Looking for furnished Apartment in Portland or Vancouver area.

I would look into an extended stay motel. I stayed at one here in Little Rock when I first moved down until I found a place. It was cheaper than every furnished apartment I could find without having to sign a 6 month lease, and it was much better furnished than the apartments.

Yeah but not in summer and not for the 30-45 nights we'll probably need to wait for the financing and house to finish closing. An extended stay hotel is quoting me about $1600+

Check out the Portland section of Craigslist.

I've lived here for two years, but I am not familiar with the availability of pre-furnished apartments. My gut instinct is to advise you to try and find places near companies that have a lot of foreign employees, like any of the Intel campuses, as the local rentals probably have more options for foreign workers.

Thanks. It turned out the furnished ones were a little out of my price range.
Finally found something in the tigard area. Will be there this thursday.