[JAFADW]

My husband, 6 year old daughter, and myself will be relocating to Auburn, AL at the end of May. We are working with a relocation company and are unfortunately on their timeline right now, so it looks like we may need to rent for a little while prior to making an offer on a new home. Are there any family friendly, short-term leases in the Auburn area? I will be working in Tallassee, AL so we plan to purchase a home on the West Side of Auburn, so I would like to be able to rent in this same general area, due to my daughter being in school. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks.

[ggraf71]

Most of the rentals and apartments in Auburn are for college aged people. My wife and I rented a duplex while we were looking for a permanent home to purchase. There is very little wiggle room for terminating a lease early. We were forced to sign a 1 year lease even though we planned on living there no more than 6 months. Also, with it being a college town, there was noise constantly.

There are some apartments right off exit 51 called The Fairways. I will try to link it. I'm not sure about the lease terms, but it is worth a call. I think it is far enough away from campus that you wont have to worry much about parties.

http://www.auburnapartmentguide.com/...at-Auburn.html

[Southlander]

You might want to look at Opelika. It is really smack next to Auburn, but it has more adults and fewer students.

[coloradocutter]

It's very difficult to find a family rental period in Auburn. We rented a house in Auburn and found it through Craigslist. We paid a lot more for this then you would expect. The rental market is very, very strong in Auburn. The housing market, not so much, so there's a lot of reasons to buy...except for the obvious one-that you might want to sell soon. :-( good luck!!!