■ 1995 SPRING MOVING GUIDE
Rental Resources locates
housing to fit clients’ needs
In the tight Eugene housing market, find
ing an affordable and convenient rental can
be close to impossible and definitely time
consuming and frustrating That is why
many people are turning to Rental
Resources, a rental listing service covering
Eugene. Springfield and outlying areas
The service works with private owners,
property management firms and real estate
offices m providing up-to-date vacancy infor
mation The information is kept in a data
base that can be sorted by each person's
requirements.
"The database is extensive and kept cur
rent on a daily basis, which is the real value
of the service. I I tm Cutler, owner of
the business "We're so proud of how cur
rent our database is that we publish each
rental's, listing date on the printouts we give
our clients
“I've never heard of another company
domg that." she said "It's impossible to ’pad’
your database i< your telling your clients
when you got the information."
Vicki Ramirez, a client of the service, s.ud
she began her search with the Yellow
Pages, and called every property manage
ment office
'In two hours all I had was disjointed infor
mation and high level of frustration,"
■ ■ ■ to Rent
Resources because I heard they had all the
information in one place and that they really
took the lime to personally help each per
son.
"I told them the things I wanted to have in
'Jed
those that matched what I was looking for,"
she said Out of 279 places they had. they
gave me 12, but they all fit my criteria. I
found the right place the next day and
moved in two days later."
Two Power Macintosh /100s, two laser
printers and a high-speed modem enable
the service to keep the information current
and easily accessible For a S30 fee, clients
receive a customized database search
based on their individual requests
Clients can drop in, call in or use e mail for
updates Listing updates are also faxed to
those who are out of the area.
The service also provides relocation ser
vices to people from out of state
People call in and tell us they are moving
to Eugene and are nervous about the hous
CHECKLIST
Rentai Resources has a telephone
checklist they give clients to use during
their search The service' staff encour
ages their clients to smart consumers
and ask a lot of questions about a rental
Drive by the property to make sure you
like it and the area Then call the contact
person and ask
1 Is there an application fee? If so. is it
refundable if you deny me?
? How many applications do you have
before mine? (By law, they must consid
er each applicant In order, and accept
the first that passes their chock !
3 Who taken care of Iho yard?
4 What kind of heat does it use?
5. What utilities are included?
mg shortage." Cutter said “They're afraid
they will get here and have to stay ><', a motet
for weeks while looking, and then they stilt
might not find anything
We hav*> them hi! out a pr-of and the
determine if we can help them, she said "If
we c an, and 98 percent of-the time *»•, an.
we sign them up over the phone, give them
our 800 number and get startl'd that day on
the search ”
The search Rental Resources performs
entails phone contact. Site vents, pictures
sent to the client and constant feedback
Rental Resources even makes sure the util
'tie-; an: i..n and a won .jme t> i ' wa ' ;
at the client's new home
Cutler said the service has many local
relocators, such as students who are leaving
for the summer but want to find housing for
the fall.
"They know they can't wait until August to
find housing," Cutler said "Finding housing
last year was horrendous, and this year
promises to be worse We try to help them
find housing before they leave, but if they
don't we apply their $30 fee to the reloca
tion fee. we do their house search for them
while they go off and enjoy the summer "
Rental Re sour k e\ Staff
Roommate Resources lias answers
Mos! people tend to go
into roommate situations
based on a tew exchanged
questions and a "feeling "
They have a vague idea that
the situation will probably
work out because the new
roommate seems so nice
Unfortunately, they often
find they are living with a
stranger A stranger with
bothersome habits that were
never discussed or consid
ered.
Roommate Resources, a
screening and referral ser
vice, matches 65 to 75
roommates a month. Refer
rals are based on an
assessment of living
requirements and lifestyle
The service also provides its
clients with questions and
topics to eaplore with poten
tial roommates Methods for
setting up a "roommate
agreement." which covers
household rules and shared
responsibilities, are also
suggested
“As long as everyone is
expecting the same thing
from the relationship and
each person respects the
Other person's rights, things
should run smoothly," said
Christi Siegel, the service's
manager
Most of our clients have
had bad roommate situa
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