Been a member on these forums for a long time without posting a whole lot, but I'm looking for some advice from this community on moving into the city.

I'm a recent Central Mich. University grad and I just accepted a position with a company downtown. I would love to find an apartment close enough to walk, bike, or ride the DPM to work daily. I have looked at a bunch of websites and found rents to be mostly in the $1,000 range.

I guess at this point I'm looking for any advice or recommendations anyone has to give on places to live downtown or close to it. What buildings are good/ bad? Is there anything I should look out for when touring the places? What's parking like?

Thanks in advance!