Apartment Seattle Wa

Apartment Seattle Wa

No matter where you're searching, renting an apartment is difficult. Seattle is considered one of the most beautiful and safe cities in the United States-- people love living here. With this much competition it can be difficult to find a great apartment in Seattle, WA that hasn't already been snapped up... especially if you're on a budget. No matter where you search, if you make a bit of extra effort it's easy to get ahead of the pack when apartment hunting. Want to knock down a "5 point buck" of an apartment? Read on for the best hunting strategies.

Be fast. Not to stretch this hunting metaphor too much, but... the fastest hunter gets the kill. This means you need to be first in line to rent an apartment. Wherever you're searching, be it an online ad site like Craigslist.com or a local paper, try to be one of the first to reply to an ad. Most potential landlords want to rent out a place quickly, and many rent to the first person who schedules a viewing and says they want it. So get the paper and start making phone calls early in the morning. Have Craigslist up on your PC and refresh constantly, replying to good ads as they come up.

Organize your weapons. What are your weapons? Why, nothing more than a computer, a phone, and a pen and paper. If you get yourself well organized before beginning your apartment hunt, the whole thing will go more smoothly. As you reply to ads (either by email or phone) make up a list or a spreadsheet with entries for each apartment: when you called/emailed, how much the rent is, the contact number, how much you liked the ad, etc.

Be ready to move in for the kill. If you're already in Seattle and ready to move into a new apartment right away, your chances of snagging a good one improve quite a bit. Why? Well, many landlords want to rent a place out right away-- they don't want to let it sit empty. They're definitely going to prefer renting it out to the person who can move in on Monday over the one who has to wait a month-- even if the latter contacted them first.