That's exactly the topic I needed! I'm having the same issue as meep talked about.
I'm kinda struggling to find an apartment for the Fall term. I'm going to Brown by the way..So, Providence is a medium city, not to say small, and I was worried if it's too soon or even a bit late to search for apartments on that area. Do you guys have any ideas around Providence too?
I was looking into independent landlords as well. My first option was the grad housing that they have available but it's too expensive for me. They wanted to me to pay for the entire second semester in advance and since my stipend is per month (as all regular stipends I believe it is) I couldn't afford it.
I'm thinking about asking students that my Professor might know that are used to that kind of stuff.
I'm an international student from Brazil and yeah..not being able to visit the apartment before moving into is not the ideal thing but we have to accept it sometimes.
Let me know if you guys have any advices for my case please. I really appreciated all the help throughout this topic so far!