Reader Tip: How to rent an apartment without intermediaries - an unusual method

This material was written Igor Matveenkov, A regular reader Layfhakera.

A few words about mediators. When the owner of the apartment there is a desire to pass it, it is enough to call the agent and quickly organize the whole process. The mediator usually takes a competitor 50% or 100% of the commission of the monthly cost of hiring. Wherein the agent does not become a party to the contract and can not be held liable for anything.

To date, when Internet services directly reduce buyers and sellers a wide variety of goods and services, looks wildly that the human factor in the rental apartment market there is still room. But the force of inertia and laziness banal determine this situation, find the announcement of the surrender of the apartment directly from the owner is very difficult. Indeed, the need to force myself to sign up for free classified ads website, enter a description and upload a photo of his apartment.

Together with those who are fundamentally willing to pay large sums of money not clear people do not understand what can look into ways to search "direct" ads. I would be happy for a supplement to this article in your comments, try to gather as much information.

Classmates

"Direct" ads are hard to find.

Facebook

Search in Content on demand "rent an apartment" is given too little results. But pay attention to the following groups: facebook.com/kvartira.msk,
facebook.com/norealestateagent.

In contact with

The most interesting social network to search for an apartment / room. There are 2 ways to search.

1. groups

Note the large private groups:

vk.com/arendakvartir_ru

vk.com/sdalsnyal_agregar

And various open:

vk.com/club50263215

vk.com/arenda_v_moskve

vk.com/club22062158

vk.com/reforum_msk

2. Global search VKontakte

The most interesting…

Drives in the search for "rent an apartment" in the results to select the tab "News". Here, all the publications issued from the walls of the network users. Further search of "direct" ad similar to the precoating of gold from river sand. Great help to thin your search settings, but they are not. We'll have to wade through the numerous ads from real estate companies, private agents, ads from other cities, numerous duplicates humor jokes that contain the search terms, dozens of identical ads from people who pollute the whole Search. But in the end you'll be sure to find the desired one.

other sites

Avito.ru

The site is quite a lot of ads masquerading as private, but placed agents. Nevertheless, I would recommend it to look for, because "direct" ads too. Often this is seen in the style of the text and its details. Do not forget to search results page in the upper right corner to select "private" announcements.

Thelocals.ru

The site is positioning itself as a platform for direct removal of property, but very few ads.

Posrednikovzdes.net

The site looks like a cyan (Base Apartments agents), small ads.

Good luck in your search and be careful!

Useful link to "fish" the tenancy agreement.