Where do I start looking for an apartment?

The best place to start is to ask around to family and friends. Do you have friends/family who live in an apartment or own apartments? Also, drive around a neighborhood/area you would like to live in. Look for rental signs. Is there a craigslist for your area? Try the newspaper, that's where I found my apartment.

Go to apartmentguide.com or rent.com. They have great websites that will link you to an actual website if the apartment has it. You NEED to take a look before you lease! Ask to see a vacant if they only show you a model. Go by after school to see if it is a nice neighborhood. And ask other renters opinions! I work in a leasing office so I know the tricks! Look at ammenities as well as monatery value. Good Luck!

I always had the best of luck driving through the neighborhoods and areas I liked. When I was renting with my dog, a great dane, I was able to find the nicest mother in law suites and such and personally talked to the owners and they were more accepting of the dog then a regular apartment complex. Also the rent / deposits were cheaper.

It won't be easy to find one in that price and takes dogs. Try renting a house. It may cost alittle more but you should be able to have the dogs. Or with a yard you might not need a 3 bedroom.

Drive around the area you want to live in and look for rent signs on apartments...call the people, ask them if they allow dogs, and the price, take a look at the place and then make your mind up about it...

look in local newspapers and online there are a lot of websites as well as looking around the local area and asking the offices if they have any apts. for rent

http://www.apartments.com/urlerror.aspx?

Its a really good site. You can get virtual tours of the apartments too.

check out the newspapers! there may also be ads online if you search for them.

www.apartmentfinder.com Good luck!

rent.com, forrent.com. websites like that.