On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 19:27:15 GMT, dkhedmo
wrote:

We were in a similar situation about a year and a half ago. We decided
to pull up stakes on one coast and head for the other. I am a stay at
home mom, and the mister was going to be quitting his job and changing
careers and going back to school. So we were moving/renting with no jobs
waiting for us. The move was financed by my in-laws, and they were our
financial back-up for the transition, and down payment for the house we
intended to buy about a year after the move, assuming husband was indeed
employed. We were moving back to the area where I grew up, and where my
parents still lived.

We preferred to live *not* in an apartment complex, something owned
privately, a 4-plex or smaller. My mom found a nice duplex a few minutes
from them, owned by a couple who had a few properties here and there. We
had a good credit report, and my in-laws co-signed the lease. Turned out
she was also a real estate agent with a large, reputable local firm, and
acted as our buyer's agent through that process. That worked very well
for us, because they had a very positive attitude towards helping
tenants become homeowners, and with her being part of the process, she
knew the time frame involved in getting to closing and they were very
accommodating in allowing us to pay per diem in the last couple of weeks.

Anyway, my point is, I think there are people out there who will be
accepting of a non-usual situation and work with you. That's more likely
to happen with a privately owned situation rather than a complex or big
corporately owned situation run by managers and such - I think they
probably just don't have the leeway to bend and twist what are probably
some pretty strict guidelines.

Karen


Thanks for the info Karen.


We found a cople of small units for rent, one a house
and the other a unit in a tri-plex. The owner seems flexible,
as my wife has talked to her directly a few times -
but the rental agency she's using treated us us with great
suspicion. We'll find out on Monday if we stand a chance with
that property.
Unfortunately the house fell thru because we couldn't work out
a date - the current tenants wouldn't be out in time.

We've run of time, our stuff is being picked up by the movers on the
20th Nov; we have to find something in the next few days.

Regarding big comlexes, there are a couple of them, both 200 - 300
units who are willling to work with us. They didn't seem particularly
bothered, as long as the credit report was OK, and we could show
at least 3 months worth of rent in the bank.
So if all else fails there's always that!
regards,
Dave H