New2Maine.com

I found a link to a very interesting website today. Rentometer allows you to look up comparable rentals in your neighborhood and let you know if you’re paying too much (or too little). A very useful tool for someone looking for a new apartment. Surprisingly enough, they had over 100 apartments in the area we’re looking at (I guess I’m not the first person to find this site), and the amount we’re going to pay seems to fall right in the middle of the range.

We’re starting to work on our pre-move checklist. One of the first things on our list (which I’ll publish in a later post) is finding out what we need to do to transfer our driver’s licenses and vehicle registrations. Maine’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles website seemed like a good place to start, so I browsed that for a while. Under the Licensing information page I found a short blurb (at the bottom) on converting an out-of-state license. According to this, it looks like it’ll be $40 a piece for Her and I to get our Maine licenses. The application is linked here. Getting to the BMV location in Portland doesn’t look like it’ll be too tough either. So that’s one thing at least that will be pretty easy to take care of.

Unfortunately, finding information on transferring vehicle registration wasn’t so easy. I eventually gave up on the BMV website and looked to another site which ranked very highly on Google. DMV.org appears to be a clearinghouse site for state motor vehicle departments. The information there is a bit better organized, but I still didn’t find anything on registration transfers. I’ll have to keep digging tomorrow I guess.