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Sounds sketchy. What about using a guarantor? That's what they do here in NY for people who don't have the history, salary or bank balances. (Renting in NY is also pretty cut throat - basically show up with cashiers check for deposit during the viewing so you can sign up right away.)
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Interesting. A realtor told me they would take it but she wouldn't elaborate on any risks associated with forking over some 12k....
Thank you for these, Dthraco! I appreciate you taking the time to put these together. I wouldn't mind living in Waikiki for convenience but the boy has veto powers. (Because he's the only one with a job lined up so far. - I have interviewed via Skype so I may be next!)
for your notice about scammers. He has an auntie in Oahu so we will ask her to view the place and be the middle person. We've done two site visits this year but, our last one (in March) was too early to find a rental.
No problem!
When I had to look for a place I watched Craigslist daily. As soon as one would pop up that fit what we wanted, I contacted right away. There is a small army of people doing the same, especially when it comes to pet friendly buildings.
These don't look so bad. I'll surely consider them and hope similar deals are available come September when I arrive. A little bit of an off topic question, but has there ever been an issue with paying rent upfront? Like 6 months ahead of time? Big risk? Coming to Hawaii I will have no work history, rental history, etc.
If you like those listings, you can use the building names as search criteria. Both The Villa on Eaton Square and Chateau Waikiki have 300+ units in them, so odds are pretty good that there is always something for rent in one or the other.
As whtviper1 mentioned, it's illegal for them to take more than 1 months rent, 1 months deposit, and a pet deposit up front. The deposit cannot be higher than 1 months rent, and the pet deposit cannot be higher than 1 month's rent.
If I were you, I would call a rental agency and see what the rules are on what it takes to get qualified. Prudental Locations (link) manages a ton of rentals in town, that might be a great place to call for more 'official' information.
Is $2,800 for a small 2 bedroom at the Pacifica a fair price? Location and sq footage works for us. Just want to get a feel of the price since I haven't seen any other listings in that bldg.
We have an apartment. Thank you craigslist. That's one big thing off our list. Next, how to convince my boss to let me telework. (Hawaii living with mainland salary would be very nice.)
Updating our moving experience from NYC. I haven't seen many posts from NE transplants, so hopefully this will help others. I used city data for much of my research, so I'm happy to return the favor.
For reference, we moved a 1 bedroom apartment in Manhattan plus an office. No car and no pets. The boy had a job offer. I was keeping my job and work remotely.
Recon visit:
A few months prior to the move, we did a recon for a week. - cost about $4,000
Moving:
1 pod: via ABF approx $3,900. Our apartment building wouldn't permit a pod in the loading dock, so we had to hire movers to bring our items to the ABF terminal in Brooklyn. $600 for NY movers (We went with the pod vs the whole Matson trailer because we wanted the speediest option.) June is a busy time so even when we wanted two pods, only one was available. No availability with the other pod companies, either. So, my advice here is book early! It arrived within 2 weeks of pick-up and we hired a couple of guys from Craigslist to unload for about $400. (Our new bldg had a big enough loading dock for the pod.) ABF wasn't bad at all. I'd recommend them. Just make sure you book early. Not many pods at the Brooklyn terminal.
40+ boxes via USPS: $2,800 or so. (about half were media mail. Others were large boxes weighing anywhere from 50-70 lbs) Minimal breakage. Priority mail arrived within 3 days. Media and parcel post came within 2-3 weeks. I used endicia.com to buy the purchase and our local postal worker picked up the items over a couple of days. ($50 tip) My only advice is that we sent some items via parcel instead of priority. For the extra $30 per box, I'd probably go with priority mail.
Including moving materials, we spent around $8,000 on moving our stuff.
Flights, etc.: We took the scenic route to Honolulu, so it cost us about $2,200 in fares. Regular fares from NY (non-stop) are around $800 pp. (One way wasn't much cheaper than return.)
Car rentals: $400
We sold a lot of furniture, have spent at least $1,500 buying cheap replacements for a bed, a desk and a dresser.
First few shopping trips stocking up on basics were about $300-400 per trip - totaling over $1,500. (Shower curtains, garbage cans, mops, shredder, vacuum, pantry items, costco bulk items. etc)
So, around $13-14,000 total. So far! We've only been here a few weeks and next up on our list is a car. I'm sure people can do it much cheaper without doing the recon and by not shipping their items. That was just not an option for us. Luckily, we secured a rental before we left, so we didn't have to spend additional money for a short-term rental.
It's definitely a lot of effort (we are still exhausted!) and money but, it's the right move for us. Too early to tell how it'll work out but, at the very least, it will be a good adventure.
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for your notice about scammers. He has an auntie in Oahu so we will ask her to view the place and be the middle person. We've done two site visits this year but, our last one (in March) was too early to find a rental.
(Hawaii living with mainland salary would be very nice.)
