Whats the best way to find an apartment, rental, or room for rent in Portland?
Craigslist is the most popular (free) way to find a place to rent. Beyond that, there’s the classic route of Oregonlive (The Oregonian) classifieds or Willamette Week, Portland’s most popular free/alternative weekly paper. You might also try American Property Management for rentals – they manage a whole bunch of properties in most Portland neighborhoods. For the suburbs and the big highrise buildings in downtown Portland, you can also try For Rent magazine online – but these will be limited to the larger, big corporate-owned complexes. However, you won’t find much in the inner Portland neighborhoods in For Rent. If you happen to have a place to stay for a short time before you move into your rental, sometimes it helps to walk or ride through a neighborhood looking for “For Rent” signs. This is effective because you can immediately tell whether you like the place and the location.
