How to move to…(insert any small city)?

The post below about Manizales reminded me. Not interested now but when my wife and I looked into moving to Loja, Ecuador and later Manizales the problem we faced with these small cities was a lack of rental listings either in the clasificados or through the few inmobilarias. In both places we found that in a given week only four or five rental listings appeared and if none interested you your only option was to hole up in a hotel and wait for the next weeks listings. I suppose one way is to hire an inmolilaria to do the looking for you while you´re away but that seems like it would be fraught with problems. Anyone found the solution?

By Atrevido on Feb 7, 2008, 16:06 in Friendly Talkzone.

bufalo says on Feb 7, 2008, 17:34:

walk around and look at the buildings. In Armenia and everywhere else, that's what we did, almost every building has at least one apartment for rent.

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor

arthur brode says on Feb 7, 2008, 17:38:

i also found some for rent signs in Armenia on my own walking and driving around in taxis.

http://www.calirentals.net/

bogjudge says on Feb 7, 2008, 20:55:

Locate the neighborhood you like and start walking. Here in Manizales there are rentals to be found everywhere.

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