ksharma12 wrote:
Hey, I am currently in so cal and have placed my deposit for Deposit for Tepper. Haven't been able to make a trip out there yet. How are all the west coasters arranging housing?
Hi ksharma,
I am an incoming student from CA and I was able to research & find a housing option by doing the following:
1) Looked online at individual realtors sites and craigslist
2) Selected companies that had locations I liked and called about availability
3) Explained that I was in CA and asked for them to send me photos
4) Asked a friend in Pittsburgh to go look at a few of the places in person
5) Selected one of the places that my friend said was nice and faxed paperwork to company
I think #4 will be your biggest challenge, but you should contact some current students that are still in Pittsburgh and see if they are free to go look at places for you. You can always fly out there and look at places (as some other students will also do), but it is a long trip for just a couple days. Lastly, don't make a decision based upon only the pictures you receive because a couple of places that looked good to me were reported as indecent by my friend.
Good luck!