Chapter 1. Renting a
Place
Why Rent Rather Than Buying a House
Almost nobody is certain they will have the same job or the
same business they have now in twenty years.
Anything could happen.
When you default on a mortgage, it doesn't matter how much
equity you have built up in the house.
It's all gone.
I say either buy the cheapest house you can or save your
money until you've got the cash to fork over either the full price or 80% the
cost of the house and pay the loan off quickly.
On top of that, the housing market is volatile. You can buy a house now, the price of all
houses go down in the next five years so what you owe on the house is more than
the house is worth. It's called being
underwater.
The
Basic Process of Moving
You need basic stuff like:
bath and bed
medicine cabinet/ first-aid kit
clothing
computer. tech gadgets
school stuff
kitchen stuff
food items
truck or something to move stuff
transportation, car, bus, etc.
personal stuff
eEntertainment
sports
It's best not to rent a place unseen. You can always spend a few nights at some
cheap hotel on the edge of town, buy a newspaper or go to the local college
website to the housing or rental section.
Drive your car or get it shipped. If it's a cheap car and you're going far, get
rid of it, buy another cheap car when you get there.
Don't buy much stuff for the apartment like furniture, home
décor, etc. Most of it means nothing.
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Renting
An Apartment: Legal Issues
Apartment rental services that charge a fee are generally a
waste of money. You should be able to
find what you want simply by looking in the newspaper and driving around the
area you're interested in looking for vacancy signs.
Landlords generally aren't responsible for your property if
you're burglarized. Consider buying some
kind of renter's insurance.
A lease is a contract between the landlord and tenant which
conveys to the tenant not the ownership of the property but the right to occupy
it for a certain period of time.
The term may be month by month where you pay as you go with
no long term commitment or the landlord may want you to sign a lease for a
specific period of time, usually a year, wherein you commit yourself legally to
paying monthly payments on the place as long as the landlord keeps it a decent
place to live.
In general, landlords provide renters with a warranty of
Habitatability meaning that your house or apartment will be safe and livable
within normal, reasonable standards.
You, as the tenant, have the right of quiet enjoyment
meaning that the place must be a reasonably stress free, peaceful place to
live. If anything breaks or needs
repair, the landlord must do it in a reasonable amount of time otherwise the terms
of the lease are broken and you are free to leave without penalty of debt.
Both landlords and tenants have some rights within the
rental agreement. Leases are generally
biased in favor of the landlord in any rental agreement.
If you don't want to be caught off guard, you should take the
time to read the lease before you sign it and if there's something you don't
like, you should bring it up with the landlord and try to amend it.
For instance, most leases release the landlord from any
liability should you be injured on the property.
Things to watch out for before you sign the lease are:
Under what conditions can the lease be broken?
What kind of insurance, if any, goes with the rental unit?
Does the lease prohibit you from conducting business from
your home?
What about children?
Overnight visitors? How
many? Parties? Pets?
Do you have the right to cancel the lease? Can you sublet the unit?
What about rent increases?
What about renewal after the expiration of this one?
What about fire protection?
What about my desire to decorate and make changes as I see
fit?
Can someone like a new lover move in with me?
What about repairs and maintenance?
What about the security deposit? How do I get it back?
If the building is sold, will I be evicted?
Is there something complicated in the lease that I don't
quite understand?
If the landlord isn't willing to work with you with your
minor quirks up front, then maybe you're better off movin' on before you get
tied into something you don't really want.
Try to resolve any problems with the landlord first. If that doesn't work, go to your local
tenancies rights organization and get counsel from them.
If you have to go to court, many municipalities across the
country have landlord-tenant courts which are the legal equivalent of small
claims court such that you can proceed in a relatively informal manner without
the necessity of hiring a lawyer. If
that doesn't work out, you can always file a claim in small claims court.
If the landlord is a slum landlord with dirty units, complain to both your local
housing board and health board. If it
borders on criminality, go to the state attorney's office and then to the
media.
Generally, if you break something like a window or the sink
gets plugged up, you're responsible for your own repairs except if it's a
machine or appliance that just breaks down.
A landlord is responsible for normal care of the premises and you can
sue him in the event that you suffer injury due to something negligent on his
part on the property.
If there's something such as loose boards on the steps and
you get injured, you can sue the landlord if you meet the following conditions:
1. That the landlord had a legal duty to maintain the
building or to make repairs and he breached that duty.
2. That your landlord knew or with reasonable care should
have known, of the condition which caused the injury.
3. That you suffered personal injury or property damage as a
result of the landlord's negligence.
4. That the injury or property damage was a reasonable
foreseeable result of the landlord's negligence.
The tenant doesn't have to prove that the landlord knew
about the defect that caused his injury only that he should have known and done
something about it.
The landlord has the duty to maintain the common parts of an
apartment building like a lobby, elevators, etc.
If you sublet your apartment, use common sense. Tell the landlord beforehand and get someone
responsible to rent it.
The most common complaint in renting is that the landlord
decides to keep the security deposit without a justifiable reason. The only way he's allowed to keep it is in
the event of damage beyond normal wear and tear and unpaid rent.
If this is not the case and the landlord won't return your
deposit you have the right to sue him in small claims court. If the landlord decides to keep your security
deposit, he's required to send a letter by certified mail within 30 days
explaining the reasons why and the repair bills then you can fight him in court
if you want to. If you want to fight your
landlord on anything, check to see if there's a local tenant's organization in
your town that can help you out.
The Fair Housing Section of The Civil Rights Act prohibits
discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin in either
the sale or rental of housing. If you
feel you have been discriminated against in the area of housing, you have 180
days to file a complaint with Hud, hud.gov.
They will investigate and try to reconcile the problem. If they can't reconcile it, they will help
you with a lawsuit against the perpetrator.
Contact:
Housing Discriminations Hotline
Hud
451 7th St. Sw
Washington, Dc 20410-5500
800-424-8590
hud.gov
Call if you've been discriminated against while shopping for
a place to live.
A landlord is not allowed to take possession of your
personal property if you haven't paid the rent.
A landlord can't shut off your heat or lock you out just
because you don't pay rent.
The first step in an eviction proceeding is for the landlord
to send you a "notice to quit"
otherwise known as a dispossess action.
This is not an eviction notice, rather a notice telling you that he
intends to take action.
If you want to stay in the residence, you should contact a
tenants' rights organization, and/ or an attorney/ legal aid service and
prepare your case. The next step will be
for either him or an agent of the court to serve you with a summons. You can then take it up with him such as pay
the rent if that's the problem or go to court to argue the case.
The landlord has the right to evict you if you fail to pay
the rent within the specified time after it's due, if you violate any other
agreement in the lease, if your lease contains a cancellation clause that he
has invoked or if state law otherwise allows him to terminate the lease by
proper notice, however, many judges are more sympathetic than this and will
give you a chance to pay the rent within a specified period of time and otherwise
give you some time before you have to move out.
A tenant can sometimes nullify the eviction process by
showing proof that the landlord has not provided essential services and/ or
violated some sections of the housing codes.
In such cases, judges typically suspend the hearing and require that the
landlord fix the place up before the tenant pays him the rent.
If you vacate before the lease is up, the landlord has the
right to sue you for the balance unless he has not made an effort to try to rent
the place out or you can prove that he has deprived you of a decent, nice place
to live in some manner like excessive noise, no hot water, etc., roaches,
etc.
Legally, you're liable for the actual money he loses by you
moving out so if someone moves in a month after you moved out but there was
still six months on the lease, you legally owe the landlord one month's rent.
Sometimes tenants in large apartment complexes or in a part
of a city choose to organize to protect their interests. For more information about tenants'
organizations, you could contact the following tenants' organizations:
California Housing Action Network
2004 Foothill
Oakland, Ca 94601
Metropolitan Tenants Organization
109 N. Dearborn
Chicago, Il 60602
Shelter Force
380 Main St.
E. Orange, Nj 07018
National Tenants Organization
1025 15th St. Nw
5th Fl.
