My hot take is that getting something from an individual landlord / owner will be cheaper and likely better quality than anything from the bigger management companies—I live in a beautiful 3 bedroom on the West side for $1500 that I rent directly from the owner (who lives on the third floor). I would be thoughtful about what neighborhoods you are interested in (and I second most of what's been said here: West side is nice, Pawtucket itself nearer to Hope, Cranston and Attleboro generally) and do some zoom walk throughs with people on Craigslist!