Cool online tools like these make touring neighborhoods for your next move an adventure.
It can be tricky to find a neighborhood that suits your style, especially if you are moving to another city or state.
Before you move, do your homework and look for helpful online tours to give you a taste of the place you’re headed. Here are some tips to speed your search.
Bright ideas, big city
If you are moving to a big city like New York, you’re in luck. Virtual NYC Tour serves up great images of walking tours around Manhattan. The downside is that usually you can only take a tour of downtown spots. Fortunately, sites like Relocality let you dig a little deeper into New York City neighborhoods, allowing you to search based on criteria like housing cost, diversity, creative capital, green space and more.
Raid the real estate sites
If you really want to drill down and work your online resources, real estate sites are the insider’s secret to finding great video tours. Many real estate agents advertise their neighborhood knowledge by featuring impressive tours on their business sites. You have to do a little digging, but a search for “real estate video tour” and the neighborhood you are curious about should yield results like these great videos from Realty Austin. YouTube is another useful resource for honing in on video tours for a specific city or for cool clips made by locals who love their hangouts. Here’s an example of the great selection you get when you search for Minneapolis neighborhoods, for instance.
ApartmentGuide.com also offers online video tours for many of the properties advertised on the site.
Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a match
Map sites are an excellent tool to help you get a handle on the neighborhood you are researching. Real Mapa incorporates services like Google Maps Street View to give you a bird’s eye view that you can easily transform into a virtual walking tour of the area. NeighborhoodScout, CityData and StreetAdvisor are also helpful for finding interesting tidbits about the cities and neighborhoods you are investigating. The GoogleEarth application is an excellent (and fun!) tool for circumnavigating the world right from your desktop, a truly dizzying window on the world!
Take a look at these articles:
- Plan Your In-Person Apartment Visits
- Check Out Your Neighborhood of Conveniences
- Apartment Guide Moving Checklist
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Hi im looking for a 1 or 2 bdr apt in a good neighborhood i have to small children so i was looking for a little assitance in helping me find that perfect apt in the perfect neighborhood Thank You .
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Thanks for the post. I found this extremely helpful to find an apartment.
Looking for a 2-3 bdrm/2ba for my husband&myself&12 yr old son (finishing6th gr.) In wrightsville beach, carolina beach, open fl plan.good family values neighbhd., close to rec. /things for son to do. Im disabled w/ RA, use w/chair sometimes. No more than $700 mn.or w/ utilities incl. $1200mn.like providence pk. Or approx. Same new types communities. Thanks very much
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Need townhome/condo open fl plan. Husband has MS,so need yd, etc. Taken care of for us
please find me effiancy in new port richey fla, and or clearwater fla. and on very limied funds
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