Washington, C 20005
202-783-0711
Rental
Websites
Rent apartments and houses or find a roommate to share a
place with.
apartments.com
rent.com
rent-index.com
springstreet.com/apartments, database of apartments for rent
in the u.s. and canada.
agreementsetc.com, online rental agreement
tenantsunion.org, tenants union, resources nationwide
american-apartment-owners-association.org
realestate.yahoo.com/re/renting/
apartments. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
rentedspaces.com
onlineapartmentguide.com places4students.com, landlords
advertise their rental properties to post-secondary students.
nofee.com, new york city apartments
rentometer.com, average rent costs.
tenant.net
aptratings.com
easyroommate.com
olr.com, nyc.
urbanspan.com
freelists.com
davishousing.com
reoservices.com
freerentalfinder.com
apartmentrentalinfo.com
howtodothings.com/realestate/a3337howtoleaseproperty.html
tenant.net
clientelevision.com/index.php/realestate/rentinganapartment.html
jdsupra.com, when renting an apartment in chicago.
washingtonpost.com/wpadv/classifieds/rentals/dcfaq.htm
searchcollegehousing.com, off-campus housing options for
students, faculty and staff.
apartment-listings.com
247apartments.com
411-realestate.com
allapartments.com
apartmentcities.com
apartmentfinder.com
apartmentguide.com
apartmentime.com
apartmentratings.com
apartment-rental.net
apartmentreviews.net
apartments. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/cs/first/a/leasebasics.
apartments. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/od/fairhousing/
apartments. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/od/healthsafety/
apartments. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/od/legalissues/
apartments. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/od/rentersinsurance/
apartments.com
apartmentsearch.com
aptfinder.org
aptguides.com
aptline.com
aptrentals.com
aptsforrent.com
biz-stay.com, short-term apartment rentals.
bridgestreet.com, 800-278-7338
buyselltrading.com
chtapartments.com
cityleases.com
classifieds2000.com
craigslist.com
cts.com/browse/aptonvid
cyberrentals.com
dealtime.com
e-apartments.us
fairhousinglaw.org
flatster.net
forrent.com
forrent2.com
apartmentsforrent.bz
help-u-rent.net, services in the spearfish, south dakota
area.
homesforrent.net
homestore.com, list campus housing offices plus apartments.
htm
jamison.com, atlanta.
landlord.com
law.cornell.edu/topics/landlord_tenant.html
leasehouston.com/apartments.html
livingchoices.com
lrcinc.com
lrcinc.com
metroroommates.com
michiganhousinglocator.com
roommateservice.com
nationalroommates.com/ref.asp
nyhabitat.com, new york city.
ohiolandlordtenant.com
openapts.com, boston.
places4rent.com/
rent.com
rent.net
rent.net/renthome.html
rentcanada.com
rentlaw.com
rentnet.com
rentometer.com
residentscreening.com, 301-881-3400, database used by
landlords to screen tenants.
rhol.org
rhol.org/rental/ltlaw.htm#us, landlord-tenant law.
roommates.com
roommates4you.com
roommates4you.com
room-roommate.com
roomster.net
servicesroommate.com
soshares.com, north carolina.
springstreet.com
springstreet.com/apartments
sublet.com
tenant.net
tenant.net
tenant.net, tenants organization.
tribe.net
Vacancylist.com
vacancynet.com
Consumer Information Center
Pueblo, Co 81009
888-8pueblo
publications.usa.gov
Free booklet, Wise Rental Practices.
American Bar Assn.
750 N. Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, Il 60611
800-621-6159
abanet.org
Landlords and Tenants Guide.
National Housing Law Project
nhlp.org
Landlord-Tenant
Law/ Rental Law
rentlaw.com, landlord tenant law for all 50 states.
consumerist.com/consumer/renting/landlord+tenant-law-for-every-state-329945.php
ago.mo.gov/publications/landlordtenant.htm, missouri.
agreementsetc.com, online rental agreement
apartmentrentalinfo.com
apartments. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/cs/first/a/leasebasics.
apartments. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/od/fairhousing/
apartments. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/od/healthsafety/
apartments. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/od/legalissues/
clientelevision.com/index.php/realestate/rentinganapartment.html
cmu.edu/policies/landlordtenant, legal aspects of renting an
apartment.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/landlord_law_&
_multi-housing_report, covers federal and state court decisions and hud rulings
on public, assisted, senior and disabled housing.
ext.colostate.edu/pubs/consumer/09905.html, renting,
evictions and landlord liens.
fairhousing.com, fair housing advocate.
fairhousinglaw.org
fanniemaefoundation.org/programs/hpd/pdf/hpd_1303_abravanel.pdf,
public knowledge of fair housing law.
howtodothings.com/realestate/a3337howtoleaseproperty.html
hg.org/landlord.html
indiana.edu/~sls/landlord_tenant.html
jud.state.ct.us/lawlib/law/landlord.htm, connecticut.
landlord.com
landlord.com/legalmain.htm
landlordandtenant.org
landlordlaw.blogspot.com
landlordlaw.co.uk, britain.
landlordlaw.com, the practice of commercial and residential
landlord representation.
landlordlawfirm.com
landlordlawyers.com
law.cornell.edu/topics/landlord_tenant.html
law.justanswer.com/rent
law.loyno.edu, louisiana.
lawlib.state.ma.us/landlord.html, massachusetts law about
landlord and tenant.
laws.uslandlord.com
lipsigprice.com, new york city real estate litigation
lawyer.
megalaw.com/fl/top/fllandlord.php, florida.
mrlandlord.com, landlord tenant law links.
mv.com/ipusers/nhpoa, the new hampshire
nolo.com/resource.cfm
ohiolandlordtenant.com
osbar.org/public/legalinfo/tenant.html
property owners' association.
rentlaw.com
rhol.org/rental/ltlaw.htm#us, landlord-tenant law.
tenant.net, tenants organization.
tenant-rights.net, california landlord tenant law
thelpa.com, the landlord protection agency
virginialandlordtenantlaw.com
wa.gov/ago/consumer/lt/home.html, attorney general of
washington, landlord/tenant law.
wsba.org/media/publications/pamphlets/landlord-tenant.htm
Consumer Information Center
Pueblo, Co 81009
888-8pueblo
publications.usa.gov
Free booklet, Wise Rental Practices.
American Bar Assn.
750 N. Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, Il 60611
800-621-6159
abanet.org
Landlords and Tenants Guide.
National Housing Law Project
nhlp.org
Eviction
if the Landlord Defaults on Mortgage
You shouldn't be evicted if you're a good tenant.
nlihc.org, the national low income housing coalition.
nlihc.org/doc/state-foreclosure-chart.pdf, the national low
income housing coalition chart
for tenant protection in every state.
Home
Rentals/ Vacation Home Rentals
411-realestate.com
a1vacations.com, vacation rentals.
allstarvacationhomes.com, florida.
allstarvh.com, orlando.
bahamas-honeymoon.com
buyselltrading.com
costa-blanca.villa-vacation.com
craigslist.org
cyberrentals.com
findrentals.com
florida-vacation-info.com/destin-florida-vacation-home-rental.html
greatandsmall.net/rental/rental.html
greatrentals.com
gulfcoastrentals.com, florida.
holidayhomenet.com, europe, britain.
holiday-home-pages.co.uk
homerentalads.com
homerentalconnections.com, paris and london.
homerentals.net
homesforrent.net
houseboatrentalcenter.com
marcodeals.com, marco island vacation rental home.
marcoislandfloridavacationrentals.com
marcoislandvacationrentalsflorida.com
marcorent.homestead.com/home.html, marco island home rental.
mauibeachcondos.com, 877-511-maui.
offcampusnetwork.com/home_rentals.asp
onegreatvacation.com
orbitz.com
orlando-vacation-home-rental.com
perfectplaces.com
places4rent.com
places4rent.com/
realestate.yahoo.com/apartments_for_rent
realestatematchservice.com
rent.com
rent.net
rent.net/renthome.html
rentalhomesplus.com
rentalhouses.com
rentals.com
rentcanada.com
rentclicks.com
rentlaw.com
rentnet.com
rentwave.com
reservationsdirect.com
resortac.com/list.asp, whistler vacation rental.
seattle-home-rental.com
servicemagic.com, screened home improvement and repair contractors
near you.
superiorpropertiesmanagement.com, atlanta, ga.
therentalcenter.com, south orange county, ca.
timeawayrentals.com
tosublet.com
vacancylist.com
vacancynet.com
vacationhomerentals.com
vacationrentals411.com
villa-vacation.com
virtualcities.com
vrbo.com, vacation rentals by owner.
zipvacations.com
British
Rental
flatmateclick.co.uk
Canadian
Rental Websites
toronto.ontariotenants.ca
ontariotenants.ca
cbmre.ca, coldwellbanker management
buyrent-homes-canada.com
apart-zone.com, a searchable database of apartments and
condos for rent in major cities in quebec.
places2rent.ca
bcapartmentowners.com, b.c. apartment owners and managers
association.
rentbc.com
landlord-law.blogspot.com
landlordlaw.ca
bcapartmentbuildings.com
canadianhomes4rent.com
apartments. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/cs/landlordtenant/l/bl_canada.htm, landlord tenant law in canada by province.
