What's More Stressful Than Finding a Job in This Economy?
The answer is finding an apartment -- according to 17% of 1,000 American adults surveyed recently by Rent.com.
The Rent.com survey also revealed apartment hunters' gripes with finding the right rental. Topping the list are apartment ads that lack important information such as pet policies (50%), not having enough worthwhile apartments to check out (29%), finding difficulty with taking time off from work to visit apartments (36%), and having to devote to much time to an apartment search (49%), or experience too much frustration (39%).
Interestingly, the survey also showed that many apartment hunters would sacrifice time and comfort in return for the perfect apartment. For instance, 9% of those surveyed said they would live two hours from their job, if needed.
What are your main gripes with apartment hunting? Have you changed your lifestyle or made any sacrifices to find the perfect rental? Would you?
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Comments
You are absolutely right it is clear that finding apartments in the major cities very very frustrating.
Navi Mumbai Real Estate, Mumbai Property
While housing for a job isn’t one of my problems, getting a job in my area is. Where can I seek more help for someone over 50 years old. I feel I’m getting shut out of many jobs for that reason.
Frances,
You may want to check out the About.com Job Searching site: http://jobsearch.about.com/
The site is run by my colleague, Alison Doyle, the Job Searching Guide. She offers several useful resources and information that may help you with your search.
Best of luck!