HowardApartments are Where It's At
Real Crash- Looking at the Financial System and the War Drive:
Real Estate in South Carolina
With real estate getting expensive, and not dropping down fast enough, apartments are where it's at. Renting an apartment seems to be what I end up doing, though buying a condo or coop is really better financially. You get to write off the interest on your taxes. Renting however is a necessary evil for many people.
Finding an apartment can be difficult, and a friend recommended to me apartmentfinder.com . This is a good place to start looking for apartments, especially if you are moving. If you are moving to Texas, you could check out Austin Apartments and other cities. It's great to know about some of the really beautiful apartment complexes that have been built around the nation in the last few years. It's true that some of these have been converted from condos, due to the soft buying market, to rentals, but as a renter, that is to your benefit. With the soft housing market in general, rentals will continue to be hot and more available.
For example, cheap apartments are available at "the Haven" in Boiling Springs SC, near 1-85, right off of Rte 9. These apartments of one and two bedrooms go up to $950 for a huge 1350 square feet. That's a lot of room, you may be able to go jogging in your apartment. The complex is pet friendly, with a swimming pool and other amenities, and from the pix, not high rise at all, very country.
Another great feature of the Apartment Finder site and its Apartment Locator is that you can search for an apartment by college or by military base. Those involve people who have to move around a lot. So, you might as well rent, and see how far down the real estate and housing bubble really goes. If it can go down 33-percent or more in your chosen area to live, and if you wait it out in rental housing, you could get a very good deal indeed.
