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Saturday, June 19, 2004

Where can I live in Greater Providence?

A young lady named Louisa recently emailed me out of the blue asking me where she could find apartment listings for the Providence area online... or more specifically, where newspapers had apartment listings online. Gotta love getting emailed out of the blue out of the AOL Member Directory.

But seriously, folks. I have tried things like apartments.com and homestore.com when looking around the area, and the best-laid out ads on there are usually a pretty good indicator of what to expect. (The less organized the ad can sometimes mean the less organized the landlord, wouldn't you say?) I've also been referred to a number of building management companies in the area. Three or four names you can do a Google search for are:
Bilodeau Property Management
Clarkin Corporation
Picerne Management (which also encompasses Providence Properties or East Side Properties, which may be a little more pricey -- certain things like parking and such might *not* be included in rent)
Ferland Property Management
Equity Residential

Some of these companies have web sites (the addresses escape me right now), others you may be able to find with yellow pages listings online.

I don't know if the Providence Journal (projo.com) or the Providence Phoenix (providencephoenix.com, I think) have apartment classified ads online.

Understand however that under no circumstances is this an endorsement of any of these services or companies. You are reading this advice at your own risk.

Enjoy!

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