cmhc.gc.ca/en/bureho/reho/index.cfm, your guide to renting a
home.
easyrent.ca
viewit.ca
Provincial Rental Offices
Alberta Rental/ Tenancy Laws
Alberta Government Services
Edmonton
(780) 427-4088
877-427-4088
gov.ab.ca/gs/information/landlord/
servicealberta.gov.ab.ca
landlordandtenant.org
British
Columbia Rental/ Tenancy Laws
Residential Tenancies Office - Ministry of Public
Safety And The Solicitor General
rto.gov.bc.ca
Greater Vancouver Area
604-660-3456
Rest of the Province
800-665-8779
Manitoba
Rental/ Tenancy Laws
Government of Manitoba
gov.mb.ca/splash.html
Residential Tenancies Branch
gov.mb.ca/finance/cca/rtb/gbook/toc.html
Manitoba Residential Tenancies Branch
302-254 Edmonton Street,
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3c 3y4
(204) 945 2476
800-782-8403
residentialtenancies.mb.ca
Nunavut
Rental/ Tenancy Laws
gov.nu.ca
877-279-2331
(867) 975-7291
New
Brunswick Rental/ Tenancy Laws
gnb.ca
gnb.ca/acts/acts/r-10-2.htm
gnb.ca/0062
Fredericton
(506) 453-2557
Saint John
(506) 658-2512
Moncton
(506) 856-2330
Bathurst
(506) 547-2162
Campbellton
(506) 789-2362
Edmundston
(506) 735-2096
Newfoundland
And Labrador Rental/ Tenancy Laws
gov.nl.ca(gov.nf.ca)/cca/tp/residential-tenancies
877-829-2608
709-729-2608, 2610 and 5829. (st. john's)
709-256-1019 (gander and area)
709-637-2445 (corner brook and area)
apartmentsnl.com
stjohnsapartments.com
Northwest
Territories Rental/ Tenancy Laws
justice.gov.nt.ca/rentaloffice/rentalofficer.htm
800-661-0760
(867) 920-8047
Nova
Scotia Rental/ Tenancy Laws
800-670-4357
902-424-5200
gov.ns.ca/snsmr/consumer/resten/
gov.ns.ca/legi/legc/stahtv 04-146/h0582tutes/resident.htm
Prince
Edward Island
Office of The Director of Residential Rental Property
800-501-6268
Fax: 902-566-4076
irac.pe.ca/rental/
Québec
rdl.gouv.qc.ca
Association of Housing Committees And
Tenants' Associations
800-683-2245
rclalq.qc.ca
Quebec City
(418) 643-2245
Montreal
(514) 873-2245
Ontario
Rental/ Tenancy Laws
ltb.gov.on.ca
Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal
888-332-3234
orht.gov.on.ca/scripts/index_.asp
Saskatchewan
justice.gov.sk.ca/officeofresidentialtenancies
justice.gov.sk.ca/provmediation/rentals
man/default.shtml
Office of The Rentalsman/ Provincial Mediation Board
888-215-2222
306-787-2699 (regina)
306-933-5680 (saskatoon)
Yukon
Rental/ Tenancy Laws
community.gov.yk.ca/consumer/landtact.html
Renters'
Insurance Websites
Most places that sell home insurance sell renters'
insurance. Renters Insurance usually
covers these things:
1.) Personal property in the unit.
2.) Liability in case someone gets injured on your property
and sues you.
3.) Medical payments coverage if someone gets injured on the
property.
4.) Catastrophic coverage if something happens, thebuilding
is unlivable and you need a new place to live.
best-free-insurance-quotes.com/renters-insurance.html
2insure4less.com
allstate.com
answerfinancial.com
budget-quotes.com
einsure.com
fastrate.org
findinsurancecompany.com
findinsurance.us
findlowinsurance.com
geico.com
getfreeinsurancequotes.com
getrentersinsurance.com
homeins.org
ingenuitycorp.com
insuranceguide101.com
insurance-quotes--online.com
insureamericahome.com
insuredhomeusa.com
myhometownagency.com
netquote.com
quoteforinsurance.com
quotematch.com
quotemonster.com
rentersinsurancehq.com
statefund.net
usinsuranceonline.com
wellsfargo.com
Chapter 2. Young People
Moving Out of Parents' House
Living
With Roommates or Alone
I lived in a military dorm then I rented houses with other
guys. It's fine for awhile but I
eventually realized everybody's a thief even if just a minor thief of food,
people don't respect your stuff and if you got cash and have more than one
roommate with others visiting the house, it's very easy for anyone to steal it
then point the finger at the next guy.
People just take whatever they feel like from the fridge be
it cold pizza or a case of beer. Naïve
people reading this probably think I'm cynical and jaded. If you think that, you have not lived in the
real world with people.
Besides that, everybody is always in your face, wanting to
know your business and your roommates often feel lonely so they come to you
because they want you to waste your time being aimless with them.
I would only live with others now if I was desperate for
money and needed a cheap place to live.
Other than that, there's no way I want roommates but when you're young,
it's a great way to learn about people in general.
In some college housing like for freshmen, they still put
two people in the same room. I'm not
talking same apartment unit, I'm talking room.
You can't masturbate in peace.
It's a big deal because every young person is horny.
Surveys show that half of all college students report
tension with their roommates.
If you ever share a room with somebody in a college dorm who
you're not having sex with, it will be a horrible experience.
Having roommates where everybody has their own room is fine.
Personally, I think the best arrangement is to have your own
apartment. It doesn't matter how small
it is. It's all yours to do what you
want in peace.
Roommates will probably bug you in one way or another.
A friend of mine was a serious guy who answered an ad and
moved in with three slackers. I told him
to stay at the library til midnight then go home which is what he did to avoid
their slacker lifestyle but it was a sacrifice for him. He couldn't study while relaxed at home
because his roommates were there drinking, talking and being frivolous.
It's fun to meet new people but everyone is a pig when you
get up close to them which is why I recommend personal space.
If you have roommates, try real hard to respect their
differences from you.
Make rules right away like wash your dishes
immediately. Don't take the other
person's food.
The best way to deal with a roommate is to stay out of their
way unless they invite contact.
If you get roommates you don't like, they might gang up on
you. I was outgoing. My three roommates stayed home a lot. I got the feeling they were talking about me
in the negative.
There are full blowout fights. Often there are little games like person x
puts their table in the living room where you want open space so you can do
sit-ups. Then the mind games go from
there.
If you smoke, you will most certainly offend others.
If you drink alcohol, roommates might think you're pathetic
and weak.
Some people are offended by nudity. Take your shower, walk to your room wearing a
towel.
Living with friends almost always leads to problems,
especially with paying a fair share of the bills and doing a fair share of
cleaning.
You're under a microscope.
Your roommate knows if you don't shower, can probably hear you
masturbate and has probably snuck on your computer looking for porn.
Gay roommates are no problem. If you're straight and end up with a gay
roommate, most are really cool and will never impose their sexuality onto
you. Other people might think you're gay
but so what.
Some people are disgusting, loud or slobs. Either stay away as much as possible or move
out.
Your roommates might bring their friends in who spend a lot
of time there or they might bring someone in to have sexual relations
with. There is a point where these
people are invading your rights. Speak
up to your roommate.
Roommates steal and lie about it. If you have three roommates and people come
in and out of your place, you will never be able to prove theft so don't keep
anything valuable around, especially cash.
People steal identities too.
A roommate can get your vital information by looking at your IDs and
paperwork.
Beer was cheap when I went to the University of
Florida. Try to avoid roommates who
drink and smoke dope every night.
People have all kinds of problems. Avoid getting sucked into their lives. I used to be a good listener because I was
curious about life but now I know that there are needy people who want to waste
my time by telling me their problems which is why I'm not so sociable anymore.
Try #378.198 or LB2343.3 at the library.
nakedroommate.com
myroommateisdrivingmecrazy.com
frontpage.okstate.edu/coe/cp101/roommates.htm, college prep
101 - roommates.
ehow.com/how_2073050_pick-roommate.html, how to pick a
roommate.
Rate
Your College Roommates
ratetheroomie.com, for students in the us.
Student
Housing Info
There is limited student housing available on the campus of
the college you're attending. There
should be some for single's and married couples. It's usually hard to get the housing offered
by the college because there's a high demand for it.
There are a few fraternities and sororities that provide
housing for their members.
On you college website, there is usually a housing icon
where local landlords and other students put up ads looking to rent places and
find roommates.
