Moving to the Dallas - Fort Worth Metroplex? Get your answers and make your buying decisions easy by using our resource guide.
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Types of Housing Available
The region offers many lifestyle choices leaving you with the main task of determining where you want to live.
Houses – From a high-rise overlooking Turtle Creek, to an executive home in Plano, to quaint homes near the Museum District in Fort Worth, there are many homes available. While you’ll expect to pay more, you will get more, including a fenced yard.
Duplexes and fourplexes – These are multi-property, non-apartment properties and, while available, are not as numerous.
Apartments – There are more than 650,000 apartment units in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area with many choices of amenities and locations. These can include garden-style apartment with three levels or less and usually have staircases access. Mid-rise apartments are four-to-six levels and are more dominant in urban areas.
Townhouses and condos – Ideally suited for busy professionals who require more amenities, including concierge services, maid service, shuttle services and valet parking.
Temporary/Corporate Housing – This option best suits people in these situations: homebuyers encountering various delays; homeowners who are renovating their homes; new residents or visitors searching for an apartment or house; tourists or business people on an extended stay; personnel who are relocating; visiting executives; or corporate clients. Search online using key words such as temporary or corporate housing for companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
Furnished short-term housing – Offers fully furnished apartments that include amenities similar to your own home, including artwork, electronics, linens, towels, cable TV, local phone service and high-speed internet access. This short-term option usually offers more square feet and privacy than an extended-stay room. You may also appreciate that furnished corporate housing is typically located in residential settings that are close to all of the amenities that you have come to expect while living at home.
Renter Resources
Part of your rental-search tool kit should include helpful resources, online and printed. You’ll also want to cruise neighborhoods of interest to you and look for signs on front lawns. While you’re at it, stop by the local grocery store and peruse the free publication racks. There you’ll find any local resources that may include listings in a specific neighborhood. Ask if there is a regional newspaper as well. Your company’s relocation representative can also help you with availabilities in various Dallas-Fort Worth neighborhoods.
• Craig’s List (craigslist.org) is free to landlords and apartment hunters.
• Dallas Apartment Association (HAA) – This professional trade association can provide information about renting and leasing resources (www.aagdallas.com).
• Apartment Association of Tarrant County – Professional trade association that represents members who own, manage or provide services for 165,000 apartment homes in north central Texas. (www.aatcnet.org)
• Texas Tenant Advisor – offers general information about tenant rights in Texas. www.texastenant.org.
• Relocating to DFW advertisers – The pages of this book contain helpful information on many reliable and quality resources for renting or leasing in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
• The Dallas Morning News – Dallas’ major daily with aparment classifieds. (www.dallasnews.com)
• Star Telegram – leading newspaper in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. (www.startelegram.com)
• Star Community Newspapers – 17 newspapers that serve Dallas and Northeast Texas, including Mesquite, Plano, Frisco and Flower Mound. http://www.planostar.com/
• Apartment.com – a national online apartment guide and relocation resource distinguished by its highly customized searches, superior visual ads and affiliation with more than 180 newspapers and strategic partners across the country, including The Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
• AptFinders.net – free service assisting renters to find apartments in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. (www.aptfinders.net)
• Apartment locator services – These are independent companies that have access to databases containing information on as many as 2,000 apartment communities. Apartment locators can help prospective renters focus their apartment search based on information such as preferred location, budget, size requirements, lifestyle preferences and desired amenities. In most cases, this service is free to prospective residents because apartment owners or management typically pay referral fees after leasing. Use the Internet to search for apartment locator services in the area.
• The Apartment Guide – This free publication features information on hundreds of apartment communities throughout the Dallas area. It includes photographs, descriptions, features, rates, floor plans and maps. Copies are available at most grocery and convenience stores (www.apartmentguide.com).
• For Rent Magazine – Another free publication, For Rent Magazine is the largest apartment rental publication in the nation. Published every two weeks, it provides up-to-date, comprehensive information on more than 250 apartments in the area. The magazine contains information on communities for senior citizens as well as employment opportunities within the industry. It is available at more than 2,000 locations, including most grocery and convenience stores. On its Web site, apartment hunters can search by location, price amenities or alphabetically (www.forrent.com).
