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[AcapulcoGringo]

UPDATE!! I found a place!! No longer Looking!! Thanks for all the Help!!!


Ok everyone... I appricita eal the advice you allhave given me, etc and I have did my own research too.. BUT It is for sure now,.... I will need to move on the 1st of JULY,and Have no idea where I amgoing to move.. ( I need to move sooner BUT have to wait for money.. I dont have enough to move and pay rent, deposit etc untill then)

I have been looking on Craigslist etc,.... BUT Ionly see a few in Playas.... so I ama litte worried that I amgoing to get there and Be stuck without a place to live...

I Know this is noones job or responsability... BuT if you can tellme of anything you know.. I will be greatly appriciative!!!

Thanks again for your help and I ook forward to hearing more!

[TJDave]

AG...

Craigslist is next to useless for renting in TJ. The best way to find a place ASAP is by driving through the neighborhoods and looking for signs... If you have a TelCel or Nextel you are in business. It really shouldn't take more than a day or two to find a place... if it takes longer, I know of a place in Centro that rents small one bedroom (furnished) for about $70 USD per week... It's located on 6th st. about 1/2 block east of Cristobal Colon. Not an IDEAL location, but it would serve for a cheap temporary base of operations...

If I still lived in TJ, I would offer to drive you around... sorry.

[Chiquito]

You have to go there and look. You can probably rent something quickly. Looking in ads is not really worth the time as most rentals don't advertise they just put a sign in the window.

[drchoi]

in tj, you could find rent from $300-few thousans dollers, like above reply, on your day off, drive around the neighbore hood you may like and call that phone # and tell him your ready to move in at begaining of the month..

its not that hard to do..

[AcapulcoGringo]

What you do all think of Rosarito or "Lomas de Rosarito" ???

Thanks

Tony

[Scribbles]

Tony
If you have some time contact a Rental agent in Rosarito, if you don't have to travel back and forth all the time to the US then that might be a good option for you. Let them know your budget and have them work for you.

[Scribbles]

http://tijuana.en.cr.../720352788.html
Rental 460 a month Playas

http://tijuana.en.cr.../716923409.html Sante Fe 400 a month

http://tijuana.en.cr.../716086633.html beachfront gated 425 1 bedroom apartment

[AcapulcoGringo]

I think i will probably be going 3 to 4 times a month... maybe a little more maybe a little less..... (To the US)

[zunigan]

I live off Diaz Ordaz up Las Huertas. There are some places for rent here. Its ok

[Scooby]

Hey Gringo,
Don't sweat it like some of us have. It's good advice to rent a hotel room. Try the downtown area first and buy a good map to get oriented about the colonias. Even if your Spanish wasn't too good, you could still find something in a short time. I know of a huge lot with a small house and a spectacular view for $300 near downtown. I'd take it if I wasn't sick of moving and my needing a larger space. There are plenty of cheaper places one can easily hunt for.
So many places, from garbage to gold.... Think of it as an adventure !

[AcapulcoGringo]

Hey Gringo,
Don't sweat it like some of us have. It's good advice to rent a hotel room. Try the downtown area first and buy a good map to get oriented about the colonias. Even if your Spanish wasn't too good, you could still find something in a short time. I know of a huge lot with a small house and a spectacular view for $300 near downtown. I'd take it if I wasn't sick of moving and my needing a larger space. There are plenty of cheaper places one can easily hunt for.
So many places, from garbage to gold.... Think of it as an adventure !

The house donwtown sounds GREAT!!! What area exactly is it in?? "Centro"??

I am for sure going to be there the beginning of JULY and am starting to get scared again, becaiuse I still dont have any leads... I dont want to spend all my money on a motel.. although I remeeber someone did mention a weekly place that was cheap.. I will have to go back and look it up...

Thanks

[galvezis]

There's another site just like craigslist but for Mexico only...google "vivastreet" and it should get u there... I hope you can read spanish...

[AcapulcoGringo]

There's another site just like craigslist but for Mexico only...google "vivastreet" and it should get u there... I hope you can read spanish...

Yeah Ive been there.. thanks

2 more days! and I will be there!

[Aztec Eagle]

i saw an add today in the news paper of a 2 bdrm. living room and 1 bath room and kitchen and laundry room and garage with remote controlled door for only 295 dlls. i thought it was a great deal, and GRINGO i know of another great place in the same Colonial in the back of a house is like a guest house and its available wen you get here give me a call, I'm not sure if i gave you my cell number but if not ill send to you .

[Scooby]

Aztec Eagle, feel free to PM me if you want to check out the place I mentioned.

Another resource for some rentals is here - Baja Trader.

Also --

There's another site just like craigslist but for Mexico only...google "vivastreet" and it should get u there... I hope you can read spanish...

..... Vivastreet I believe is from the UK or somewhere in Europe. One can see at the bottom of the most of there webpages a list of these countries they serve:

* Argentina
* Österreich
* Belgique
* Brasil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Deutschland
* France
* India
* Italia
* Mexico
* United Kingdom
* Venezuela

[AcapulcoGringo]

thanks for the messages.. I looked at trader and therewas only a few for rentals, BUT some great deals on for sales property!

I will arrive tommorw... and still don't know where Im staying temporarily (cheap weekly) any ideas?

Tony

[sdc]

There is a hotel on Contitution and 9th it is like Super 8 or something it is nothing fancy but secure and round 20 dollars a night...

[AcapulcoGringo]

There is a hotel on Contitution and 9th it is like Super 8 or something it is nothing fancy but secure and round 20 dollars a night...

Ok everyoone.. I am here and I am back in the same place I was last month paying 250 pesos a night because I didnt know anything else! I will look into a cheaper place for temporary because I cant afford this... Any ideas????

A little scared now.!!!

Tony

[Scribbles]

Hi Tony don't get scared. Tomorrow first thing get the El mexicano and look in it for rentals in the areas you want. Take a mexicoach down to Rosarito I think they are 7 or 8 dollars one way now and look for places down there. The real estate agents will be located downtown.

[AcapulcoGringo]

OK.. so with the help of a Friend.. I think I may have located a place in RIO.. I will keep everyone posted.. I will know more in few hours!!!

Tony