Nicole Drinkwater
Founder & Lead Locator
Dallas resident since 2014. Personally placed 600+ renters across Uptown, Bishop Arts, and East Dallas. Texas Real Estate license #SA-784521.

About
A small, TREC-licensed Dallas team. We tour the buildings, know the leasing managers, and tell you the truth — including when something isn't a fit.
Most apartment hunting in Dallas is broken. Listing sites show stale rents. Communities advertise "special pricing" that mysteriously disappears at the leasing office. Renters drive across town for tours of buildings that don't actually accept their dog. We started Rentals At Dallas because we got tired of watching friends and family go through it.
Today we're a small team of full-time Dallas locators. We've toured the buildings. We know the leasing managers. We know which "luxury" communities cut corners on appliances and which value-priced ones quietly outclass them. When you tell us what you actually want, we tell you the truth — including when something isn't a fit.
Apartment communities pay us a small referral fee when you sign a lease. That fee is already built into their marketing budget — your rent is the same whether you find them yourself or through us. The only difference is that going through us gets you an expert in your corner, real specials, and a much easier process. You'll never see a charge from us.
Credentials & values
Operating under a Texas Real Estate Commission–licensed brokerage. License details available on request and on our TREC notices page.
Full Fair Housing Act compliance. We never filter or steer renters based on race, religion, family status, or other protected classes.
No call centers. Every locator lives in Dallas and personally tours the buildings we recommend.
We're paid by communities — but we work for you. We'll tell you when a building isn't a fit, even if it costs us a referral.
Uptown, Downtown, Deep Ellum, Bishop Arts, Oak Lawn, Knox-Henderson, Design District, Victory Park, Turtle Creek, Lakewood, Lower Greenville, Medical District, North Dallas, Preston Hollow, White Rock Lake, The Cedars, Farmers Market.
Most renters get matches within one business day. We answer every inquiry — usually within a couple of hours.
See our TREC notices for licensing and consumer-protection details.
Meet the team
No call centers. Every match comes from a locator who lives here.
Founder & Lead Locator
Dallas resident since 2014. Personally placed 600+ renters across Uptown, Bishop Arts, and East Dallas. Texas Real Estate license #SA-784521.
Senior Locator — Downtown & Deep Ellum
Specializes in loft conversions and downtown high-rises. Knows every building security setup in the urban core.
Locator — North Dallas & Preston Hollow
Family-rentals specialist. Strong in school-zone matching and larger floor plans.
Relocation Lead
Coordinates remote tours and corporate moves. Former apartment-community leasing director.
Press
"...quietly become one of the most-recommended Dallas apartment locators."
"...refreshingly honest about which 'luxury' buildings underdeliver."
"Local experts who treat renters like clients, not leads."
Read what renters say on our reviews page.
Free, fast, and built for actual Dallas renters.