Learning Experience 5 Apartment Search


Moving onto the next stage of life here very shortly, the working young adult… the past couple of months my future roommate and I have been on the search for an apartment complex in Fort Worth. This was a totally new process for us so I'd thought I could write up some tips that we learned in case somebody else is searching right now or maybe in the near future. First, find one agent you want to work with at the leasing office and try to deal with them the whole time. Even if they may not be in that day just wait until the next one so everything can stay on the same page. We got caught up going back and forth between two separate employees with questions and it just became annoying to have to repeat ourselves after a while. Second, make sure you get a total of all the extra monthly charges that are in addition to rent. Garbage service, pest control, some do a fixed gas rate… they all tack on an extra $25-50 a month you should be aware of. And for my last tip, when you get down to a final two or three options for decision time use some negotiation skills. If another apartment is offering deals that the one you want isn't, let them know that. Most of the time they aren't able to budge on the rent price itself, but they have wiggle room in other areas. We got an extra two weeks free of rent, $350 to use toward the move, and all deposit, application, and administrative fees waived. So it never hurts to negotiate, the worst situation that could happen is that you are still in the same place as you started.



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  1. Ben WarrenApril 9, 2020 at 5:00 PM

    DJ, I appreciate the insight into the apartment search world. I will be looking for an apartment in the next few months and will definitely be making use of these helpful tips. I hope you found a great apartment!

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  2. Kelley's BlogApril 16, 2020 at 9:20 AM

    Thanks for these tips, DJ! Apartment searching is so stressful. I'm not the best negotiator, but I'll work on it!

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