After that, you got the ads in the local newspapers and
community websites including the college newspaper.
There are rental websites for everybody and there are a few
national rental websites directed at college students as I list below.
Do an internet search like:
student housing, (your city and state)
Finally, there are local property managers (often real
estate companies) who own or manage a bunch of properties and rent them out.
An easy way to find a place is just to drive around the
streets within a half mile of the campus looking for For Rent signs.
Go to the Student Union Building and look for a bulletin
board with ads tacked onto it.
If you're gay or belong to some minority, go to their
college social club to see if they have some rental options.
Whatever you do, don't put off housing until the last
minute. Go to college a week or two
early, stay in a hotel while you look for a place.
In the end, saving a few bucks is not worth living in the
low class, high crime area for. You have
to live in a safe area. They sometimes
call the area around colleges where lots of students live the student ghetto. These are relatively safe areas to live but
don't rent a place on the poor side of town where there aren't many college
students. You'll stick out. People will think you're an easy mark for
rape and/ or robbery. Everybody thinks
college students have at least a computer and some money. If you're a girl, safety should be your major
concern. Don't live on the ground floor
of an apartment building.
studenthousing.suite101.com
searchcollegehousing.com, off-campus housing options for
students, faculty and staff.
accommodationforstudents.com, england.
azstudenthousing.com, arizona.
beaverhousing.co.uk, london, england.
e-referencedesk.com/education/student-accommodations/
gooffcampus.com
housing4students.com
housingboard.ca, canadian student housing board.
housingnet.co.uk, england.
offcampushousing101.com
studenthomesearch.com
studenthousing.com
studenthousing.com.au, australia.
studenthousing.net, london, on, canada.
studenthousing.org
studenthousingsolutions.com
yours4rent.com
College
Accommodations/ College Housing
Some colleges offer year round accommodations for visitors
for a few days but most only offer them during the summer months. If you're in any town with colleges, look up
the housing office in the phonebook, call and ask if they have overnight
accommodations for several nights.
I noticed that a lot of British colleges offer this service.
e-referencedesk.com/education/student-accommodations/
journeywoman.com/newfiles/university_accommodations.htm
stayoncampus.com
gladstone.uoregon.edu/caer/accomodations.html
calvin.edu/prince/faq.html, 526-7200.
auc-nuc.ca/campus/summeracc.html, summer.
e-referencedesk.com/education/student-accommodations/
collegeiglu.com, find cool housing around campus
Campus Holidays
800-526-2915
Low cost homestay and college accommodations in England.
campus-lodging.com
800-525-6633
Book.
Campus Travel Service
Pob 8355
Newport Beach, Ca 92660
714-497-3044
800-525-6633
campustravel.co.uk
They sell a book which lists 700 colleges and universities
that offer inexpensive overnight lodging.
Peterson's Catalog
202 Carnegie Center
Pob 2123
Princeton, Nj 08543-2123
609-243-9111
800-338-3282
petersons.com
The Directory of College Accommodations which covers 200
universities that offer inexpensive lodgings to people.
Chapter
3. Relocation/ Moving 1
Moving
Your Stuff
The best way to move is to do it yourself with family and
friends helping you. Simply rent a truck
or borrow one. U-Haul rents out trucks.
If you need a mover, there are two basic classes:
The big, national movers.
Everybody else.
Your best bet is to pick a reputable company up front. Stick with a national name over the other
upstarts some of whom think they can do what they want.
Some states regulates movers. Check with local consumer groups.
The American Moving and Storage Assn., amconf.org, 703 683
7410 sponsors arbitration hearings between its members and complainants.
Movers often quote you a price and then when they've got you
packed up, tell you you're overweight or hold your goods hostage at the other
end until you pay more.
By law, if you pay 110% of the original quoted price, they
have to give you your goods and take you to court for the rest of the
money. After all the problems I've seen
in investigative reports, especially with single women, my best advice is don't
try to save a few bucks on a less known mover.
Pay for a major moving company to avoid the headache with
all the sleazos. Any bum can start a
moving company and many do.
Two big tricks the sleazos do are the name thing and the box
thing. The name thing is that a local
company will take on a name similar to one of the big ones thereby fooling
prospective customers into thinking that they're dealing with the major
company.
The box thing is that movers should put only small things in
boxes, not furniture or anything else reasonably big. The accepted tools of the trade are blankets
and rubber bands.
The mover wraps a blanket over the piece of furniture or
whatever then puts big rubber bands over it something like bike tubes so if
your mover is not using these tools but seems to be obsessed with packing
everything in boxes, even furniture, you know he's scammin' you for the
surcharge per box. People have reported
packing surcharges of over $1000 just for a normal house's belongings.
Make sure the company is adequately insured. Get it in writing.
Movers will give you an estimate over the phone then after
the truck is loaded, they'll typically add a few hundred dollars to the bill
and you're stuck.
Contact the Better Business Bureau, bbb.org, about the
companies you're interested in asking about their records of complaints and
visit the company buildings to see how professional they are.
Go for three written estimates from different
companies. If they don't come out and
check your stuff, they could be a little shady.
Accept only a written estimate and pay only a little up front. Request that the estimate be binding as the
final price.
You can save lots of money by doing your own packing. First off, look at it as a new beginning and
throw away all your junk or give it to charity.
Pack everything in boxes and move everything near the front
door so they just come and take it all away already packed. Movers charge a lot for their boxes. Just go to supermarkets and liquor stores and
get some for free. Keep a record of exactly what they load, give a copy to the
lead mover before they load it and get him to sign it. Number your boxes with a big black
marker. Even itemize the contents of
every box.
Movers charge by weight.
They weigh the truck before and after the load so watch to see that they
don't overinflate the weight of your possessions by too much. The way to do this is to locate a weigh
station near your destination and ask to go there with the driver for a reweigh
when he arrives.
The weigh station may charge you about $20. You'll have to pay about $20 to the weigh
station for the weigh but if the weight is way off, you could end up saving
hundreds.
If there are several guys working a job and it's a long
distance move, they may routinely rummage through the stuff before the driver
arrives to transport it. They know they
won't get caught because there are several different people handling your stuff
for the duration of the trip.
One time, everything arrived for me except two stereo
speakers. It took over three months and
lots of pressure on the company before I got my $350 back. Somebody just helped themselves to them.
Keep the valuables and transport them yourself. The mover is legally bound to deliver by his
projected delivery date and if you experience discomfort as the result of a
late delivery, you should be able to recover for damages, even in court if you
have to unless the mover can prove that it was something beyond his
control.
Get the mover to unload the boxes in the proper rooms. As soon as the goods are unloaded, check to
see that it's all there and check to see if anything is broken. If so, file a claim with the company
immediately.
Legally, you have nine months to file. If they blow you off, contact the BBB for
help. They'll try to mediate the case and if they can't solve it, go to the
American Movers Conference for arbitration.
Movers have different liability plans, some better than
others. The free deal is recovery based
on the weight of the loss, about 60 cents per pound. They may offer to sell you an Added Value Protection
Plan for recovery based on the depreciated value of lost or broken items or a
Full Value Plan based on full recovery of lost or damaged items.
Intrastate moving is the worst of all because a lot of
small-timers get into it. New York is
especially bad. There was the story of
one guy who refused to pay the final price which was three times the estimate
so the movers just drove away with all his worldly possessions.
The best bet of all is to rent a U-Haul or Ryder truck, get
a few friends together, buy them some pizza and beer and do your own moving.
The cheapest way to move long distance other than doing it
yourself is to go to a freight forwarder.
Look them up in the Yellow Pages.
The deal is that you pack everything in cardboard boxes,
drive to the company's terminal where they load it either into a container or
in the back of a truck along with other cargo.
They drive the stuff to another terminal near your destination point,
you drive there and pick it up. It'll
save you lots of money.
There was another deal I saw advertised on TV but I didn't
get the company's name. They drop a
container off at your house. You fill it
up on your own. They come back, pick it
up and either store it or move it for you.
If you are a single woman, try to have a male friend come by
because then the mover will be less inclined to snow you. Besides that, it's not safe for a woman to be
in a house alone with several moving guys.
Packing
Stuff in Luggage
The following general information applies to going on a trip
as well as going to live somewhere for a few months or so like going to
college.
Take as little as possible.
I was almost shocked as I was thumbing through the book
catalog at tenspeed.com and saw two books dedicated to packing for a trip:
The Packing Book: Secrets of the Carry-on Traveler, Judith
Gilford.
Hassle-Free Business Travel: A Blueprint for Planning,
Packing and Plugging In, Wm. J. Mitchell.
