General  Advice: 

1. Calling management companies between 9-12 and 2-4 will yield you the most likelihood that you reach someone at the office. 

 

2. Leaving messages can be frustrating as you will rarely get a call back. 

 

3. Don't give up after your first try talking with a management company. If they say they don't have anything, give it a week and call again. Tenants unexpectedly move out all the time.

 

4. Walk around the neighborhood you are interested in and collect as many phone numbers as possible. There are literally 100's of management companies from 1 person operations to companies that manage 50+ buildings.

 

Resources

Craigslist Apartment Search  

Updated continuously, Craigslist is in our opinion the best place to look for apartments. With pictures and descriptions we suggest you check it daily. Pet friendly apartment checkbox filter option for cats and dogs. 

Carnegie Library Rental Guide

The Carnegie Library webpage on the topic gives several management companies to call. 

University of Pittsburgh Listings

The University of Pittsburgh has created a page for their students for off campus housing near the university. This page lists several numbers and apartment complexes. 

Pittsburgh Post Gazette Classifieds  

Standard Paper Classifieds, The Pittsubrgh Post Gazette gives you several listings around town. 

Rent.com

Rent.com is a national website with several apartments for rent specific to Pittsburgh.  

Apartment Rental Guide

Pick up the little book called the Apartment Rental Guide at the grocery store. It contains listings for all around town.

Pittsburgh Ciity Paper

Located all around town for free, grab a city paper and look in the classified section in the back. This publication typically has several listings not located in other periodicals. 

 

East End Apartment Management Companies

If you are looking for an apartment in Shadyside, Squirrel Hill, East Liberty, Bloomfield or the surrounding areas, this is a solid listing of management companies. Please let us know if we forgot a company.

Franklin West : 412.661.1151 (Pet friendly)

NDC Asset Management : 412.361.2774

Delta Property: 412.363.2800

Union Real Estate : 412.288.7808

John Kelly Real Estate : 412.683.7300

Schreiber Realty: 412.362.5205

Prudential Realty: 412.6500

RNC Apartments : 412.621.0636

MJ Kelly Realty : 412.271.5550

Rockwell Realty: 412.363.3333

Shadyside Commons: 412.683.9101

Steiner Real Estate: 412.242.0273

Sachs management: 412.421.2140

E.S. Management: 412.795.5845

Cayman Realty: 412.661.4456

Walnut Capital: 412.683.3810 (Pet Friendly)

Mozart Management: 412.682.7000

Alder Street Apartments: 412.661.662

 

If you are a management company in Pittsburgh and would like to be listed on this page, please let us know. We would like to add additional management companies to encompass the entire city of Pittsburgh.