House Rules
You've seen maybe a dozen listings. Shared apartments, studio flats, rooms in houses with five other people and one bathroom.
Nothing works. Too expensive, too far, already gone, or the kind of place that makes you wonder what the smell is before you've even stepped inside. You're starting to consider options you told yourself you'd never consider.
And then you find the listing.
Private room in a shared apartment. Central location. Bills included. Rent well below market rate. Available immediately.
Three current tenants. All female. Looking for a fourth roommate... male applicants welcome.
You stare at it for a long moment. It sounds too good. It probably is. But you send the message anyway, because tomorrow is tomorrow and you're running out of options and money.