Finding a New Place to Live
For many, one of the least enjoyable aspects about post-secondary education and the years immediately following it is finding a new place to live. When I moved to the Twin Cities to attend the University of Minnesota, I moved every year for five successive years. Now all of that moving does have some benefits. Boxes which were not opened two moves in a row somehow found their way to the nearest dumpster. If I didn't need the stuff in two places, I wouldn't need it in the third and I certainly wouldn't want to have to move it the third time.
These moves occurred between 1988 and 1992, so before the Internet became viable for most. Way back in those stone ages, getting information about moving, getting insurance quotes, or trying to find apartments for rent was quite a chore. Now it is easy.
There are sites like National Relocation and the relocation information page on CollegeRecruiter.com that contain plenty of real estate information including area information, home values and forms to fill out to connect agents with buyers and sellers. Many of the sites have sections for rentals where property managers can list their properties. For those students or recent graduates with a bit more capital, many of the sites also have mortgage sections that help you learn about and apply for different types of loans.
So don't despair you movers. There's plenty of great information out there. Now if they could just figure out a way of preventing those frequent movers from moving for the third time stuff that they didn't use at their first home, their second home....
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