• Dallas Observer – Free, weekly tabloid covering the local scene and also apartments and other rental options. (www.dallasobserver.com.
The region offers many lifestyle choices leaving you with the main task of determining where you want to live.
Houses – From a high-rise overlooking Turtle Creek, to an executive home in Plano, to quaint homes near the Museum District in Fort Worth, there are many homes available. While you’ll expect to pay more, you will get more, including a fenced yard.
Duplexes and fourplexes – These are multi-property, non-apartment properties and, while available, are not as numerous.
Apartments – There are more than 650,000 apartment units in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area with many choices of amenities and locations. These can include garden-style apartment with three levels or less and usually have staircases access. Mid-rise apartments are four-to-six levels and are more dominant in urban areas.
Townhouses and condos – Ideally suited for busy professionals who require more amenities, including concierge services, maid service, shuttle services and valet parking.
Temporary/Corporate Housing – This option best suits people in these situations: homebuyers encountering various delays; homeowners who are renovating their homes; new residents or visitors searching for an apartment or house; tourists or business people on an extended stay; personnel who are relocating; visiting executives; or corporate clients. Search online using key words such as temporary or corporate housing for companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
Furnished short-term housing – Offers fully furnished apartments that include amenities similar to your own home, including artwork, electronics, linens, towels, cable TV, local phone service and high-speed internet access. This short-term option usually offers more square feet and privacy than an extended-stay room. You may also appreciate that furnished corporate housing is typically located in residential settings that are close to all of the amenities that you have come to expect while living at home.
Renter Resources
Part of your rental-search tool kit should include helpful resources, online and printed. You’ll also want to cruise neighborhoods of interest to you and look for signs on front lawns. While you’re at it, stop by the local grocery store and peruse the free publication racks. There you’ll find any local resources that may include listings in a specific neighborhood. Ask if there is a regional newspaper as well. Your company’s relocation representative can also help you with availabilities in various Dallas-Fort Worth neighborhoods.
• Craig’s List (craigslist.org) is free to landlords and apartment hunters.
• Dallas Apartment Association (HAA) – This professional trade association can provide information about renting and leasing resources (www.aagdallas.com).
• Apartment Association of Tarrant County – Professional trade association that represents members who own, manage or provide services for 165,000 apartment homes in north central Texas. (www.aatcnet.org)
• Texas Tenant Advisor – offers general information about tenant rights in Texas. www.texastenant.org.
• Relocating to DFW advertisers – The pages of this book contain helpful information on many reliable and quality resources for renting or leasing in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
• The Dallas Morning News – Dallas’ major daily with aparment classifieds. (www.dallasnews.com)
• Star Telegram – leading newspaper in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. (www.startelegram.com)
• Star Community Newspapers – 17 newspapers that serve Dallas and Northeast Texas, including Mesquite, Plano, Frisco and Flower Mound. http://www.planostar.com/
• Apartment.com – a national online apartment guide and relocation resource distinguished by its highly customized searches, superior visual ads and affiliation with more than 180 newspapers and strategic partners across the country, including The Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
• AptFinders.net – free service assisting renters to find apartments in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. (www.aptfinders.net)
• Apartment locator services – These are independent companies that have access to databases containing information on as many as 2,000 apartment communities. Apartment locators can help prospective renters focus their apartment search based on information such as preferred location, budget, size requirements, lifestyle preferences and desired amenities. In most cases, this service is free to prospective residents because apartment owners or management typically pay referral fees after leasing. Use the Internet to search for apartment locator services in the area.
• The Apartment Guide – This free publication features information on hundreds of apartment communities throughout the Dallas area. It includes photographs, descriptions, features, rates, floor plans and maps. Copies are available at most grocery and convenience stores (www.apartmentguide.com).
• For Rent Magazine – Another free publication, For Rent Magazine is the largest apartment rental publication in the nation. Published every two weeks, it provides up-to-date, comprehensive information on more than 250 apartments in the area. The magazine contains information on communities for senior citizens as well as employment opportunities within the industry. It is available at more than 2,000 locations, including most grocery and convenience stores. On its Web site, apartment hunters can search by location, price amenities or alphabetically (www.forrent.com).
• Dallas Observer – Free, weekly tabloid covering the local scene and also apartments and other rental options. (www.dallasobserver.com.
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