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Hello guys this is former progamer Fnatic.Rain.
I have arrived in US a day ago for school, Now I'm currently staying at a hotel in Sacramento.
Since it's my first time looking for an apartment in US, honestly I don't know what to do lool.
Apparently I have heard invididual's credit is very important when u r renting a house, unfortunately, I have no credits here. Luckily, I brought enough money in cash so I guess I can just pay 3 or 4 months rent in advance as a deposit moeny. But I'm not sure if its negotiable.
It would be appreciated if you can give me some information. My class starts very soon so I will comeback with some stories about school life as a retired Korean progamer.
I feel kind of bad using blog for asking a help but if u are currently living in Sacarmento and willing to help me please PM me  I guarantee I will reward you.
 
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HIgh school? College? University?
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You should contact your school about housing in the area. Tell them you're a international student and need help on housing.
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TLADT24920 Posts
On July 27 2014 07:07 TriO wrote:
You should contact your school about housing in the area. Tell them you're a international student and need help on housing.
this is probably one of the better options. They'll probably have a lot of resources to help you out, definitely wouldn't hurt. Best of luck!
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how awesome would be having a retired korean progamer as a classmate...
good luck with everything Rain <3
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Hi Rain, how long will you be staying here for school? I assume you will be attending class at Sacramento State?
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Keep looking. You can get an apartment with no credit history for sure, worst case scenario you will pay first, last and security deposit. If you look well enough you will find places with first and security, which is standard. If you dont like a landlord you can basically fuck him, you have more rights than they do. Dont freak out and keep looking. Good luck.
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Dont worry too much about finding a place to rent. If you got some cash saved up you'll be able to get a place, somebody will take your money. Also, credit is a tool and can be very useful when used properly. I would suggest learning as much as you can about it.
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Start with
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/hhh/
and narrow things down with your price range and where you want to look for locations and start sending out emails and texts. In general credit doesn't matter too much for just renting a single room, especially near universities since most landlords around those areas are familiar with dealing with students.
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On July 27 2014 07:07 TriO wrote:
You should contact your school about housing in the area. Tell them you're a international student and need help on housing.
This is probably a safe bet. Glad to have you in the US Rain!
edit: I can't believe Rain retired one and a half years ago :O
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Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
The earlier poster has it. Contact your school. It's important to make sure you have someone local who can help you out.
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damn if only you were in the bay area
good luck with everything!
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On July 27 2014 13:17 Lovedrop wrote:
damn if only you were in the bay area
good luck with everything!
same, a little too far for me to be able to help directly
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Thanks to everyone who gave me good information. I contacted the school and they offered me homestay service so I will most likely stay someone else's house for the first few months. Starcraft club sounds pretty intense lool.
I was a bit frustrated earlier today cause I looked up few apartments around the school, tried to reach them but they were afk. Probably because it'sweekends. Anyway thank you again!!! <3
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United States33481 Posts
find a roommate and just sublet/rent a room without signing a lease D:
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Good luck Rain hope you find a great place
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Rain I'm sad I no longer see you at the PCbang in Yatap(야탑) Good luck with your schooling in the US!
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On July 27 2014 15:12 Waxangel wrote:
find a roommate and just sublet/rent a room without signing a lease D:
I'm pretty sure you can get scammed that way without having any documents saying that you are supposed to live there.
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Foolishness
United States3044 Posts
Would also recommend contacting your school first. Once you get settled and adjusted then you can shop around and use craigslist to find something cheap.
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Welcome to America! I hope you have a good time, and that the school can help you with housing and stuff; be sure to stay in contact with them often so everything gets coordinated properly. You definitely can't afford to have them forget about you, it's such a pain if the paperwork isn't done up properly.
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Bisutopia19298 Posts
Hopefully a TL-er on here that lives in the area sees this. I can't do much from Fl but you will always have a place to stay if life takes you this way.
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On July 27 2014 15:12 Waxangel wrote:
find a roommate and just sublet/rent a room without signing a lease D:
Did you yolo a lot when you were younger? :D
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I wouldn't use craigslist. It can be pretty seedy.
