Sorry that it's long. I get a bit ranty at some places because it's been frustrating.

Old Girl: So since the last time I spoke about our move we were approached by a girl who was looking for a new room mate because her current room mate was moving out. We met with her, looked at the place, we seemed to click enough to be room mates given everyone is 100% respectful, and so we just had to wait. At first it was October that she'd be out, and then the girl said November. My boyfriend and I pushed for her to see if she could go ahead and arrange a lease signing because she could do that before the girl moved out, but the issue was that the girl's move out date kept changing. We usually texted every couple of days to stay in touch but it's been 3 weeks since I last heard from her. I sent her two texts and an email and received no response so we assume she's ditched us and for the past 2 weeks we've been changing up our search.

New Guy: We were approached by another person, a guy I'll call Jay, a little younger than us but not necessarily a kid. He is currently rooming at a friend's place but he needs to find a place of his own and he said he was interested in being in a new place in the next couple of weeks. We explained to him that we have to be out of our place by November 1st, so he has to understand that we aren't going to be particularly picky. We met up with him, again we seemed to get along fine, so we began our search.

Place 1: $1,100. The first place we looked at was a bust. It was beautiful. It was once the up stairs to a beautiful Victorian home located downtown, and it was huge. But because of the ridiculously strict zoning laws it's only approved for 2 people to live in it which is ridiculous. My boyfriend and I, being no strangers to those laws, understood. Jay didn't buy it, he was like "That's bullshit. You might want to check into the laws because I find that hard to believe. You can't just take people's words." The apartment had been on the market for a month which is a long time for a college town... I don't think the renter was in a position to be picky and not let 3 people live in the apartment if he has the choice. This was only a loss for the landlord no matter how you looked at it.

Place 2: $1,200 including all utilities. We found another place a little further out of downtown but in a nice neighborhood. Lots of old people so I assume the neighborhood is tame. It's in a duplex and the apartment is fully renovated. Not the trendiest looking apartment but good enough for 3 20somethings. Lots of storage, kitchen is big, the livingroom is a bit small, but fully open to the kitchen, nice big deck all for us, all utilities included, and within our price range. After viewing it Jay like "I don't know guys... I mean, you'd think we could haggle the price down or something. I mean seriously, who is looking for an apartment this time of year?" We're dealing with a rental company here, buddy. Not a private owner. They don't haggle. And it's within our price range! Why haggle! I started to get a bad feeling about Jay. I vented about it a little to my boyfriend but he felt I was jumping the gun a little.

Place 3: $1,014. Once again this place was farther out than we wanted but very conveniently located as 2 buses go past the place on the regular. The apartment was nice. The only thing I disliked was that it's on the third floor and that it's kitchen was randomly really granny-ish while the rest of it was fairly updated? But at the end of the day I really don't care about that, as long as it functions. The place has HUGE floor to ceiling windows in the livingroom that overlook the woods and a stream which will be amazing in winter. And it has a ton of storage space, more than the other place which too had a lot of storage space. We really liked it. We want to pursue it. I told Jay the downlow on the place:

It's $1,014 a month and when we sign the lease since it'll be a lease transfer we will only owe last month plus the deposit, not the usual first month. They will deduct our application fees from the overall total in the deposit. It covers all utilities minus electricity which the tenants said runs $40-60 a month depending on the season. And the application fee is $20 (again, not uncommon for rental agencies here). I had been texting Jay asking if he wanted to join us at the showing but he never responded to it so that's why he wasn't present. He later responded again saying "That $20 fee is BS. We might not even get the place! I don't know. I'd only do it if I really liked the place. I'm going to have to see photos." So I sent him photos, and my boyfriend has even offered to pay his application fee. We haven't received a response since. Still waiting. But I did send the brat one last text saying "Well whether you want to pursue the place or not, (boyfriend) and I do. I told you in the beginning that we are not in a position to be picky, we NEED to be out of our place by November 1st. We've already gotten an extension on our stay and we can't get another. We need to find a place or we have no where to go come November 1st."

He responded by sending me a link to another listing... waaaaaay out of the city. And it was by another apartment complex that'll surely want an application fee. It was a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom apartment (he really wants 2 bathrooms). This was sadly the best listing he's sent me. Other's he's sent have been stuff that charge per person, or were just single rooms for rent. He sucks at looking for apartments.

New Person?: My boyfriend and I discussed the possibility of pulling someone new on board. He has two friends who are looking for a place. One is pretty much homeless at the moment, living out of his car and staying with friends when he can. The other is just looking to move out of her parents house because she's entering that 'you're invading my personal adult bubble' phase in life. I feel bad but I kind of don't want to live with the girl... I'll call her Megan. Megan is one of those obnoxiously bubbly people who gets excited about everything and can just talk and talk and talk. She's super extroverted, sociable, etc. While me... I'm very introverted. Personality types like hers really drain me and make me feel like shit. And the thought of living with someone who is super bubbly and extroverted who desires and wants and thrives off of social interaction and will likely cling to us for her doses of social interaction honestly sounds awful to me. Home is where I recharge and this is one of the reasons why I needed to get away from my family. 7 people in one house who always made me feel bad about hiding in my room. I can't imagine myself living with someone like that 24/7 without being miserable at some point. And I'm afraid she'll think living with my boyfriend will be 24/7 super happy friendship time. I was honest and explained to him that I was not completely on board with her being our potential room mate because of this. I don't want it to turn into Three's Company where it's constantly, 'Her, and her, and him!' If I never get any couple or alone time with him that isn't standard end of the night settling down time I will be very cranky and when contrasted with little miss sunshine I'll probably look like a major bitch. So I'm sort of leaning toward the other guy who is a friend, but not a super close friend. He has his own things going on so unless we were all at home and in the livingroom or kitchen area I don't think there'd be much interaction, and I don't think he'd impose. Plus the dude needs a home and I'd rather find a person who needs to find a place to live. Not someone who just wants to move out because they'd like to.