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2013-02-01 04:23:36
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Dallas Crew - Looking to lease a house
Anyone have a good real estate connection in the Dallas area, or know of a house for lease? My wife and I are flying in next Wednesday, Feb 6 to look for a house to lease. I've spoken to a few agents but none seem very enthused to help, I don't know what gives. I was hoping we could hook up with one or two agents and have them show us houses, but I'm not getting any warm fuzzies, so I think we may just need to schedule a bunch of separate appointments.

Here's my boilerplate -
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My wife and I are moving from Long Island to the Dallas area in late March, and we need a 2+ bedroom house with a 2 car garage for 6 months to a year while we familiarize ourselves with the area before buying. A garage is an absolute must. I’m a car nut, and spend my time tinkering. So any house with a large, detached garage will be a big bonus.

Our budget is $1,600 per month, we have 2 grown, house-broken cats, and we're only interested in single family houses, in move in condition, with appliances, and no HOA fees.

A good walkability score would be nice, as well as access to running paths, parks etc. I’ll be working from home 3 to 4 days a week, and going in to the office in Irving right next to DFW the other days, and I'd like to keep the commute to 45 minutes or less.

We're flying in to Dallas on Feb 6, and need a realtor to work with us on Feb 7 and 8.
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And a few houses that look good to us:
3523 Versailles Avenue S Dallas, TX 75209

4131 Herschel Ave, Dallas, TX 75219 - Zillow

551 Brookhurst Drive, Dallas, TX 75218-2190, US

301 Montreal Avenue S, Dallas, TX 75208 - MLS ID 11887159 - Property For Rent

Rental Home at 1506 Westwood Drive, Irving, TX | RentalHouses.com

3802 E Calgary Court Irving, TX 75062-2903

C
Last edited by Chriscar on 2013-02-01 at 04-25-31.
2013-02-07 00:24:17
#2
houses arent like that really down here. You might be able to find a detached garage, but people take their appliances with them, even in rent houses *most the time*. Ill do some looking for ya no worries.
Last edited by Cyrus on 2013-02-07 at 00-25-25.
2013-02-07 00:26:01
#3
looks like you might already be here... are you?
2013-02-07 00:29:00
#4
Are you stuck on Dallas? Because after living here for a while, youll have wished you lived anywhere in Tarrant county area. Since you work in Irving, its not hard to commute less then 45 minutes to work from the Grapevine Collyville area. Even North Fort worth, you can Jump on 114, and get yourself to Irving in about 30 minutes even in traffic.
2013-02-07 14:35:01
#5
chriscar i have one that willing to work with you. he also a nissan guy
2013-02-09 15:17:03
#6
We're all set. Leasing a fantastic house in Carrollton, starting April 1. Very excited, though we're stuck in Dallas for an extra day, because of Nemo, which is fine by me, because Suffolk County, where I live got SLAMMED.

C
2013-02-09 20:31:46
#7
awesome welcome to the area maybe you can join us at DNE once you get settled
2013-02-14 00:53:00
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Carollton is a nice area... I went a looked at forester over there a couple days ago. I like it... seems nice. like 5 minutes from grapevine.
2013-02-14 01:34:48
#9
My wife and I really enjoyed our visit to Dallas. We ventured away from the corporate restaurants and had some great meals: Cane Rosso in Deep Ellum, Tillman's Road House in Bishop Arts, Goodfriend on Peavy in Dallas, and Meddlesome Moth in Oak Lawn.

We had to stay an extra day because of the storm in NY, so we drove to Oaklahoma and took a spin around Lake Texoma. I'm amazed at the number of highways, and the multi-level interchanges, and appreciate the lack of graffiti.

Really REALLY looking forward to the move, and it'll be nice to meet the Dallas SE-R crew.

This is the house.
2531 Lake Bend Ter, Carrollton, TX 75006 - Zillow

C
2013-02-14 02:27:26
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Originally Posted by Chriscar
Really REALLY looking forward to the move, and it'll be nice to meet the Dallas SE-R crew.

C


It will be a change for sure, but I think you will like it. Will have to buy you a case of Lone Star "Beer". Then we can throw it in a fire and watch it blow up while we drink real stuff.

I notice you say SE-R crew... No Miata love?
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