Apartments.com VS Auction.com

I'd say start searching now because you never know what you'll be able to find, try apartments.com, Facebook Marketplace, maybe Craigslist if you're brave, and I found a site called roomies.com where you can find rooms and connect with like minded people also searching. I found my place quick; My employer let me know I got the job around 2 weeks before the start date, I found my current place within a week on... Source: 5 months ago

Even if you aren't renting, I'd look for places using apartments.com commute distance feature. All roads in NJ are not created equal. You'll be able to live much further(cheaper, prettier, more space) the further south or west you go, and more than likely 95 or 80 will serve you better than the Garden State Parkway, Route 1, 9, 18, 27, 130. Source: 5 months ago

If you aren't local, try places like zillow, apartments.com, rentcollegepads, or google places like JSM, MHM, Smile, Green Street Realty, University Group, Roland, Bankier, Ramshaw, etc. Source: 5 months ago

You have the budget to afford one of those luxury buildings. There aren't many (any?) in Somerville like that, I think it's due to permits/regulations or something. But if you up your budget filters on apartments.com you could still find something in Somerville with off street parking included. Source: 5 months ago

I always found hidden gems on Craigslist. People shit on it all the time but I preferred it over apartments.com and the like. No b/s, just pay the owner a flat fee monthly. Source: 5 months ago

Interesting. Where are you looking for auctions at? hubzu? auction.com? Not seeing great deals on either... What areas are you looking at? Source: about 1 year ago

What are your experience with buying house through auction and is it worth the time. Do you use auction.com or it best to connect with the county? Please help. Source: over 1 year ago

All of the other properties they own were bought at significant discounts. This could mean anything from buying them during market crashes (2008-2009), buying non-livable properties and fixing them up, finding properties zoned for multi-family with a single unit and knocking the unit down and building multi-family, adding ADUs where properties were already zoned and garages were already built, h over 2.5 - it's... Source: over 1 year ago

So I did a little bit of digging on auction.com's website, and it does seem like they have a "first look" program for basically everyone except investors. This house isn't coming up as a first look property though. I think I'm going to bid and hopefully not run into any issues. I guess the worst thing that can happen is I lose the EMD. Source: over 1 year ago

Also noticing auction.com has had bed/bath wrong. They were wrong on my current house, 2/1 not a 3/1, and are wrong on another house I was thinking about buying, 3/1 not a 3/2. Not sure if this is intentional or not... Source: over 1 year ago