Finding an Apartment Now-a-days
It's actual hell. I've applied to over 100 places, including the ones I really would rather not live in, it's been three months, I've gone to something like 20 viewings in the last month, because most of the messages are just ghosted. I have people telling me they have 100+ messages on facebook, then I see new AirBNB's and elderly-only apartments, and condos that have been empty for the entire three months I've looked....
I'm evicted on September 1st, just wanted anything remotely affordable, stay living with my brother until I'm done college so we can keep costs down together... Now I'm bordering homelessness.
Nothing in my life has ever been so radicalizing as the last three months.
Just wanted to rant. Our province and city are being ruined and ransacked. 9 times out of 10 the person doing our viewing is from Alberta, Ontario, or outside of Canada. Long gone are the days of showing up, having a chat, and signing papers for a 900/mointh 2br in a shithole but both you and the landlord are okay with it because it's cheap.
Now I'm viewing apartments where I can literally see damage, rot, bugs, and other things and they're trying to tell me I'm lucky I got a viewing, and then asking for1500 POU, and having such lovely things in the lease like "Contacting the landlord incurs a 75$ fee", "replacing light bulbs incurs a 20$ charge", "sub leasing incurs a 200$ monthly charge to the tenant", and all sorts. I've turned down a couple apartments early on because they were excessively scummy or the house was in tatters, and now I'm wishing I hadn't.
It's fucked.