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If you are searching for an apartment in Charlotte, NC and you are on the go, take advantage of mobile technology to make your apartment search more efficient and more effective. Mobile search is available literally at your fingertips.

Check your toolbox
You may currently use mobile technology for everything from checking the weather to downloading movies, but have you thought about how you can go mobile with your apartment search? GPS and mapping tools simplify your search by pinpointing apartment locations that are located in Charlotte or in a desired area. And many apartment communities and apartment search guides have Facebook pages where you can get a quick overview of what tenants are saying and what a community has to offer.

After find a potential apartment, use mobile technology to instantly go online where you can read reviews and compare apartment communities to others nearby. Use your mobile device to jot down notes electronically and take pictures. Then you can e-mail pictures and thoughts directly to your partner, roommate or friends.

No apartment search would be complete without submitting an application, which you can also quickly do from your mobile device once you find your dream apartment. That way other renters won’t beat you to the punch!

Socialize your search
Taking advantage of mobile technology can help you locate, preview and contact apartment communities. Before you sign the contract, you may want to go mobile to get opinions on your decision. Logging in to Facebook on your smartphone gives you quick access to your friends so you can post questions about your apartment choice and get immediate feedback.

Making a move and choosing a new apartment in Charlotte can be challenging, so maximize your mobile technology to make decisions faster and get a jump on the hottest apartments on the market.

Original article – Moving Today

There was a time, not so long ago, when college graduates dreamed of a mortgage. Remember when “cocooning” was all the rage?

With an uncertain economy, the rise of social networks that redefine “community,” and more people moving to take jobs where they can find them, renting rules the Millenial generation. The new dream is a no-frills apartment in one of the new “destination living” communities, lush with multiple swimming pools, state-of-the-art fitness centers, volleyball courts and all kinds of apartment amenities.

For the first time since owning has lost its luster for the young. Since 2008, the percentage of young people who think that owning a home “is always better than renting” has fallen.

Renting an apartment in Charlotte  has acquired a sort of cool respectability. Empty nesters got the same religion a couple of decades ago, when they began cashing out of their high-maintenance houses.
 
Some of the forces driving the change are cultural. “People are getting married so much later,” says Lucy Crow Billingsly, a Dallas builder. “They travel light longer.”

“It’s sort of urban and sort of suburban at the same time,” says Keri Walsh, a 28-year-old teacher who’s lived in a one-bedroom with her beagle for four years.

The young also gravitate to renting because mortgages are hard to come by and foreclosures blemish the landscape. No one wants to get stuck with a house or condo they can’t sell when there’s a job offer 2,000 miles away. Walsh says she thought of buying a townhouse condo, but then looked at the resale numbers. “There’s no stigma to renting anymore, and there’s just so much to keep you interested and busy in an apartment community” she says.

For more information on a one, two or three bedroom apartment in Roanoke, contact Pebble Creek Apartments.

Original article The Daily Beast

Celebrate the 'Hallidays' at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.  Grab your skates for the "Holiday on Ice "skating rink which has a new home on the Hall's Ceremonial Plaza. You can even take one NASCAR-themed item from the Christmas trees in the Great Hall. You can also get gifts for the NASCAR enthusiast.
 
Holiday on Ice is back for the 2011 holiday season! As you feel the air get cold, you will feel the chill in the air from the ice rink....in a NEW LOCATION, now located at the corner of MLK Blvd and Brevard on The NASCAR Hall of Fame Plaza. And the ice is 30% larger. That means more skating room for you and your friends and family!

Holiday on Ice has started this great tradition bringing Charlotte an outdoor ice skating rink in the heart of Uptown. It's a holiday tradition for us to continue with you, your family and your friends from your apartment in Charlotte. And we hope to see you there!

The housing market is stagnating right now and real estate brokers would have potential buyers believe that there is no better time than the present to buy a home. It is true, prices are down and mortgage rates are at all-time lows.

Unfortunately for the real estate brokers, many clients are not persuaded by that logic. Instead, in increasing numbers, they are choosing to rent instead of buy — unconvinced that the housing market has yet hit bottom. Would be buyers also understand that unless you plan to stay in your home for more than 10 years, buying a home may not be the right investment for everyone.

With apartments in Charlotte, NC, located near downtown, the airport and UNC, offering apartment amenities that can’t be found in homes, renting is a great option for many. There is also a broad mix of tenants at Auston Woods Apartment homes: young single residents and families and empty-nesters that no longer have homeownership on their wish list.

For information on beautiful one-, two-, and three bedroom apartments in Charlotte, NC contact  Auston Woods.