It's very simple. You
don't need a book of fluff to tell you what to do. Pack as though you're gonna be carrying the
stuff on your back for a long hike across the desert.
A lot of people have this vision bound up in their heads of
what they'll do on their trip like read x number of books and wear a certain
dress to dance the night away but trips have a life of their own. They're about action in the moment. They never go the way you plan them to.
You don't even need to pack much clothes. At the end of the day on my trips, I would
often take the wash 'n wear shirt and pants I wore that day (I never brought
more of three of any article of clothing on any trip) and wash them in the
hotel shower. They would dry by the next
day.
In a word, pack as lightly as you can. Learn from me. I started off in my first few trips packing a
bunch of stuff but generally, the more experienced the traveler, the lighter
their load. You're there to travel and
experience life not to recreate your home.
My advice is to buy some of those knapsacks and kitbags
backpackers use as their luggage. You
can put a lock on a duffel bag so that airport baggage handlers don't snoop
through your stuff.
Think like a backpacker.
Go to the backpacking websites in this book. They have to travel with all their stuff in
hand unlike the average tourist who goes from hotel room to hotel room by bus,
air, train or car.
Use a small backpack/ carry-on. If you don't have enough room to pack all
your stuff you'll be forced to eliminate the unnecessary. Take a messenger bag for daily travel.
A backpack is much easier to carry around than luggage.
In case it gets cold, bring a jacket.
Bring one pair of running shoes, no formal shoes.
Bring all-purpose camper's (or camping) soap.
You can buy what you need where you are.
Travel is supposed to be fun, not about lugging stuff
around. Packing light makes travel
simple.
The main things to pack are:
Air tickets
Cash
Cellphone
Credit and debit cards
International drivers' licence
Maps
Paperwork, visa
Passport
Phonecard
Photocopies of vital documents
Travel guidebooks
Travel Insurance policy
Travelers' cheques
Here are some other things to pack:
Alarm clock
Backpack
Batteries
Books
Camera equipment and film
Cigarette lighter
Clothes
Compass
Contact lens stuff-glasses
Contraceptives
Cosmetics
Daypack
Earplugs
Extra eyeglasses and hearing aids
First aid kit, if you're hiking
Flashlight
Fleece jacket
Games
Glasses, contact lenses
Important phone numbers on a piece of paper or in a wireless
gadget
Jewelry
Map of the area
Medication
Money belt
Money, keep it in several different places
Mosquito net
Mosquito repellent
Notebook or journal and pens
Padlock and chain
Pen and paper
Penknife
Personal stereo and CDs
Photocopies of your birth certificate and passport
Photograph of your luggage in case it gets lost
Photos-postcards of home
Rain gear-umbrella
Recreation stuff for the kids
Sarong
Sewing kit
Shampoo
Sheet sleeping bag
Shoes
Shortwave radio
Sink plug
String
Sun hat
Sunglasses
Tampons
Toiletries
Toothbrush
Towel
Wallet
Watch
Water bottle, water purifier or purification tablets
Waterproof money-holder
catsa.acsta.gc.ca, 888 294 2202, air transport security
agemcy.
ehow.com/how_2084161_pack-luggage.html, how to pack your
luggage.
princetonreview.com/college/research/articles/life/necessities.asp,
comb the house and pack your bags; packing for college.
izon.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/travel_and_subsistence
travelite.org
upl.codeq.info, universal packing list.
onebag.com, how to travel light.
packinglistonline.com
Take
Care of Moving Business
Pack your stuff up.
Pack as though you're going to live in a log cabin. Throw everything you don't really need
away. Don't be a packrat or a nostalgia
nut. Memories are in your head not in
cheap junk left over from your glory days.
Either hire a real estate professional to sell your house or
go on an FSBO website and list your house.
A good agent will save you time and money in the process of selling your
house.
Book the movers. You
can choose to have the movers pack everything, just a few things or you can
pack everything yourself. Pick a
legitimate big company not some fly-by-night from an ad out of the paper. Obtain estimates from several different
companies.
Arrange to have gas, water, phone, cable and electric meters
cut off.
If you rent, give written notice to the landlord and make
arrangements for the return of the security deposit.
Get a Change of Address cards from the post office.
Cancel contracted services like regular lawncare and
pre-authorized checks like for cable TV.
Cancel home insurance, gardening services, dry cleaning
service, newspapers, magazines, etc.
Transfer bank accounts and securities to branches where
you'll be living.
Transfer medical, dental, prescription and optical records
to your new medical professionals' offices.
Change car registration and insurance.
Make arrangements for the moving of pets.
Get rid of flammable liquids. It is illegal for movers to move them.
Some things to consider when moving are:
Close accounts, change banks.
Notify insurance companies of your new address.
Change utilities. Pay
the old bill so it doesn't screw up your credit record.
Get medical records from your doctor, dental records from
the dentist.
Give or throw away all your trivial stuff.
Disconnect utilities.
Get car tuned up.
Dispose of flammables.
Take care of the phone.
Get sleeping pills for pets.
Make transport arrangements.
Clean the fridge.
Give friends your new address.
Cut off any home deliveries like milk or newspapers.
Fill out the appropriate change of address forms with the
Postal Service.
Fill out post office change of address forms.
Use up as much food as possible before you move.
Change automobile registration.
Keep pets locked up in the new house for a few days.
You might have to change your will.
Check up on state income taxes.
When you're settled in, register your kid at the new school.
If moving is related to work, you can deduct the expenses
from your income tax.
When you move, call the local chamber of commerce or social
service agency and ask if they have a telephone directory and information about
your new town. Many towns have a welcome
hostess who brings you free gifts and a coupon book sponsored by the local
merchants. Try valupak.com.
Go to your library for general information about your new
town.
Try the YMCA to meet new people. YMCAs have daycare facilities.
Have a house warming party.
Invite your new neighbors.
Some people get lonely.
Join the church or a club.
If moving overseas, contact the Center of Disease Control,
cdc.gov, find out what immunizations you should get and get them. Don't act too American, blend in with the
natives. Show respect by trying to learn
their language.
If you're a student, buy cheap furniture or use boxes. Don't rent furniture. It's a sucker deal.
Moving
Scam
In most businesses, you might look for the little guy for
the cheaper deal but the big difference between moving and every other business
is that the guy gets your stuff and can hold it hostage. In some other service like a home improvement
job, you can just tell the guy to get lost.
It doesn't work like that in the moving business which is
why it's the one business where I'll tell you to stay away from the little
guy. Use only the well-established
national movers. The scam quotient has
gotten so bad that the good movers have asked the government to regulate them
in order to separate the bad from the good.
The deal now is that the American government, through the
Department of Transportation, dot.gov, regulates movers who do interstate
moving, that is, move people across state lines which means that anybody can
put an ad in the paper posing as a mover and as long as they do local, in-state
moves, they're technically legal but a lot of these guys are just straight out
con artists. I'll say it one more time
then leave it, use only a well-established bigtime moving company.
The deal is that beefs with moving companies is currently a
civil and not a criminal matter even if the mover is holding your stuff hostage
for more money. The sleazo movers know
this and will play just about everybody, knowing the cops won't do anything about
it.
Read the contract.
Get an exact figure for the full fee in writing. If you don't agree to this price, don't sign
the contract. If you agree, you have a
written record of the highest fee they can charge.
Even then, they still don't care. They get to your destination, say it cost
them more money than expected then tack a thousand dollars on your bill then
they charge you $20 a day for storage while you file civil suit. You can't win.
The base moving insurance offered doesn't cover much. It's a flat rate per pound so don't leave any
valuables or delicate items with the mover that could break.
Many companies add on costs with their packing process.
Consider packing your belongings yourself and getting a quote only loading the
stuff on and off, not an extra charge for actually packing the stuff charging
extra for boxes, tape, etc.
The most common complaint is that they charge you extra from
the original bill after they've got your goods hostage and if you don't pay,
they will charge a daily storage fee on your goods until you cough it up.
movingscam.com
movingscam.com/blacklist.shtml, moving company black list.
avoid these moving companies.
Moving
Interstate
The American government, through the Department of
Transportation, dot.gov, regulates movers who do interstate moving, that is,
move people across state lines.
The Federal Department of Transportation, dot.gov, (888 dot
saft) regulates moving companies that operate between different states but not
local ones that just operate within a state.
A lot of the local movers don't follow the interstate
law. They don't report themselves to the
federal DOT if they're doing interstate moving.
They do it until they get in trouble then close the company down and
open up a new one.
Interstate movers are required to show an MC number in their
advertising which is from 3 to 6 digits long.
