Exit Realty Homeward Bound

Exit Realty is the first company I’ve ever used to help me find an apartment. While living in Los Angeles, Craigslist was (and is) the apartment searching bible. But in Binghamton, listing apartments on craigslist hasn’t caught on. So where does that leave the poor apartment explorer? Up poop’s creek.
And to be honest, my pride was taking a hit by bringing on a real estate agent. Was I caving in? Giving up? I’m good at finding apartments. I am, damnit! I am. But no. The powers that be demanded a real estate agent. Thus begins our story.
We were put in touch with exit realty on a recommendation, and we were given Tom. In many ways, this is more a review of him, rather than the organization. If you’re reading this tom, don’t worry. I’m not going to be mean.
First, to secure his services, we needed to send in the money via cashiers check or money order. I hate it when people and businesses make you do that. Points off! However, when we met him, he was very nice and had a large list of apartments to look at in a single day — 14, I think. That started a pretty good apartment searching day. Some of the places were great, some were awful, some were delighfully tacky (the bathroom with shag carpeting for wallpaper — excellent).
But at the end of the day, we found the most amazing apartment we’ve ever had, and I doubt we would have been able to find it without Tom’s help. Searching for apartments with him is like looking for apartments with a drinking buddy. Very casual. He’s down to earth. Does not fit your typical mold of a real estate agent. He enjoyed talking about hockey, his son, and gave us an extensive tour of the area.
So if you don’t have the time to search for an apartment on your own and you’re a little nervous about paying for a real estate agent to help you, give Tom a try. We did and emerged very happy from the experience.