I appreciate the support. If you have any thoughts about where to rent under $1k/mo. while I rebuild our savings, I'd appreciate it.

Rent here is cheap cheap cheap. You should have no problems. I don't know where you are working but Pleasant Ridge is a decent place to rent, you should be able to find something there for $500. Mariemont has lots of two bedroom townhouses but they are generally unremodelled and "vintage" but they come with yards and are usually $700ish. There are usually some single family houses for rent in Kenwood that would be around $1000. Sadly Cincinnati is often a "drive around and see the signs in the yards" kind of place. So it is hard to do from afar. A single family home could be found in Silverton or Deer Park as well. Look on Craigslist.

[progmac]

Originally Posted by avondalia

Hello Everyone,

It's been so long since I first posted and I wanted to follow up.

Its been a slog and for a variety of reasons, I'm just moving to Cincinnati now; I'm ending my Brooklyn sublease March 1.

The best news: My son, who is now almost 14 months old now, has been evaluated by neurologists and geneticists and while we will have to be vigilant for years, we've been told by some of the best specialists in the field that thus far he is normal, healthy and unlikely to ever develop severe neurological or other symptoms.

The good news: I got a job offer! I'm soon to start working at a small but expanding tech firm in a first-ring Cincinnati suburb. I'm just an admin/hr-type but we should be able to survive on salary and child support.

The bad news: My savings are (relatively) eviscerated. We have some cash left but having dallied in NY for months trying to save my marriage has cost me a lot financially. Sigh. I guess the bright side is that I have some emotional closure now, even though we aren't divorced and probably won't be for a couple of years.

So now that I have a job, I just have to find a car and a place to live! I wanted to come back and thank all of you for your help. It's so scary (and to be honest, sad) to be starting over and I appreciate the support. If you have any thoughts about where to rent under $1k/mo. while I rebuild our savings, I'd appreciate it.

Nice to 'see' you again and congrats on the job offer! All the best in what will be a major transition. It sounds like this will be a very good move for you. I'm going to look around a bit for rentals. I think Silverton or Deer Park could be a very good fit.

[goyguy]

I want the OP at my next meet-up!!! Continual updates are a scarce commodity in the C-D world, where far more often than not everybody who took part in a virtual conversation is "left hanging."

It's great to see that Silverton immediately got back on the radar.
I (in)famously tout Roselawn as a place to live despite its crime pockets and other significant problems - but to a potential renter, not so much. A major reason that part of town has the issues that it grapples with is the heavy concentration of apartment houses and "brick boxes" in certain areas. When the neighborhood was universally considered "desirable" there was no problem attracting quality tenants. BUT now the perception is not so good. Far too many of the brick boxes - nowhere more so than on Summit Rd and Eastlawn Dr - have had their upkeep slip and a "criminal element" take over. The occasional house does come up for rent, though, and therein would lie a different story. (For an unsurprisingly short time a renovated place on Scottwood, bought out of foreclosure, was being offered for $875/month.)

People are quick to recommend craigslist, but chances are they'd never utilize it themselves. What one typically sees there are units, with remodeling done on the cheap, in marginal-at-best communities. (There's never a shortage of available apartments in sketchy parts of Westwood, for instance.) Cincinnati really is a city where nothing works better than "windshield tours" with an eye peeled for "For Rent" signs. The market is slow enough that you can find a suitable home relatively easily, and not so "hot" that all the good places find new tenants by word of mouth.

Don't overlook the realtors' Websites - sibcycline.com, huff.com, comey.com, etc. If you do a search while leaving out the desired purchase price you will find rental properties there.

The Montgomery Rd corridor (Silverton, Kennedy Hts, Pleasant Ridge, maybe Norwood) would be where to focus most. Golf Manor is what it is, but there ought to be a decent supply of the small but comfortable homes there for rent. As for "Woes Lawn," don't rule it out completely for an apartment but go in with eyes wide open and confine the search mainly to Brookcrest, Northwood, and Section Rd. Hartwell can be on the plate as an outlying possibility as well.

[kjbrill]

I feel recommendations for rentals is a little premature. Very happy the OP responded back with the fact has a job, will be moving to Cincinnati, and the prognosis on her son has improved.

But to me, the following facts are unclear.
1) With the improved diagnosis of her son what is the anticipated doctor visitations and where? This is still the first priority.
2) An inner-ring suburb for a job still leaves a great deal of territory open. Just what inner-ring suburb?
3) I feel a reasonable rental is definitely in the cards, and bus transportation should be viable. But to throw out a rental suggestion without pinning down the above two facts to me makes no sense.

[Wilson513]

As usual, our Boston contributor is off the mark.

All good apartments are on Craigslist. Every upscale apartment rental company has a Craigslist marketing strategy, often including expensive production and floor plans. Most realtors do not even handle rentals. None of them want to. So, expect zero enthusiasm from them. Of course, if a neighborhood has been selected, walking the neighborhood and looking for signs is the very best approach from the tenants' standpoint for various reasons.

When the time comes, Craigslist is the place to start.

[SalamanderSmile]

Originally Posted by Wilson513

As usual, our Boston contributor is off the mark.

All good apartments are on Craigslist. Every upscale apartment rental company has a Craigslist marketing strategy, often including expensive production and floor plans. Most realtors do not even handle rentals. None of them want to. So, expect zero enthusiasm from them. Of course, if a neighborhood has been selected, walking the neighborhood and looking for signs is the very best approach from the tenants' standpoint for various reasons.

When the time comes, Craigslist is the place to start.

I have never gotten an apartment here or in Boston from anything other than Craigslist (14 apartments in all). Admittedly here there are many with signs in the yard that don't bother with Craigslist.

[kjbrill]

Originally Posted by SalamanderSmile

I have never gotten an apartment here or in Boston from anything other than Craigslist (14 apartments in all). Admittedly here there are many with signs in the yard that don't bother with Craigslist.

Please state your doubts. Are Craigslist apartments overpriced? Are the signs on the yard contingent just low priced come on crap? Glad I have not rented for almost 50 years

I paid a mortgage for many years. Felt I was smart enough to evaluate mortgage, taxes, insurance, etc. and decide if I was behind or ahead.

I can see how many are not comfortable with this evaluation. But my overall opinion is Buy, don't Rent. Why? Because I am well over 15 years with a mortgage free house. Granted I am in my 70s. But the house was totally paid for in our 60s.

Should have done much better. Many factors come into play. We have 4 kids, all college grads. That was important to us. Importance is relative.

But believe me, once you hit 60 and then lucky to reach 70, if that house says PAID FOR! what a good feeling.