Circles, I'd stay away from Lindsay and Ford Property Management. Lindsay owns cookie cutter apartment complexes that are all over the state. From personally living in one of their complexes and having several friends living with them too, nothing good. As for Ford, they're great until moving out, and then they will fight tooth and nail for not giving back your deposit.
As for searching, no. I'm also starting in the Fall and am currently searching for places to live. I've tried websites like Zillow, Apartment Finder, and Google Maps, but no real info comes up.