If you are planning to move in Ho Chi Minh City for more than a few months, your options for accommodations are extremely varied. However, at first, you will have difficulties in finding an apartment in Ho Chi Minh City.
3 following ways will help you:
- Connect a Real Estate Agent
This is the best way to find your accommodation in Ho Chi Minh City. A quick Google search will deliver many useful results to you. All you have to do is send them an email (or a text message if you’re in the country) with details of what you’re looking for (location, kind of apartment, size, budget, etc.) Then they will get back to you with some suitable options to choose. Finding a local agent is absolutely easy and quick for you to find an apartment in Ho Chi Minh City. It is necessary to connect them at least 1 week before you come to Vietnam.
- Join in Facebook Group
Facebook is the most favorite social network which is popularly used in Saigon. You can join in some expats group such as Expats and locals in Ho Chi Minh City, Expats in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) or Saigon Expats & Locals-Internations Friends. These are very helpful for you to find an apartment because the news of accommodation can be posted every day. Many of real estate agents also suggest or give you advices about renting/leasing properties. Therefore, Facebook group is a good media for the expats to look for a favorable place to settle down.
- Friends in HCM City
It is another option for the expats to find an accommodation in Saigon. If you have your friends living or working here, you can share the rooms of apartment together. Or they are able to help you find it. The expats community in this city has been developing and expanding, so you will not feel alone with its new life.
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