If they claim to be an interstate mover, ask for their MC number then
check it on the dot.gov website, licensing and insurance division. A lot of fly-by-nighters claim to be licensed
as interstate movers but if they don't have this number, they're lying.
Call the local chamber of commerce to see if there are
complaints against the mover. Go to
bbb.org where it only takes a few seconds to type the company name in to see if
there are complaints against it.
Interstate movers are legally bound to publish their rates
and rules, in a document called a tariff. Ask your interstate mover for a copy
of the tariff.
Movers do not have to provide estimates. however, if they
don't give you one, don't do business with them. Get the estimate in writing. There are two types of estimates:
1.) A binding estimate means that's the set price.
2.) A nonbinding estimate means it's an approximate price
which will be adjusted, usually upward, later.
If the final charges exceed the estimate, if you pay 110% of the
estimate, the mover must deliver the goods and defer the balance you owe for 30
days.
Ask what type of estimate it is and get it in writing.
At the time of the estimate, the mover must give you:
A copy of the estimate.
A copy of the brochure called Your Rights And
Responsibilities When You Move.
Dispute settlement/ arbitration information in case it comes
to that.
A telephone number for inquiries and complaints to the
company.
Service Order.
At the pick-up, they should give you a copy of the Bill of
Lading/ Freight with the mover's name on it and an inventory of the goods.
Upon delivery, you should receive a copy of the Completed
Bill of Lading/ Freight.
If you have a problem, call either the DOT, BBB or your
local consumer protection agency.
Relocation
Services, Relocation Agents
There are relocation companies and consultants that hire
their services out to individuals and companies who send their workers to
postings in other areas. If you're an
individual moving somewhere, you can hire one of these people to help you
move.
They do everything from hiring a mover to taking care of
most of the paperwork and even get visas if the customer is moving to another
country. They'll find a house or an
apartment for you to rent or buy.
There are also relocation professionals who work in the
Human Resources or Accounting Department of large companies to help employees
who are posted elsewhere move. Most have
some college education, usually a business degree.
For employees moving overseas, the relocation administrator
must often calculate a moving allowance and factor in bonuses to the paycheque
because many companies add bonuses to employees working overseas. There might be a housing
allowance too.
They have to make travel arrangements. They often have to pay for the travel of the
employee's entire family. They might
have to pay for the private schooling of the employee's children.
activerain.com, critical of relocation consultants because
they refer you to their friends to sell you everything you need who give them a
kickback.
relocationagents.com
rhstemphousing.com, a national provider of extended stay,
corporate housing services and emergency housing services.
corporatecare.ie, a relocation service based in cork,
ireland.
huwfrancis.com
kristalsellsdenver.com, denver.
relo-experts.com, nevada.
relocationcentral.com
relocation-guide.net
relocationguideonline.com
relocationhelpdesk.com, raleigh, nc.
reloguide.net
relojournal.com, relocating.
movingtoaz.com/relocation/index.php
libertyrelocationdivision.com, 800-296-1802, nevada.
kudzu.com/guide.jsp?guidename=relocating.html, atlanta
georgia relocation services.
insiders.com/relocation
movemeto.com
erc.org, employee relocation council, many real estate
links.
euro-relocation.com, relocation agents.
firstlinerelocation.com, helps you move.
themigroup.com, global relocation services.
Chapter
4. Relocation/ Moving 2
Moving
Advice Websites
protectyourmove.gov
moving.com
moving.com/movers/moving-company-quotes.asp, free quotes.
offtocollege.com/collegemove, Off to College Guide to
housing, dorm room and transportation needs.
upack.com/moving-services/student.asp, ABF U-Pack Moving,
They deliver an empty trailer, you load, they drop it off, you unload.
moving. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/od/preparingforyourmove/a/move_residence.htm, dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
, Tips on moving from home into a dorm.
pensketruckrental.com/personal_rental/moving_guide/college.html,
Penske, 1, 900 U.S. locations.
moving. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/od/preparingforyourmove/a/childrenleaving.htm, College Students Leaving Home;
How to Help Them Move.
homefair.com/articles/moving/moving-to-college.asp
homefair.com/real-estate/city-profile/index.asp, City Report
section for info
mayflower.com
moving. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/od/movingforcollegestudent1/Moving_Tips_for_College_Students.htm
moving. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/od/preparingforyourmove/a/adviceparent.htm
monstermoving.com/moving_and_planning/quotes/jumppage.asp,
moving company online quotes database.
moving.org
movinghomechecklist.com
movecentral.com/addresscentral
selfstorage.org, 703 921 9123
move.com/guide, how-to guides.
towserver.net, 800 728 0133, towing and recovery assn. of
america.
usps.com/moversnet.
movingscam.com/forum
channels.netscape.com/ns/realestate/movingguide.jsp
movereviews.com
atlasworldgroup.com/howto
Major Moving Websites
moving.com
moving.com/movers/moving-company-quotes.asp, free quotes.
offtocollege.com/collegemove, Off to College Guide to
housing, dorm room and transportation needs.
upack.com/moving-services/student.asp, ABF U-Pack Moving,
They deliver an empty trailer, you load, they drop it off, you unload.
moving. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/od/preparingforyourmove/a/move_residence.htm, dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
, Tips on moving from home into a dorm.
pensketruckrental.com/personal_rental/moving_guide/college.html,
Penske, 1, 900 U.S. locations.
moving. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/od/preparingforyourmove/a/childrenleaving.htm, College Students Leaving Home;
How to Help Them Move.
homefair.com/articles/moving/moving-to-college.asp
homefair.com/real-estate/city-profile/index.asp, City Report
section for info
mayflower.com
moving. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/od/movingforcollegestudent1/Moving_Tips_for_College_Students.htm
moving. dead website, try
dotdash.com, thebalance.com and thoughtco.com
/od/preparingforyourmove/a/adviceparent.htm
Moving
Websites
If you need more info, get the book Moving and Relocation
Sourcebook by omnigraphics.com.
uline.com, boxes, new, discount moving boxes
boxquest.net, boxes, used: buy or sell moving boxes locally
online
packrat.com, they bring container to your house, you fill it
up, either store it or move it anywhere.
realestatemovers.com
movemeto.com
amconf.org, picking a mover, make moving easier
homestore.com/move/tools/movingcalc.asp movingadvocateteam.com,
complaints
monstermoving.com/moving_and_planning/quotes, moving
companies online quotes database
movingscam.com
oneswitch.com, changes the address for your magazine
subscriptions
rightmove.co.uk
oneentry.com/moving_leads.jsp
movetopia.com
moverescue.com
doortodoor.com/moving
nycmover.com, nyc.
123relocation.com
aimrelocation.com, city profiles
askmedi.com, background info on a doctor for a fee.
avatar-moving.com
buyboxes.com
call220.com/resources/
careguide.com
emove.com
erc.org, employee relocation council.
fasrelo.com
globalvanlines.com
glynncounty.com/relocation_guide, brunswick, georgia.
helpumove.com
home.calinet.com/rrcs
homecenter.com
homefair.com
homeisaz.com/buyers/arizona-home-buyers-relocation.html,
free scottsdale and phoenix arizona relocation guide.
homestore.com
insiders.com/relocation
homes.wsj.com, wall street journal guide to
irs.gov, taxes.
jamesphelps.com/relocation-guide, free orange county
relocation guide.
jobsvista.com/relocation.html
jobweb.org/catapult/cities
justrentals.com/relocating
lightningvanlines.com
make-money-instantly.com/articles/non-profit-organization-to-help-with-relocation
makethemove.com
members.aol.com/freerelo, relocation info.
minneapolisrealestatehomes.com/relocation/index.php,
minneapolis relocation guide.
monstermoving.com
move.com
movequest.com
movernet.com
moverquotes.com
moversguide.com/
moveyouroffice.com, office relocation and leasing guide
moving.com
homefair.com
movingcenter.com
movingestimates.com, get free moving quotes from moving
companies, movers, auto transport companies, self storage and moving insurance.
movingguide.org
movingtoaz.com/relocation/index.php
newcomersnetwork.com
pathfinder.com/money/depts/real_estate/bestplaces, best
places to live.
powellguide.com/lakepowell/relocation.html, lake powell
relocation guide.
realestatejournal.com/toolkit/relocationtools/
relocatetoarkansas.com
relocation.tbo.com
ryder.com, truck rental.
santaferealestatehomes.com/relocation/index.php, santa fe
relocation guide.
sayrelocate.com
schoolmatch.com
shurgard.com, self-storage facilities.
somd.com/relocate, help relocating to southern maryland.
