The Do???s and Don???ts of Applying to Rooms on Craigslist

Idon’t want to beat a nearly skeletal, maggot-ridden horse or anything, but in a nutshell, SF + HOUSING = INSANITY. And if you don’t have $3,000+ a month to “bid” on a studio or the stars-aligning fortune of a friend’s roommate moving out during the precise week when you need a place, you will likely find yourself wading through the lukewarm waters of Craigslist’s Rooms/Shares listings. I’ve been bangs-deep in those waters myself, and it sucks. Desperation makes the prospect of sharing, say, a studio with an unblinking stranger and her selfish ghost-friend seem somehow like not a terrible life decision. Even more disheartening is knowing that that decision isn’t even really up to you.

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