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Shorty
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How did you find
your most recent apartment?
Or which would you recommend?
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Posted 8/14/07 12:50 AM  |
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Jessica
I'm a mommy :)
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~Jess~
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Re: How did you find
ant's best friend lives there so word of mouth
i recommend all of them; newspaper, craigslist, pennysaver, and if all else fails then a broker..
(but i have noticed the nicer apts in a private home are usually through a broker)
Message edited 8/14/2007 12:58:16 AM.
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| Posted 8/14/07 12:53 AM |
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Shorty
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Re: How did you find
Posted by Jessica
ant's best friend lives there so word of mouth
i recommend all of them; newspaper, craigslist, pennysaver, and if all else fails then a broker..
(but i have noticed the nice aots in a private home are usually through a broker)
I'm finding that as well...but not too happy about spending 1 month's rent on a broker's fee.
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| Posted 8/14/07 12:55 AM |
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Jessica
I'm a mommy :)
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~Jess~
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Re: How did you find
i have been keeping you in mind...im talking to Ant on the phone now and told him to mention it to his coworkers to see if any of them know of anything since he works around your way
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| Posted 8/14/07 1:01 AM |
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Shorty
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Re: How did you find
thanks so much! 
I'm looking for Kings Park and all points east...preferably north shore or mid island.
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| Posted 8/14/07 1:01 AM |
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sunflowerjesss
Mommy to 3!
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Jesss, duh.
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Re: How did you find
We found our apartment through the pennysaver.
My friend just bought a house in E. Islip and was looking for a tenant so I told my SIL and she actually took the apt.
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| Posted 8/14/07 7:54 AM |
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JennZ
MY LIFE!!
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Re: How did you find
I just stopped in any apartment complexs I liked. I found some HORRID ones for an insane amount of money...like people are smoking crack but then I found mine and love it. I finally have "normal" neighbors, so Im happy.
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| Posted 8/14/07 8:01 AM |
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Gertyrae
Peace out Homies!
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Gerty ®
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Re: How did you find
I picked other cuz I found all of my apartments through the Pennysaver.
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| Posted 8/14/07 8:04 AM |
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saraH
happy birthday sweet kate!
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I know that God exsists, I held her in my arms...
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Re: How did you find
newsday and word of mouth.
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| Posted 8/14/07 8:04 AM |
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Shorty
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Re: How did you find
Posted by Gertyrae
I picked other cuz I found all of my apartments through the Pennysaver.
sorry, i was grouping that into newspaper. I'll try that again next week---- nothing this week. 
Thanks everyone
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| Posted 8/14/07 8:08 AM |
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TreAnt427
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Tracy
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Re: How did you find
We have an apt in one of the Heatherwood apts. My friend rents one out east, we liked them but decided to go to a different location
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| Posted 8/14/07 8:11 AM |
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seank80
Don't Taze My Dog Bro!!
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Sean
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Re: How did you find
I would check out apartments.com if you haven't already. You can pick out the area that you would like. I don't believe there are broker fees for the apts as well.
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| Posted 8/14/07 8:11 AM |
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BaroqueMama
Chase is one!
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me
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Re: How did you find
We spent one day just driving around the areas we were willing to live in and either walked in to see some places or called when we got home to make appts. But, we were looking for complexes only, so that was a bit easier.
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| Posted 8/14/07 8:35 AM |
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PotofLuck06
Our Baby Boy Is Here!!!
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Re: How did you find
We visited the Apt. complexes in our area we were looking to see what they each offered, and to view the apt sizes, etc. When we found one we liked, we went to the manager's office, put our deposit down and set up our move in dates.
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| Posted 8/14/07 9:14 AM |
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babymakes3
Almost there!
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Re: How did you find
We found our current apartment by way of Craigslist. Someone advertised their sublet, we looked at it and decided it was too small but we found other apartments available in the same bldg.
The apt before that was listed on Craigslist.
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| Posted 8/14/07 9:19 AM |
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Dani
Life is about choices.
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Dani
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Re: How did you find
i found mine on rent.com
good luck!
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| Posted 8/14/07 9:40 AM |
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Beth
The Key to your new home....
Member since 2/06 24849 total posts
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Beth
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Re: How did you find
craigs list- but it was a broker
in NYC the fee is more then 1 month rent usually
so I wont be paying a broker when we move in 2 months
it's not worth it b/c we will only be there for 1 year
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| Posted 8/14/07 9:42 AM |
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MeeshkaMich
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Re: How did you find
Posted by Shorty
Posted by Jessica
ant's best friend lives there so word of mouth
i recommend all of them; newspaper, craigslist, pennysaver, and if all else fails then a broker..
(but i have noticed the nice aots in a private home are usually through a broker)
I'm finding that as well...but not too happy about spending 1 month's rent on a broker's fee.
I felt the same way, but its worth it in the end. Do I think the broker really deserved it no, because she honestly didnt do much, but then again she has to get paid too.
try this website
click here
or this one. theres a small fee if you find a place you like and want the contact info, but its less than 50 dollars.
clicky here
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| Posted 8/14/07 9:51 AM |
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nrthshgrl
It goes fast. Pay attention.
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Re: How did you find
The last one was family.
The one before that was the Pennysaver.
Now I would rely on Craigslist.
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| Posted 8/14/07 9:54 AM |
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BlueDiamonds
mommy to 3 boys
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proud mommy
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Re: How did you find
we used a broker and to us it was totally worth it. we were on a very tight moving schedule and she found us our current apartment in 2 days. we have been there for several years now and couldn't be happier. it's the top floor of a house, the landlord is great and doesn't raise the rent on us. we still pay $1100 a month for a huge 2 bedroom.
we knew we would be there a few years though, we weren't even engaged yet. if you don't plan on being there long, it may not be worth the extra $. when we were looking, we either found complexes (all too expensive for us), basement apartments or nice house apartments going through brokers. we felt like we had little choice at the time.
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| Posted 8/14/07 10:02 AM |
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JP826
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Me!! All about ME!
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Re: How did you find
The House I live in now is my in-laws investment house. We rent out the bottom, we have tennants living upstairs. My last apartment that we lived in, we found on Craigslist.
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| Posted 8/14/07 10:03 AM |
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LaurenExp
Waiting patiently for baby sis
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L-Diddy EDD 11/11/11 :)
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Re: How did you find
I've found one through a real estate agency, but what about apartments.com? Have you tried that?
oh, and spaces4rent.com
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| Posted 8/14/07 10:03 AM |
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lvdolphins
My Loves!
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Re: How did you find
I voted "other".
DH and I drove to all the complexes around Suffolk County (within a reasonable distance) and chose the one we liked and thought was most reasonable.
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| Posted 8/14/07 11:27 AM |
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Jessica
I'm a mommy :)
Member since 1/06 7322 total posts
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Re: How did you find
shorty
have you seen this listing
http://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/abo/401357752.html
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| Posted 8/20/07 11:08 PM |
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MsMBV
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Re: How did you find
Posted by Shorty
Posted by Jessica
ant's best friend lives there so word of mouth
i recommend all of them; newspaper, craigslist, pennysaver, and if all else fails then a broker..
(but i have noticed the nice aots in a private home are usually through a broker)
I'm finding that as well...but not too happy about spending 1 month's rent on a broker's fee.
I was not either, but after having a NIGHTMARE of a landlord who LIED to us about the apartment being legal & in turn being EVICTED with little to no notice, I would only go through a broker just to avoid this mess.
What area are you looking? If we did not buy we were going to rent in an Avalon community in Melville.
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