The first thing I really learned about German apartments is that they don't necessarily come with a kitchen. I am getting accustomed to that idea, and have gone from being horrified to having mixed feelings regarding it (remembering some of the cabinetry in college apartments helps with this).
The other interesting thing is that it is apparently common to use real estate brokers (who charge huge fees) to help find apartments. I have found that Frankfurter Alle Zeitung website includes a classified section for apartments that do not necessarily include fees for finding the individual appartments.
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The Frankfurter Rundschau also has ads for apartments to rent:
http://fr-online.immonet.de/search.do?city=105043&objecttype=1&marketingtype=2
And here's another newspaper called Das Inserat or Sperrmüll depending on which edition you buy:
http://immobilien.quoka.de/
Some apartment ads say that Kuechenuebernahme (buying their kitchen) is desired. If you do this, be sure to talk them down on the price. Many try to recover 80% of what they paid, but that's generally too much.
Good point Molly! The asking price is usually too high for jsed furniture, but it's sort of understood that it's part bribe money to have them recommend you to their landlord as their follow-up tenant.
ooooh, Martina's tip is really one to keep in mind if the current renters are the decision-makers on who gets the place.
Hard-core American that I am, I'd give them a letter of intent to buy and draw up a Kaufvertrag with clauses on ... oh, someone stop me.
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