Moving - Please Help! (Baton Rouge, Metairie: for rent, houses, buy)

[selaguy]

Hello everyone,

Please help with any information that you can!

I am graduating in May from LSU. I have a job offer that is a traveling position and I'll be starting on June 1st, but my boyfriend runs his own business out of Baton Rouge. We are a gay couple with two large dogs (50-75 lbs) and also my mother will be staying with us. We would ideally like to rent a home for $900-1200 a month. The area has to be safe and we need a 3 bedroom or a 2 bedroom with a den (bf's business needs an office space in the home). Location is not that important as long as we are in a decent area with access to a nearby place for my mother to work at. Dogs have to be allowed and it would need to have a back yard. Another thing is that my mother will have no transportation so ideally, we would rather live in an area with nearby shops and stores if possible for my mother to work at (or in a place that has decent safe public transportation for her to get to work). She will be looking for a job as soon as we relocate, wherever that may be.

I wish I could just buy a house, but unfortunately I am not able to do so yet. I am not asking for someone to find me a perfect home to rent, but I would like to know where everyone thinks I could live. I am all ears for recommendations. I am willing to move as far West as a little past Lafayette toward Lake Charles and as far East as Slidell, so anywhere in between is fair game. We would ideally like to be within 1 or 1.5 hours of Baton Rouge for his current jobs, but the longer we live somewhere new, the more local business he can get in that new area.

Lastly, please keep in mind we are a gay couple - with that said, we have to be in an area that isn't going to hate us just because we are what we are. I know Louisiana can have those places, so we would rather avoid that.

I have searched craigslist and come up with very few options. Unfortunately, this move will be very soon, so I have to find a place and get crackin' on putting down a deposit, etc...

Thanks so much for all of your help,
Nate

[selaguy]

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Please help!

[SouthernBelleInUtah]

Metairie has a lot of small houses for rent, in the "Old Metairie" section. People don't usually place ads, just a sign in the front yard. Your price range is probably unrealistic for all you want, which is why I suspect no one has answered. In Old Metairie, it's just best to drive around with a cell phone and call the owner on the spot.