Moving to another state and potential issues? -

I am looking to move to another state entirely. The issue I have is, that I don t necessarily know how to apply for a job or apply for residency at an apartment in a state/city I don t live in. I can t really drive the many hours in one day it would take to get to the place I m looking to go to for an interview, and then drive back, and then pack up an go, that would be almost ridiculous. Is there a better way? Or is that the only true way to do it?

I ve done this 3 times in the last 5 years for college and work...here it is:1. send out resumes--look up that cities newspaper online and look for jobs to send resumes to-or you can use Monster.com or anything like that2. look on craigslist for apartments--make appointments to go view the apartments at the same time you schedule job interviews--assuming someone calls you for one3. wait and see--lastly--you DO have to go to your new city--get a hotel and stay overnight for a couple nights if you have to--remember you should be scheduling as many interviews as you can and looking at as many aprtments as you can--plus you need to check out the new neighborhoods and find out which is right for you..put it this way--I flew to denver 2 times in a 4 week span from new york for 4 job interviews and to look at about 15 apartments..if you want this to happen thats the only way to do it