Comments on: Knoxville Area Bleg-a-thon

By: Preston Taylor Holmes

Preston Taylor Holmes — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:20:54 +0000

Thanks for the tips, folks (including those emailers). I’ll keep you posted on the progress, or lack thereof.

By: One Fine Day

One Fine Day — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:31:45 +0000

It is about time you got out of that 1950’s single wide you were living in. That thing was a death trap. I guess you finally got that $200 you were looking to get for it.

By: richj

richj — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:16:23 +0000

Oops. You needed rental sources. I need to learn how to read someday. Renting sucks, but good luck.

By: richj

richj — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:12:03 +0000

You can run a listed property search on Realtor.com. You don’t even have to talk to one of those nasty Realtors unless you really want to (I am one of those by the way, but here in Kalifornica.) Look foward to hearing about the new Six Meat Mansion and Gravy Bar.

By: Feisty

Feisty — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:13:25 +0000

Congrats, PTH. Wherever you move, you’ll still be in my heart.

[Sigh]

The best way to find decent apts/houses etc, in general is to just drive around the area you want to live and look for signs. Most vacancies aren’t advertised in newspapers/online, etc. If you go for the unadvertised stuff, you’ll usually end up being the only shmuck looking to rent it too. If you follow a newspaper ad, you may have to compete against a few people, which blows.

By: LissaKay

LissaKay — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:02:25 +0000

link … the usual caveats apply, as anywhere.

My folks live in a condo-y area back off Middlebrook … Robinson Rd/Piney Grove Church Rd. Lots of condos for rent back in there, and the only advertising is lawn signs at the ends of the streets. Very nice, very quiet around there. Take a drive by with notepad and pen ready.

Also, http://www.knoxapts.com/ has all the major apt complexes. It’s the online version of that little booklet you see at Weigels.

Searching on “Knoxville Rental Housing” brings several interesting results.

Have fun. I just went through the Big Move. Still recovering.