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I'm currently living in Charlotte and looking to relocate up to Raleigh with my boyfriend. I would love to live in a walkable neighborhood and have been looking around Boylan Heights, Cameron Village, 5 Points and Mordecai. I've been compulsively trolling craigslist (seriously, it's not healthy how many times I refresh it a day), Trulia, Zillow, HotPads, etc.. for weeks and it seems that the pickin's are slim and the things that do come up disappear so quickly! Not being local has made it very difficult to see a place before it's snatched up. Also it seems like the triangle of cheap, fast and good seems to be at play here with my requirements (good-ish neighborhood, over 1000 sq ft, under $1350/mo. Choose two!) We tried driving around to see if there were any signs advertising rentals but that seemed fruitless as we don't know the area well enough and didn't have enough time. I was thinking the next step might be a realtor but I'm not sure if they would even deal with a renter. You guys seems like a friendly and helpful bunch. Any ideas for a stuck, stressed lady? Other neighborhoods to look at, other venues for listings, I'll take anything.
what about just renting a generic apartment up here for a few months so that you're here and can act quickly when things in areas you are interested in pop up?
You are right, it is hard! I can walk to Cameron Village from my house, and finding a rental in this neighborhood was cutthroat. Landlords have their pick. I ended up buying.
The rental market will pick up a bit in May and through the summer. Once students are settled for the fall, there won't be so much competition.
You are right, it is hard! I can walk to Cameron Village from my house, and finding a rental in this neighborhood was cutthroat. Landlords have their pick. I ended up buying.
The rental market will pick up a bit in May and through the summer. Once students are settled for the fall, there won't be so much competition.
Yes, I was thinking this would be a good time because students are leaving for the summer but I guess it's not like Chapel Hill or a smaller town where they're actually leaving the town, just moving around Raleigh. Last time I was looking for rentals was 4 years ago and I think it was a much more attractive market back then, lots of options, much harder now even here in Charlotte.
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Originally Posted by lamishra
what about just renting a generic apartment up here for a few months so that you're here and can act quickly when things in areas you are interested in pop up?
As for that, my boyfriend currently lives in a house in Burlington, so there's an option for me to move there for a few months if needed, although it's not ideal. Burlington is a bit small for my tastes and it would be so much better to only have to move once. But it is an option
I just dealt with a craigslist scam last night. It was for a house that was on the market for $550,000 and the guy copied all the pictures over and said it was for rent for $1000/mo. The house is twice as big as what I've been looking at in the area and $300 less a month. He gave me some story about how he was away doing mission work and that his local contact that had the keys was up in Canada because her parents died in a car accident. "Just send the money and I'll send the keys." Yeah, right. Be careful folks. I do have a few legitimate leads for Friday, wish me luck!
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