More on the great apartment hunt

We fell in love with an apartment last night based solely on the pictures. We called first thing this morning and left a message. And then called again a couple of hours later, and a couple of hours after that, and a couple of hours after that. As it turned out, it was all for nothing--the apartment was gone by the time we reached the owner. So we're back to scouring the university listings and hoping we can find something by the end of the week. For the moment, we're focusing on houses and low rise buildings. My soon-to-be roommate doesn't really like high rises and I see her point, although so far, my high rise experience has been my best rental experience.

( My rental history )

Moving to a place where I don't need to book an elevator to move in, and where the landlords won't care if I don't move out until 2pm instead of noon is appealing--as long as the landlords live in the same city, and not in the same building.