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I recently got a job in a city that has a somewhat cost of living. Ideally, I'd live with one of my friends in this city, but they are all either locked into leases, or live too far away from where I'd be working. So I figured I'd try to find a Roommate on Craigslist. A few of my friends have found their roommates off craigslist, and had a good experience, so I figured, how hard can it be, right? Wrong! I send out about 30 emails a day and almost no one responds. The few house viewings I've been to, it's the same thing over and over, you see the place, the roommates ask you a little about yourself, and then they say "well, were interviewing other potential roommates in the next few days, so we'll get back to you!" I mean, I get that you want a roommate that isn't a wierdo, and is going to be able to pay the bills, but is it really necessary always to be best friends with your roommates? It's just frustrating, because I have a full time job, I don't have bad credit, but I can't get a freaking place to live in an area that I want and can afford because someone decided in a 15 minute span that they didn't like me? Sorry if this is rambling, but I needed to get this off my chest.
I had the same problems (I'm a rather introverted person w/ a heavy course load at school plus a job, so I tend to stick to my room a lot) and in the end, I found it was just easier for me to save up some cash and pick out a place on my on then search for roommates to move in. doing it that ways give you fr more control as you will be the one picking people. Some people are just looking for someone sane to split the costs of living with, and some people seem to be looking for their new BFF when they post a room for rent ad.
I recently got a job in a city that has a somewhat cost of living. Ideally, I'd live with one of my friends in this city, but they are all either locked into leases, or live too far away from where I'd be working. So I figured I'd try to find a Roommate on Craigslist. A few of my friends have found their roommates off craigslist, and had a good experience, so I figured, how hard can it be, right? Wrong! I send out about 30 emails a day and almost no one responds. The few house viewings I've been to, it's the same thing over and over, you see the place, the roommates ask you a little about yourself, and then they say "well, were interviewing other potential roommates in the next few days, so we'll get back to you!" I mean, I get that you want a roommate that isn't a wierdo, and is going to be able to pay the bills, but is it really necessary always to be best friends with your roommates? It's just frustrating, because I have a full time job, I don't have bad credit, but I can't get a freaking place to live in an area that I want and can afford because someone decided in a 15 minute span that they didn't like me? Sorry if this is rambling, but I needed to get this off my chest.
Sign up for a 2 bedroom and advertise the room for rent yourself. The person subletting, versus the subletter is always in a more vulnerable position, so he will be more picky with a stranger.
What JDM said. Just know the rental properties rules about this up front. And ALWAYS ALWAYS do a background check. I skipped this step and found myself living with a freshly freed felon. Thankfully, I had only a verbal month to month agreement with him. I kicked him out the first week since he lied on the application and was doing drugs. I just gave him the money back, but had to hold on to his possessions for several weeks! And I had to pay $100 to change the deadbolt. Lesson learned.
I am finding the same problem. I am 49 year old woman with a cat and it would be fine to rent with someone who did not want A NEW BEST FRIEND.
in fact, I would like to get to know someone over a longer time. But only to see how they cope with day to day problems (like keeping good credit). No luck in my local paper. So far going back to word of mouth.
I had the same problems (I'm a rather introverted person w/ a heavy course load at school plus a job, so I tend to stick to my room a lot) and in the end, I found it was just easier for me to save up some cash and pick out a place on my on then search for roommates to move in. doing it that ways give you fr more control as you will be the one picking people. Some people are just looking for someone sane to split the costs of living with, and some people seem to be looking for their new BFF when they post a room for rent ad.
Roommates can be come friends in many cases, however it gets tricky because it can blur the business side of it. One person knocking on the door to just have a chat when you want to relax and de-stress, or having one get offended when you don't want to go out in their social group, Or borrowing money (A no-no, you are already responsible for your share) its sort of the opposite of 2 roommate that don't get along. They get along great but the boundaries get crossed. it is possible to strike a balance in only a few cases and wind up with a friend beyond the period of living together.
I had the same problems (I'm a rather introverted person w/ a heavy course load at school plus a job, so I tend to stick to my room a lot) and in the end, I found it was just easier for me to save up some cash and pick out a place on my on then search for roommates to move in. doing it that ways give you fr more control as you will be the one picking people. Some people are just looking for someone sane to split the costs of living with, and some people seem to be looking for their new BFF when they post a room for rent ad.
Roommates can be come friends in many cases, however it gets tricky because it can blur the business side of it. One person knocking on the door to just have a chat when you want to relax and de-stress, or having one get offended when you don't want to go out in their social group, Or borrowing money (A no-no, you are already responsible for your share) its sort of the opposite of 2 roommate that don't get along. They get along great but the boundaries get crossed. it is possible to strike a balance in only a few cases and wind up with a friend beyond the period of living together.
I've been on both sides of the Craigslist rommate search (first looking for a place and later trying to find someone to fill one of the vacant rooms when roommate moved out). I live in a decent house near the metro with relatively cheap rent so we got a lot of responses to our ad. We ended up not responding to anyone who didn't include information about themselves in their e-mail to us -- we wanted to know what they did for a living, their schedule, why they were moving, when they were available to stop by...stuff like that. It just made things a lot easier for us. If you haven't done that already, I highly suggest it. Good luck in your search!
You sound like someone who can't get a date. Get some feedback on why people are passing up on you. You can also post in the roommates wanted section and then go look at apartments.
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Lesson learned.
