Renter's market for apartments in Austin? Woo hoo! (Jollyville, Jolly: condos, crime)

[micmac99]

statesman.com | Austin apartment landlords making lots of deals for renters | The Real Deal (http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/realestate/entries/2009/07/15/concessions_abound_in_austins.html - broken link)

If this is true, hopefully the trend will hold long enough for me to get a good deal when I do make the move, probably early 2010. I am the guy many of you mercilessly ripped a couple of weeks ago for having poor credit and having the audacity of wanting to relocate to Austin under those conditions. "Plan on living in the 'hood", a few of you of you basically said.

One of the nice things about a bad economy is that landlords will work with almost anyone short of a convicted killer to keep their units from being vacant. But that's also one of the bad things as well, as you might have some shady neighbors in an otherwise quiet and calm complex. That's the case in my present building in Phoenix; the tenant population is quite literally a cross section of the entire Valley: senior citizens, college students, moms with small kids, nurses, cab drivers, office-working professionals, people whose profession is questionable. White, Black, Asian, Latino.

If I can find, in Austin, a complex similar to my locale in Phoenix, which is within walking distance to a Safeway (Randalls), CVS drug, Walgreens, Jack In The Box, McDonalds, a post office, and the new Phoenix light rail system - that will work with my credit situation (since I have a stable rental history in Phoenix) and pay under $600 a month...that would be ideal.

[jobert]

Sounds promising, indeed. Welcome to Austin.

I would check out apartments on Jollyville, Duval and Riata in NW Austin.

[FueledByBlueBell]

Is there a good site/agency to go through to rent houses or condos? Downtown, Central or 78704 ideally.

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by jobert

Sounds promising, indeed. Welcome to Austin.

I would check out apartments on Jollyville, Duval and Riata in NW Austin.

In spite of the recent increase in burglaries in that area, its still one of the lower crime areas in Austin.

[inthecut]

Originally Posted by micmac99

statesman.com | Austin apartment landlords making lots of deals for renters | The Real Deal (http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/realestate/entries/2009/07/15/concessions_abound_in_austins.html - broken link)

If this is true, hopefully the trend will hold long enough for me to get a good deal when I do make the move, probably early 2010. I am the guy many of you mercilessly ripped a couple of weeks ago for having poor credit and having the audacity of wanting to relocate to Austin under those conditions. "Plan on living in the 'hood", a few of you of you basically said.

One of the nice things about a bad economy is that landlords will work with almost anyone short of a convicted killer to keep their units from being vacant. But that's also one of the bad things as well, as you might have some shady neighbors in an otherwise quiet and calm complex. That's the case in my present building in Phoenix; the tenant population is quite literally a cross section of the entire Valley: senior citizens, college students, moms with small kids, nurses, cab drivers, office-working professionals, people whose profession is questionable. White, Black, Asian, Latino.

If I can find, in Austin, a complex similar to my locale in Phoenix, which is within walking distance to a Safeway (Randalls), CVS drug, Walgreens, Jack In The Box, McDonalds, a post office, and the new Phoenix light rail system - that will work with my credit situation (since I have a stable rental history in Phoenix) and pay under $600 a month...that would be ideal.

Micmac..don't worry about the response you get on here..good OR bad.....this is not even close to an approximation to a real community of people.....I do hope you are not relying on the good faith of a transient post by someone who doesn't know you at all on here.....sad how our society is when posts like this substitute for a flesh and blood social network.....

Look for real people to help you..last time I checked they called them "friends and family".....these random little posts, beyond being caustic to you, are essentially meaningless blips, typed by people bored at work, at home with kids, or just looking to vent......

Good luck to you on your move.....and please find a support network more substantial than "city-data", whatever THAT is, for your impending move...

[austinite45]

Originally Posted by micmac99

statesman.com | Austin apartment landlords making lots of deals for renters | The Real Deal (http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/realestate/entries/2009/07/15/concessions_abound_in_austins.html - broken link)

If this is true, hopefully the trend will hold long enough for me to get a good deal when I do make the move, probably early 2010. I am the guy many of you mercilessly ripped a couple of weeks ago for having poor credit and having the audacity of wanting to relocate to Austin under those conditions. "Plan on living in the 'hood", a few of you of you basically said.

One of the nice things about a bad economy is that landlords will work with almost anyone short of a convicted killer to keep their units from being vacant. But that's also one of the bad things as well, as you might have some shady neighbors in an otherwise quiet and calm complex. That's the case in my present building in Phoenix; the tenant population is quite literally a cross section of the entire Valley: senior citizens, college students, moms with small kids, nurses, cab drivers, office-working professionals, people whose profession is questionable. White, Black, Asian, Latino.

If I can find, in Austin, a complex similar to my locale in Phoenix, which is within walking distance to a Safeway (Randalls), CVS drug, Walgreens, Jack In The Box, McDonalds, a post office, and the new Phoenix light rail system - that will work with my credit situation (since I have a stable rental history in Phoenix) and pay under $600 a month...that would be ideal.

I think first of all you should find out whether there are better cities to move to. Austin's job market is deteriorating. While there is some downward pressure on rents due to rising vacancies, there is also some resistance and "cooperation" among banks, owners and property managers to charge inflated rents for as long as they can.

Try drive a hard bargain and play landlards/property managers against each other.