Friday, March 11, 2011

Finding a Place to Call "Home"

I never imagined finding an apartment would be so difficult. When I was in college, I lucked out by 1) being ignorant of what to look for when viewing apartments and 2) I found an amazing apartment and an amazing roommate for 90% of the time I lived in an apartment in college. Since then I have lived with my husband in a house we bought together before we got married. I recently got a 1 bedroom apartment in Fort Worth so I wouldn't have to commute to school and work. After JB quit his job, we decided to try to make the big move to Fort Worth. So we are beginning the process of putting our house on the market (another discussion entirely) and trying to find the right place to move into until we figure out what direction our life will be headed when I graduate from Law School next year.
We have both spent hours online looking at apartment websites, apartment reviews, apartment ratings, sex offender websites, neighborhood websites, etc. etc. etc. I think I have finally narrowed the search to two complexes that I love in a neighborhood called "River Park" (guess I know why the complexes are called "River Park Apartments" and "Riverpark Place"). I haven't physically gone to either place yet, but both have 90% or higher rating reviews, zero sex offenders onsite and very few in the area. They are right down the road from the mall, shopping, restaurants, and both of us can jump on the nearest interstate a mile down the road to get to work/school. Now I just hope I actually like them when we go tour the property as well as have the floorplans we want available.

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