Ball'n Rental Places in the cities.

[AJ]

From apartment to townhomes, what are some of the best rental places you've ever been around? From floor plans to amenities to views and overall location.

[A//// Guy]

You mean "ballin" right?

Downtown lofts would own. Otherwise Cloud 9 is pretty sweet, the water tower apts in EP are really nice too. I havent been through many other places. Our place is a deal for what you get, Im happy with it for now.

[JET]

This place isn't totally nuts, but is extremely nice. I lived there for about a year and was very happy with it. It is on Rice St. in Little Canada, just south of Kath's :D

http://www.tbigos.com/site.aspx?SiteID=60

[scheides]

I haven't seen too many places that stack up against this place:

http://www.thesymphonyrealty.com/

of course, it's in Ft. Lauderdale :P This is my brother-in-law's place.

[Kracka]

I am happy with Southampton, but Watertower Apts in EP are really nice if you want to spend the $$$ ($1030 for a 1-br, no utilities included). Huge bedroom and bathroom, but the kitchen and living room isn't overly large (but still plenty big enough).

As for rental townhowns, Deer Creek in Minntonka (just down Smetana from us) are pretty nice and spacious.

[AJ]

I was looking at one yesterday in some book that had everything from pool tables to a roof top putting green and life size chess board.

[asshanson]

I loved my old apartment building. Marquette Place, on 13th and Marquette. The lobby seriously looked like a really nice hotel, marble and gold trim everywhere, big statue/fountain out front. Inside the rooms were really nice too, probably the nicest high-rise apt building downtown. We had the biggest floorplan at 1300 sq ft, $1800 for a 2 bed, singles start around $1200. Amenities were crazy, 24/7 conceirge, tennis courts, hot tub, indoor pool, 4th floor patio, billiards, 35th floor rooftop deck, etc. Only had to pay electric, free A/C and heat as well. If I were really ballin and wanted to pay an extra $200/month, I could have had 34th floor with an unbeatable view of downtown, would have been pimp.

Another place my roommate and I looked at was this loft in the Mill City area. It was an owner renting it out for $1600/month. It was a 2 bed with 24/7 valet and also a few other amenities.

[scheides]

Why rent? you guys already own, why not buy a house? For the price of a nice appt you can buy a decent home and continue to earn equity.

[AJ]

I'm just curious at this point, but the thing is, it might be easier for us to look at renting for a year before buying our next place. With the way the market is selling isn't something you can expect to happen by a set time. And if the townhome sold we'd have to find something pretty quick to avoid being in a hotel for a few weeks or longer. And in the area we'd like to look (Hopins, EP, Minnetonka, Edina) there isn't all that much for us in the price range we want to stay in.

We are just leaving it as an option.

[92EvilTalon]

Keep the Townhome off the market search for your house. My .02 do not go big. Get a nice little starter home. Yes it might suck but that will keep the price down. If you really want get a house that needs work to be done on. That will really bring the price down. Then turn around and sell the townhome.

Or look at condos. Do not go to Apartments. You two are at a stage were going up is better then down. If you want get a trailer yes it will depleat but eh...sorry thats also a thought. Good luck man...Spring time and winter well the last of it is pretty much a good time to start looking around for houses.

Oh and go to a Mortgage place and get pre-aprove ... so you can really get into your price range. Between my wife and I we were qouted 120 thousand. And we went with a house that was 72 thousand.