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Yeah, I know it's not very nice. That was the point. We're assuming the same problems in one based on another because it's pretty well documented that it is a systemic issue. Every single time they go looking in any police department in the nation, these problems are found. Every single time, to varying degrees.

1400?! to live in the West End?

Good call - also, anytime a landlord or rental company in pgh has tried to tell me that there’s low housing availability and there’s NO WAY I’ll find somewhere to live if I don’t accept their offer right away, it’s total bs. You can even send them screenshots of whatever you end up finding to help round out their “market research”

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That's not very nice, neighbor. Local governments set up and are responsible for the actions of their own police departments, and there's tens of thousands of them. How can you assume there are problems in one because there are problems in another? What other bureaucratic or corporate structure or occupation is held to that standard?

Avoid Arbors mgmt they suck they suck they suck

As a landlord i get it, I wouldn't want to waste my time

I believe this to be accurate as well. If there are vacant units they generate nothing, if there are openings they’ll take the rate, sometimes people have sales quotas and get a little scummy.

I can't edit this into the main post but I did want to say I'm flattered by the support; I've been getting DMs and Messages offering places to stay or to help me find a place. I'm not hurting for a place at the moment and my lease isn't up for months, I just like to be very prepared for this sort of thing so I tend to start searching well before my lease expires so I have plenty of time and options. But thank you to everyone who's offered rooms and all that. Pittsburgh has been incredibly welcoming since I moved here and that continues to be the case with all the great people here!

They’re not loans big guy it’s money I owe the school itself, can’t get my transcripts transferred till they’re paid off, so if I wanna go back I gotta start from scratch until I get it paid off, but good try anyway. Point is, quit acting like you know more than the lived experiences of the people talking to you

Awesome! There are a lot of good people out there in all fields, but the bad ones ruin it for everyone. The training to get involved in real estate is honestly horrible, no one is as prepared as they should be to be an agent or to be a property manager.

If you want to text or call me and talk over some options for buying or renting I’d love to connect with you! I could share with you our lenders information and go over that for a pre-approval too. My phone number is (724) 462-5694

Right, I'd send one complaint for each.

Walnut Capital?

Wait til you get into house buying. People are waiving inspections just to buy houses

Once toured a nice apartment in Oakland that already had applications, and we basically had to offer more rent than the previous applicants were offering to get it. Even the realtor thought the whole situation was ridiculous

I appreciate it! There have been good experiences as well; my current management company, Forbes, has been good to me

I work from home so the exact location isn't as important as having general proximity to grocery stores and such. I've been mostly looking at or east of Lawrenceville and at or west of Regent square, that general area, and at single family homes and townhouses. I've been looking at some apartments but if I can find just a house that's much more preferred.

Yeah, Zillow was annoying when I was trying to find my current place. Like you, I wanted a house, but I would find so many listings that would be in the "house/townhouse" filter yet only rent 1 room or just an apartment in that house!

I ended up in the Northside because finding an apartment in the East End that I want was just ridiculous, especially for the prices they were asking. That area is great and I miss it dearly, but there are other decent neighborhoods in the city and Pittsburgh isn't that big to where I can't visit from elsewhere!

All over the place on Zillow. I've been casting a wide net because I originally moved into my current place in E Lib site unseen, and want to make sure I heavily explore all my options this time around, so I've been contacting individual owners, people subletting, massive property management companies and pretty much everything in between.

Props to you for sticking to your guns and replying as such.

What area are you looking at for rentals? I may be able to help! I’m sorry that these buildings and other realtors can be so horrible to work with at times

Well, it's not like the police are going to be much help if that does happen. They don't prevent crime, and they only solve around 11% of what they investigate. Seems like not a good solution to me

I went “yeah no thanks” and just left. I understand prices fluctuate. But $150 in a few days is just bullshit lol

“Market changes” AKA the “fuck you, that’s why” fee

Anything that’s not in the lease isn’t enforceable. I’ve had companies do that before where upon move out suddenly they “require” X Y and Z to be done to get the deposit back. Welp, you didn’t put that in my lease so tough shit. Printed out the relevant paragraphs of the law and left it on the counter with the keys. Got the deposit back.