sourceone.on.ca, moving resources, north america.
tampa4u.com/relocation_guide.html, tampa relocation guide.
tampabayrealestatehomes.com/relocation/index.php
uhaul.com, truck rentals.
usps.gov/moversnet
uvl.com, uvl.ca, united van lines.
vanlines.com
virtualrelocation.com
welcomewagon.com
movinglady.com
pods.com
bigbook.com/
city.net/
erc.org/research/center.htm
homefair.com
ired.com/
relojournal.com/
rent.net/
virtualrelocation.com/
vtourist.com/
usacitylink.com/
cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/costofliving/costofliving.html, Cost
of Living Calculator; CNN.com
bankrate.com/brm/movecalc.asp, Costof Living Comparison
Calculator
ChamberFind.com
salaryexpert.com, International Salary Calculator and Cost
of Living
ChamberofCommerce.com
cityrating.com/costofliving.asp, CityRating.com
citytowninfo.com, CityTownInfo.com
bestplaces.net, Sperling's BestPlaces
county-map.digital-topo-maps.com, US County Maps for all 50
States.
careeronestop.org
Moving
Companies Lists
movingscam.com/blacklist.shtml, moving company black list.
avoid these moving companies.
allmovingquotes.com
cpuc.ca.gov/static/transportation/movers.htm, california.
epinions.com/moving_companies
epinions.com/moving_companies--~all
escapeartist.com
expatica.com
franandrowena.com/files/373274/movers_moving_companies.htm
homebulletin.net/moving_companies
hoovers.com/company-information/--hicid__1624--/free-ind-factsheet.xhtml
movers411.com
moversdirectory.com/companieslist.html
moving.com/moving_and_planning/quotes/index.asp, mover
quotes, get an estimate from a variety of different movers.
moving.org, american moving and storage association.
moving-ca-movers-california.com
moving-ct-movers-connecticut.com
moving-il-movers-illinois.com
movingin.com
moving-ma-movers-massachusetts.com
moving-md-movers-maryland.com
moving-nj-movers-new-jersey.com
moving-ny-movers-new-york.com
movinguide.com
protoquest.com/yss/resources/moving/companies.cgi
themovingyellowpages.com
topmovingcompany4u.com
upack.com, you pack, we drive, you save.
American Movers Conference
American Moving and Storage Assn.
1611 Duke St.
Alexandria, Va 22314
703-683-7410
moving.org
amconf.org
American Movers Conference
Dispute Settlement Program
1611 Duke St.
Alexandria, Va 22314
703-683-7410
amconf.org
Many free booklets about moving, will take your complaints
and try to resolve problems with moving companies.
At&T If You're Moving
800-Move Att
att.com
Department of Transportation
Federal Hwy. Administration
Office of Motor Carriers
4000 7th St. Sw
Washington, Dc 20590
800-424-9312
202-266-0665
fhwa.dot.gov
Ask if an interstate mover is licensed, etc.
Mover's and Warehousemen's Assn. of America
1001 N. Highland St.
Arlington, Va 22201
Movers are notorious for ripping people off. If you have a beef, try contacting this
organization.
Nationwide Relocating Service
800-323-7097
Free listing of average house costs in 125 cities.
Allied Van Lines
Box 9569
Downers Grove, Il 60515
alliedvan.com
Free booklet, Guide To A Good Move.
Moving
Companies Info
bestchoicemoving.com
confiancamoving.com, 866 266 8464
alliedvan.com
atlasvanlines.com
bekins.com, moving co.
chipmancorp.com
globalvanlines.com
mayflower.com
shurgard.com, self-storage facilities.
Atlas Van Lines
1212 St. George Rd.
Evansville, In 47703
812-424-4326
Fax: 812-421-7125
atlasvanlines.com
Free moving booklets.
Mayflower Movers
Box 107
Indianapolis, In 46206
mayflower.com
Free moving booklets.
North American Van Lines
800-524-5533
Reliable moving company.
United Van Lines
1 United Dr.
Fenton, Mo 630026
800-325-3870
uvl.com
uvl.ca, Canada.
Free moving booklets.
Canadian
Moving Info
mover.net, canadian assn. of movers.
moveit.ca
canadian-movers.ca
allaboutmoving.ca
artofmoving.com
atlasvanlines.ca
avatarmoving.com
fgiworld.com
fraserhoyt.com
householdmovers.ca
movingto.com
premiervanlines.com
relocate-canada.com
relocatecanada.com, info@relocatecanada.com
tippet-richardson.com, scarborough, on.
Thomspon's Moving and Storage
3 Freeman St.
Middleton, NS B0S 1PO
902 825 3929
Fax: 902 825 6261
Moving
International/ Worldwide Moving
Most movers put your stuff in a container and ship it by
ship. Smaller things can go on air cargo
but it's more expensive. In my opinion,
the costs of transporting things is worth almost as much as the value of the
stuff itself, not to mention the headache of moving it plus breakage.
I say pack a few things in a few trunks, ship them via cargo
and buy new furniture when you get there.
moving.com
aafsw.org, associates of the american foreign service
worldwide, this organization's website includes many helpful articles and links
for expatriates outside the u.s. foreign service
oanda.com/converter/classic, classic currency converter.
escapeartist.com, escapeartist.com, information on living,
moving and working overseas, plus country destination profiles, publications
and links
state.gov/s/cpr/rls, foreign embassy information: lists
foreign consular offices in the united states and has the website and e-mail
addresses of embassies.
homefair.com/homefair/calc/intsalcalc.html, the
international salary calculator; compare the cost of living in hundreds of
cities around the world
moving.com/irc, moving: international.
tunisiadaily.com/pdf/prices&earning.pdf, prices and
earnings: a comparison of purchasing power around the globe.
transitionsabroad.com, transitions abroad provides resources
for work abroad, study abroad, cultural travel and living overseas.
travel.state.gov/travel/living/living_1243.html, u.s. state
department services and information for american citizens abroad.
worldclimate.com
123movers.com/international_movers/sinternational/default.html,
get free quotes from international movers.
alliedvan.net
branchor.com
craighead.com
escapeartist.com/expatriate/resources.htm
fidi.com, network of worldwide moving companies.
insiders.com/relocation
linksmoving.com
monstermoving.com
move.com
movequest.com
moverlist.net
movermax.com
moverquotes.com
moving.com
movingcenter.com
navl1.com, north american van lines.
oneentry.com, moving companies quotes international movers.
pathfinder.com/money/depts/real_estate/bestplaces, best
places to live.
relojournal.com
relojournal.com/newsbrk.htm
themovingyellowpages.com
topmovingcompany4u.com
uhaul.com, truck rentals.
uvl.com, uvl.ca, 800 325 3870, united van lines.
vanpac.com, sales@vanpac.com, 800 877 0444
vipvanlines.com
virtualrelocation.com
Business
Moving/ Corporate Relocation
Corporate relocation services move either individuals or
entire companies to other locales.
123movers.com/corporate_relocation/soffice/default.html
a1firstclass.com
allmovingquotes.com/corporate_relocation/
b2bre.com, business real estate directory.
bishopsmove.net/businessrelocation/employeerelocation.htm
business.com
cfmoving.com/corporaterelocation/
businessmoves.com, corporate relocation consultancy for uk
and international businesses.
businessmoving.com
business-moving.com/resource_management.htm
edcmover.com, texas movers.
erc.org
lamovers.com, southern california.
libertymoving.com/corporate_moving.html, new york state.
mayflower.com/moving/relocationservices/relocationservices.htm
moveyouroffice.com, office relocation and leasing guide
moving.com/irc, international relocation.
mrinetwork.com/tools/relocation.htm
mymovingneeds.com/find_corporate_relocation.aspx
nyc.gov/html/nycwasteless/html/in_business/relocation_guide.shtml,
business relocation guide relocating your business
relocationcentral.com, 800.272.7863.
sirva.com
atlasworldgroup.com
teamrelocations.com
sterlingrelocation.com
cartus.com, global relocation and workforce development
solutions.
stevensworldwide.com
armstrongrelocation.com
relocationapartments.com
business.com/directory//trucking/moving_companies
suddath.com/business.html
thepepper.com/realty_business_relocation.html, arizona
business relocation services.
unitedvanlines.com/mover/relocationservices/relocationservices.htm
upackrelo.com
palmermoving.com/corporate_benchmark.htm
work.com/corporaterelocation1152
viptransport.com
Self-Storage
Websites
Try your local phonebook.