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On July 28 2014 15:59 Bill Murray wrote:
I wouldn't use craigslist. It can be pretty seedy.
Depends on the area, I wouldn't use it without pretty extensive knowledge of the area personally. I wouldn't check out a place in North Minneapolis for example but were it in a different neighborhood, I would be much more apt to check out a listing.
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Hey, I live around Sacramento, though I go to school in SoCal. I'll PM you later.
Btw what school and area of Sacramento are you looking around?
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I would definitely contact your school, if nothing else they can point you in a decent direction.
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Welcome to California! Glad to hear you were able to find something through your school for a while. That is definitely the most reliable way to go. Craigslist can be good and very bad so you have to really be careful. Here in the south bay area my friends have lived in several houses they found on craigslist and they have been just fine.
Always good to hear from retired progamers, especially when they come to live near me
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United States11637 Posts
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On July 27 2014 14:38 Rain wrote:
Thanks to everyone who gave me good information. I contacted the school and they offered me homestay service so I will most likely stay someone else's house for the first few months. Starcraft club sounds pretty intense lool.
I was a bit frustrated earlier today cause I looked up few apartments around the school, tried to reach them but they were afk. Probably because it'sweekends. Anyway thank you again!!! <3
Don't get too frustrated with AFK landlords, that's how all of them are. When I was in college we'd literally walk around a block of apartments and call *every* *single* *one* and be lucky to reach one person.
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Talk to the school and they should help you. There should be a bulletin board at the school, check it for rentals and you can also put up a Wanted ad yourself. The same goes for coffee shops, grocery stores, and hardware stores in the area. Ask if they have a bulletin board; if they say no then ask if they know where some are nearby.
The Sacramento Bee newspaper has online classifieds: http://www.sacbee.com/adperfect/ you can check there for rental listings. Or pick up a newspaper at a store and check the classifieds. You can also google 'sacramento rentals' or 'sacramento classifieds'. Another way is to go to the area you want to live and drive/walk around looking for 'For Rent' signs. Craigslist can work well, but be very careful. I have rented 3 good places and 0 bad places from Craigslist, because I am very careful! Always get a receipt for your payments, showing the dates you paid for. Here are a few ways that have worked for me when renting with bad credit or no credit:
1. You can rent from a private owner. Private owners are less likely to check your credit, and more willing to negotiate. The property management companies will usually check credit, and are often restricted in their ability to negotiate; since they must follow company procedure and answer to their boss.
2. If you are trying to rent a place and you fall short of their credit/income requirements, offer to pay extra deposit (1 month's rent extra should work) in order to ease their worries. Again, this will work better with private owners. I rented a place successfully without a job by doing this. My friend also did this with no job, and it worked at a huge apartment complex run by a property management company. Good luck!
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On July 27 2014 04:35 Rain wrote:Hello guys this is former progamer Fnatic.Rain. I have arrived in US a day ago for school, Now I'm currently staying at a hotel in Sacramento. Since it's my first time looking for an apartment in US, honestly I don't know what to do lool. Apparently I have heard invididual's credit is very important when u r renting a house, unfortunately, I have no credits here. Luckily, I brought enough money in cash so I guess I can just pay 3 or 4 months rent in advance as a deposit moeny. But I'm not sure if its negotiable. It would be appreciated if you can give me some information. My class starts very soon so I will comeback with some stories about school life as a retired Korean progamer. I feel kind of bad using blog for asking a help but if u are currently living in Sacarmento and willing to help me please PM me I guarantee I will reward you.
You can still get credit cards and such with no credit but the terms of the card may not be very forgiving if you miss a payment. I would suggest that, on top of talking with your universities counselor, that you stop at a local bank and speak with an agent about setting up an account and developing you credit. Additionally, there are many online resources that can instruct you on how to develop a solid credit score and keeping it that way.
Edit: Get on top of finding an apartment ASAP. That way you'll get a better price/location instead of waiting and settling for less.
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Use Couchsurfing.com to get in contact with locals.. I did it in Peru and it is seriously awesome!
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I just moved out of Sacramento
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I live 45 min from sacramento, but only have a 1 bedroom shared by myself, wife and 2 year old daughter. Sorry man.
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