Best Way To Find a Place To Rent?

[Not Heidi]

I'm overwhelmed with the number of websites that list rentals. Do you have any experience with any of them?

I'm in Orange County CA, but I'm sure there are sites that have listings everywhere.

Thanks.

[Lochloosa]

1. Ask everyone you know. Most of the places I rented back in the day was a referral.

[Not Heidi]

2. Thanks

👋

[Ptah]

3. I found my current apartment six years ago on Craigslist.

Good Luck!

[Lochloosa]

4. I second this one. You can find that one off place there.

[elleng]

8. DITTO!

(9 years ago, small house @ river-side, southern MD. Prior to this house, small apartment within an old house in historic district nw of DC.)

[debm55]

5. Not Heidi, I hope you find a place, Did you try Senior Centers? I remember your post about having to

find a place quickly. Best of luck to you and keep us posted.

[SheltieLover]

6. Call your Council on Aging & your local senior center

[applegrove]

7. If you have a car, drive around the neighborhood you want to live in

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for rental signs. That is how I found mine. If it is a popular neighborhood they may not bother listing it in the newspaper as people will tell their friends. Got a great deal.

[mnhtnbb]

9. In 1972 that's how I found a 2 BR above garage apartment

in Santa Monica 10 blocks from the beach. I literally drove up and down the streets looking for signs out in front of buildings. Turned out to be a great first apartment for me and my first husband.

Forty years later and across the continent in the college town of Chapel Hill, NC, my second husband and I built a detached garage with a studio apartment above it. We were on a dead end street within walking distance to campus. I used to advertise the apartment on Craigslist and it would immediately be snapped up. Last time I rented it, I put the word out to several of my neighbors who were professors on campus, and an incoming PhD student applied to rent it. Didn't even have to advertise.

So I would advise you to drive the area where you hope to live, check Craigslist, and if you know anyone in any of the neighborhoods, ask if they know of rentals. You can also check Zillow for rentals in the zip code where you are looking.

[zanana1]

10. Check the obits?