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Old 04-25-2009, 08:22 PM
 
Location: WA
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My husband is in the Coast Guard and we are moving to Seattle in June.
We are looking for a 3 or 4 bedroom with a fenced in back yard,possibly the Renton area...or any decent area's close to Seattle,we are trying to keep the rent at $1500 or below.
We have 2 small children and no pets,so my question is does anyone know of any rental homes or any rental websites that I can check out?



Any info would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance for anyone who responds.
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Old 04-25-2009, 08:37 PM
 
Location: In a house on a street in Puyallup, WA
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Check craigslist just becareful when sending money to anyone there are lots of creeps out there
seattle-tacoma apts/housing for rent classifieds - craigslist
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Old 04-25-2009, 08:48 PM
 
Location: WA
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I have tried Craigslist,but in return got emails from people claiming to be in Africa doing work for the church wanting me to send money and in return they would send a key.
I have also got some legitimate responses from there as well,I'm 3000 miles away and am not up for so easily trusting someone.

I was just wondering what some more legit websites would be,like maybe a real agencie that handles rentals.


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Check craigslist just becareful when sending money to anyone there are lots of creeps out there
seattle-tacoma apts/housing for rent classifieds - craigslist
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Old 04-25-2009, 09:02 PM
 
Location: 98166
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I have tried Craigslist,but in return got emails from people claiming to be in Africa doing work for the church wanting me to send money and in return they would send a key.
I have also got some legitimate responses from there as well,I'm 3000 miles away and am not up for so easily trusting someone.

I was just wondering what some more legit websites would be,like maybe a real agencie that handles rentals.
You can try Seattle Apartments at Seattle Rentals .com - condos, houses and apartment listings and online rental classifieds. I like the way the site is layed out. I would shy away from craigslist(as you already know). We have been trying to sell some stuff leftover from building our home(mainly really nice granite countertops) and so far nothing but weirdos that want to send cashiers checks, aren't from the country... Anyway, sorry to get off point! Good luck!
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Old 04-25-2009, 09:22 PM
 
Location: WA
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Try searching for property management companies. They seem to have more house listings with owners looking for long-term renters. Something like "seattle property management", etc. Some of the sites have a search feature of their listings. If you are looking for a house, then stay away from the apartment search sites for the most part. I didn't find hardly any houses on the sites, even ones which accepted private listings (only managed apartment complexes).
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Old 04-26-2009, 02:32 PM
 
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www.rent.com
www.forrent.com
Any apartment you try to rent, Just check the apartment ratings
www.apartmentratings.com BEcause we may find something on it. Outside and whenevr we go on a tour all apartments are the same and they have a model house to show. Once you like the model apartment ask them to show you the apartment which you"ll be taking atleast after cleaning. because there are a lot of differences. sunlight etc.
you can also check some preferred apartment communities such as
equity residential, Avalon ...These two are highly regarded and you can google these names to find the websites.
Good luck on your home search.
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Old 04-28-2009, 08:02 AM
 
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I just found hotpads.com which will show you whats for rent and where, overlaid on a google map type display. Pretty neat, hope this helps
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Old 04-29-2009, 11:20 AM
 
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HotPads - Map Search for Real Estate, Apartments & Houses for Rent, Foreclosures and Homes for Sale is very good too.
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