The Benefits of Apartment Rental Agencies

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The Benefits of Apartment Rental Agencies

Staff Writer · Aug 24, 2010

Apartment rental agencies help tenants relocate to new areas by helping them find their next apartment or home. You can hire an agency to help you find places locally, but apartment rental agencies are the most beneficial when it comes to long distance moves. They take on all the hassle and responsibilities of finding leads, dealing with landlords and doing the research.

1. Comprehensive Apartment Listings

Apartment rental agencies have a larger database of apartments than you would find posed on websites, such as Craigslist.com. That’s because they also serve property owners who need help leasing and managing their apartments and homes. You will have more success in renting a place in an area where it is typically hard to find a vacant apartment to rent, if you used an agency. For example, it may be easier to use apartment rental agencies in New York to find apartments in your price range than it would be to looking at apartment classifieds.

2. Agent to Show You Apartments

If you’re a busy person, you’re going to benefit from the agents available to you at apartment rental agencies. They can do the work of setting up appointments with the landlord to make the apartment available to you to view. That saves you calls back and forth to see all the apartments you want to see. You can deal with one person, and that agent can make the appointments for you. An efficient agent can set up multiple appointments in one day, so that you’re not traveling all over town to see things throughout the week.

3. Dealing with Landlords

Apartment rental agencies deal with landlords directly so that you don’t have to, up to a point. Some tenants talk themselves out of an apartment during a walk-through due to poor communication skills or lack of tact. The landlord may get the wrong impression and decide that they don’t want you as a tenant. They don’t see that when they’re dealing with an agent, who is trained to act professionally. If that’s a concern of yours, let the agent represent you in the best light possible, so that you don’t jeopardize the possibility of you getting a lease. A landlord may want to check you out for themselves prior to signing, or they may leave it up the agency because they work with them often.

4. Neighborhood Consultation and Knowledge

When you’re relocating to a new city, you may have no clue as to what neighborhoods are great, and which ones to avoid. Apartment rental agencies will know, and can steer you away from places where you don’t want to rent. Research on the Internet cannot beat the local knowledge which agents have.

Unreliable apartment rental agencies could delay the time it takes to find an apartment, and they could be a waste of money. Use www.yelp.com and other review websites to see what others are saying about the ones you are considering hiring. Check with your local Better Business Bureau to see if there are any complaints filed against the company.

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