Tired Out

 

We've driven by about 50 rental listings in 5 New Jersey counties and two in Stamford, Connecticut.  We've purchased 5 tanks of gas and drove around about 8 hours each day.  We've toured the inside a few of those many houses and last night thought we'd narrowed it down to one that was $200 above our housing allowance.  It is a beautifully remodeled home with 5+ bedrooms and 3+ full bedrooms, stainless steel appliances in the kitchen, wood floors new carpet, big yard with a pool and hot tub.  My manly man didn't have peace about it.  This morning I did another search on the internet and found one last one to drive by.  While on the phone with our realestate agent, she found out that one of the others we drove by would accept pets now we had two to drive by again. 

So anyway we think we found one to rent that is a lot more humble than the newly remodeled one.  We have an appointment this afternoon to work up a lease.  Most of the homeowners in this area hire realestate companies to publishes listings and take clients to view the properties.  Our agent has found us about 10 listings and given us a tour of one.  The fee for this service (for the realtor) is equal to one month rent. Then you pay 1 1/2 months security to the landlord.  A lot of money if the house your looking at is $2800 a month rent.  I have been very proactive at finding a house looking at about 15 listings a day and calling agents to get address for properties I've seen on the internet.  I feel like I need the commission!

I am posting the pictures of the remodeled house and the more humble one.  I didn't get pictures of the outside of the remodeled house.

HUMBLE HOUSE

Fanwood, NJ

Fanwood
Date Posted: 07/19/08

	Listing Information Property ID 2550371 Price $1,800 Bdrm(s) 4 Type Rental Baths 2 Amenities & Features Fireplace  GardenPatio No Pets  Listing Tools E-Mail to a Friend Send to Mobile NEW Print this listing Save this Listing		GREAT LOCATION, MOVED IN CONDITION, LOTS OF ROOMS, NICE SIZE YARD, HARDWOOD FLOORS, FINISHED BASEMENT,CENTRAL AIR

REMODELED HOUSE

 

 

 

AHH ....big sigh.

I gotta run, I'll try to post more later.