Most moving companies have a storage service. If you live in a college town, there should
be several storage companies around the campus.
upickstorage.com, name your price.
pods.com
cert.co.uk
cityselfstorage.com
estoragefacilities.net
onsitestorage.com
self.storage.alltheindustrials.com
self.storage.alltheservices.com
selfstor.ca, toronto.
selfstorage.org, 703 921 9123
shurgard.com, self-storage facilities.
storage.eweek.com
storage.industrial101.com
storage.unit.alltheindustrials.com
stor-wel.ca, montreal, 514-721-1717.
thestoragecompany.net
yellowselfstorage.com
American Movers Conference
American Moving and Storage Assn.
1611 Duke St.
Alexandria, Va 22314
703-683-7410
moving.org
amconf.org
Self-Storage Assn.
4141 Crossgate Dr.
Cincinnati, Oh 45236
513-984-6468
Membership directory of 1600 self-storage
companies.
City
Directory Websites
Try the following website formula for any American city
you're interested in:
ci.name of city.two letter state abbreviation.us like:
ci.akron.oh.us or simply don't use the ci at front like
akron.oh.us.
For towns and villages, use community as the suffix like:
community.name of town or village.two letter state abbreviation.us
like
community.waterville.tx.us
local2me.org
Type in your zip code and you get all kinds of links to your
part of town from shopping to friendship.
yahoo.com
Go to bottom of the page at the Get Local section. Enter your zipcode and you'll get resources
for your area.
yahoo.com/regional/u_s_states
2chambers.com, list of chambers of commerces u.s.a.
bucknell.edu/geosearch
chamber-of-commerce.com
cimedia.com/sites.html
cities2k.om
cities.com
citydirectories.psmedia.com/index
cityguide.lycos.com
city.com
city.net
city.net/regions/north_america
city.net/countries
city.net/countries/united_states
city.net/countries/united states/(insert full name of any
state in here)
citypass.net, buy a citypass for attractions in major
american cities.
citysearch.com
city.net/destinations
cityspin.com, 800-275-5895
citysurf.com
cityview.com
clickcity.com/index2.htm, chamber of commerce directory.
clickcitytravel.com
culturefinder.com
digitalcity.com
divein.com
editorandpublisher.com
forumone.com
freetrip.com
homefair.com
homestore.com
indo.com/distance, distances between places, latitude and
longitude calculations
infospace.com/cityguides
isotropic.com/metro/scope.html
jobweb.org/catapult/cities
justgo.com
locality.com
local.yahoo.com
mapquest.com.
members.tripod.com
metroblogging.com
metro.jussieu.fr/bin/cities/english
money.cnn.com/best/bplive
moviefone.com
neosoft.com/citylink/default.html
nsbol.com/nsbol/comindex/us_index.htm
realcities.com
sidewalk.com
stanford.edu/geosearch
starcitysearch.com
superpages.com
thomas.com, the thomas guide, sell city directories for
major cities.
timeout.cm
towd.com
townonline.com vindigo.com
travelocity.com/
usacitylink.com
uschamber.com, u.s. chamber of commerce.
vtourist.com/vt
welcome.to
wings.buffalo.edu/world/vt2
worldexecutive.com/cityguides/
yahoo.com/promotions/metros
yahoo.com, go to more yahoo button then yahoo metros.
zagat.com, restaurant ratings.
Environmental
Maps
These are maps that show environmental hazards
geographically like toxic waste dumps or other environmental problems.
epa.gov/enviro
fema.gov/individual/home.shtm, flood maps, disaster info.
hud.gov/emaps, environmental maps.
Vehicle
Transport/ Driving Free
These are auto transport companies who transport vehicles for
people on the backs of tractor trailers for a fee.
Some of these auto transport companies also use drivers to
drive their vehicles cross country so if you have a license, don't have a
criminal record and put up a small deposit, they will give you a vehicle to
drive cross country or to your particular destination for free. They'll probably fingerprint you.
There are many automobile transporting companies listed in
the phone book. I really haven't
ventured to take the initiative to call them and ask whether they accept
civilian drivers, however, these ones actively advertise for civilian
drivers.
Another approach is to call a car rental company and ask for
the car control department then ask if there are any deadhead or nonrev cars
going to a particular city. These are
cars that need to back to where they came from.
This approach might not work but it's worth a try.
driveaway.com
1aamotorcycles.com, motorcycle transport company.
123movers.com
aaat.com
aardvarkauto.com, 888-866-4020
americanautotransportcompany.com
aswd.com, 800-338-8850
autoandtruckshippers.com, 888-577-5400, truck transport co.,
ships trucks.
autodriveaway.com, 800 621 4155
autotransporter.com
autovanrvdelivery.com, 574-534-4250
bluehighways.net, 800-622-6601
btransport.com
carmovingguide.com
dasautoshippers.com
dependableautoshippers.com
eagleonexpress.com, 209-483-8925
enclosedvehicletransport.com, 888-827-6799
ezautoshipping.com
findahauler.com
horselesscarriage.com, 800-631-7796
movecars.com
newmaninternational.com, 813-221-5000
passporttransport.com, 800-325-4267
shipcardirect.com
shipmyvehicle.com, 877-512-2227
sundayautotransport.com, 717-697-0939
transpecialists.com, 626-968-4904, truck transport service,
ship trucks.
transportautos.com/driveaway, 800 677 6686
transport.industrial101.com
Aaacon
230 West 41st
New York, Ny 10037
212-354-7777
Accelerated Express
800-677-6686
All America Auto Transport
800--942-0001
Atlas Motives
800-448-0766
Carriere
800-540-9111
choicemall.com/shipacar
888-274-4722
Dependable Auto Shippers
800-826-1083
Universal International Transportation
800-421-2369
Universal Auto Shipers
800-526-4972
Auto Driveway Co.
310 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, Il 60604
800-346-2277
autodriveaway.com
Arizona
Phoenix
602-952-0339
Tucson
520-323-7659
California
Long Beach
562-421-0313
Los Angeles
213-666-6100
autodriveawayla.com
San Diego
619-295-8060
San Francisco
415-777-3740
San Jose
408-984-4999
Colorado
Denver
303-757-1211
Dc, City of Washington
Washington
703-524-7300
Florida
Ft. Lauderdale
954-771-4059
Ft. Meyers
941-768-2345
Jacksonville
904-398-4400
Miami
954-456-2285
Orlando
407-678-7000
Tampa
813-254-8411
Georgia
Atlanta
404-364-0464
404-305-8000
Illinois
Chicago
312-939-3600
Indiana
Indianapolis
317-259-7060
Kansas
Kansas City
913-381-2125
Wichita
316-945-2882
Kentucky
Louisville
502-456-4990
Louisiana
New Orleans
504-737-0266
Maryland
Baltimore
410-366-8863
Massachusetts
Boston
781-642-7378
Michigan
Detroit
810-442-2335
Grand Rapids
616-530-0187
Minnesota
Minneapolis
612-926-0262
St. Paul
612-698-6929
Missouri
St. Louis
314-726-2886
Nebraska
Omaha
402-571-5010
Nevada
Las Vegas
702-658-8500
New Jersey
Hackensack
201-440-0707
New York
New York
212-967-2344
Syracuse
315-445-0809
North Carolina
Charlotte
704-525-6556
Greensboro
336-272-2153
Ohio
Cincinnati
513-385-6654
Cleveland
440-331-1495
Columbus
614-261-8170
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
405-943-8443
Oregon
Portland
503-294-2955
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
215-884-6662
Pittsburgh
412-276-6922
Tennessee
Memphis
901-685-3360
Nashville
615-244-8000
Texas
Dallas
972-233-5533
Houston
713-692-3433
San Antonio
210-226-1676
Utah
Salt Lake City
801-353-9390
Virginia
Richmond
804-353-9390
Washington
Seattle
206-235-0880
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
414-327-5252
Canada
Calgary, Ab
403-289-7854
Halifax, Ns
902-832-1240
Montreal
514-956-1046
Toronto
416-222-4700
Vancouver
604-985-0936
Winnipeg
204-663-2966
National
Auto Transporters
3000.com/nati
800-423-3266
Chicago, Il
312-489-3500
St. Paul, Mn
612-777-7780
Burlingame, Ca
415-342-9611
Miami, Fl
305-945-4104
Los Angeles, Ca
818-988-9000
Mt. Clemens, Mi
810-465-5210
Salt Lake City, Ut
801-972-6819
San Diego, Ca
619-562-8666
Phoenix, Az
602-992-5200
Glendora, Ca
818-963-9252
Atlanta, Ga
404-257-0605
Portland, Or
503-252-3967
Auburn, Wa
206-762-7840
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