How do you find a rental house?

93EXCivic UltimaDork
6/21/12 1:45 p.m.

Possibly dumb question but where is the best place to look for rental homes? I have been on Craigslist and local MLS site. Is there anywhere else I am missing?

mtn PowerDork
6/21/12 1:47 p.m.

Newspaper. I figured out too late that the people who own the homes are often old and not on the internet.

N Sperlo PowerDork
6/21/12 1:50 p.m.

www.zillow.com

Karl La Follette SuperDork
6/21/12 2:18 p.m.

Post sign on telephone pole where you want to rent , hopefully vinyl on coroplast not hand ritten

octavious New Reader
6/21/12 2:46 p.m.

You can contact a realtor or management company that has rentals. The house owner is responsible for paying the fees to the realtor or management company so you are out no money. They may not be able to show you houses you find on CL though.

cwh UberDork
6/21/12 3:05 p.m.

I will second the idea of using a Realtor. We found a very nice place, at our price, in one day with a good Realtor.

jonnyd330 Reader
6/21/12 3:34 p.m.

If you know roughly where you want to live try driving around and look out for "for rent" signs. Some places don't get listed on the interwebs because the proprietors don't know how to use it.

Hal Dork
6/21/12 9:28 p.m.

jonnyd330 wrote: If you know roughly where you want to live try driving around and look out for "for rent" signs. Some places don't get listed on the interwebs because the proprietors don't know how to use it.

Yep. there are several rental houses in my neighborhood. Never seen any of them in the paper, etc. Just a "For Rent" sign in the front yard. There is one that is handled by a rental agency but it also uses a sign in the yard.