apartment hunt

I did not think finding a suitable place to call home would be so hard.  From deciding on an area, to calculating rent, figuring out utilities, and still having money to decorate - I am stumped.  Someone needs to create something that narrows down all the choices, calculates how much money you will have to spend each month, and moves you in without any hassle.  When I started the search I headed to Craigslist... first of all 1/2 of the places do not have pictures posted with them.  I could be scrolling past my dream apartment all because whoever put the post up was too lazy to add a couple of photos.  I do not understand.  How is anyone going to be interested in the space you have up for rent when they have no idea what it looks like?!  

I filtered my search to only include posts that have photos.  While scrolling through the 2,000+ 3 bedroom apartments on Craigslist I could not believe that the ones that had photos were filled with clutter, unmade beds, and kitchens filled with dirty dishes - talk about lazy!  These people could not clean up a bit before taking the photo - how am I even going to start to think about spending my hard earned money on a place when it looks like a tornado had blown through it?  How is it possible that out of more than 2,000 apartments posted I only found 6 that I was interested.  On the bright side I found 6... so there's a start.
Out of the 6 that I found one of them seemed to be flawless... so I emailed whomever put up the add and he then told me that the actual rent was $400 more than what was stated in the post - rude.  How can you advertise such an amazing apartment, add pictures, and type out an entire description based on a lie.  These apartment listings should seriously be monitored by some sort of Craigslist police. (don't worry I refrained from giving him a piece of my mind).

All this apartment shit is giving me a headache.

Growing up is a lot of work, 
(I will be back with an update) 
xo, Kay

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