Moving to Greensboro, NC from Sweden - what to know about renting

[Benjamin Bylund]

Hi everyone!

Me and my wife are moving to Greensboro, NC for 12-24 months since i have got a job there in engineering.

Honestly i agree that this is a bit weird to ask about this here, but i have listened to sooo many BP episodes that I have gotten the feeling that everyone is friendly and helpful here in the forums :)

From basic googling we have found apartmentlist.com and other sites pretty soon directing us to apartment complexes for rent. We are looking for a 1-bedroom apartment and they seem to be priced around 750-950 + utilities. 

Since this kind of setups are new to us my first question is, is this usually nice places to live?

How would you smart guys go about it? I dont think i want to buy a house hack at once...

Cheers!