My thoughts exactly. They’ve also already asked you for your job title, pay stubs, background check, etc. so you can’t make stuff up. It’s not as easy to lie as this person makes it out to be - especially when dealing with a corporation.

And also because many people have sub-3% interest rates. Nobody is going to sell until rates come down, because it makes zero sense to lose a cheap loan just to trade spaces (and there are very few homes to even choose from). The only people who will be selling are those who have to.

That house is not worth what you paid for it pre-pandemic. This is 2023 and the market changed dramatically.

I can share the same commiseration, except our budget is a bit higher and we still have nothing to look at.

We just signed a new lease at an apartment after paying blackmail-level fees to get out of a really bad one; they wouldn’t allow a short-term lease (nobody does) so we had to sign a 1-year lease. Getting out of that apartment if we HAPPENED to find a house would also be blackmail-level, so we just have to stop looking for now.

I feel pretty stuck.

Cantina Mexicana and Cinco de Mayo both have legit tacos.

Thank you! We’ll look it up if our rental falls through. We put in an application on Monday and are waiting to hear back.

Yeah. I’ve got a rare disease so I need access to the doctors in NYC. I think we found a place in Milford yesterday. We put in an application and hopefully can move in 2-3 weeks.

I have. And I’ve had a toddler myself long ago. And I’ve met THIS toddler. She’s out of control. And mom is now stomping across the apartment just to make our lives more miserable…so you think she’s a good parent? Or even a good human being? Give me a break.

Awesome! We will definitely check it out. We are actually looking to buy a home in Milford, but it looks like it may be a while. The market seems almost completely frozen.

Thank you!

Yes. Actually we stopped by one today and put in an application! Still crazy expensive but less than what we’re paying in Stamford. Which is also crazy, considering I have zero maintenance and constant noise. I’ve had a broken toilet for 3 days.

Great thank you. We are headed to tour a complex in Hamden this morning. We will add that one to the list!

Thank you for the info about The Union. Appreciate it!

We are looking specifically for a top floor unit right now, which is what we wanted when we came to CT - for all of the reasons you mentioned - but couldn’t find any availability at the time.

We are in our forties and have lived in a number of apartments. This building just has exceptionally bad construction (my entire apartment shakes just when I walk normally) and when you add inconsiderate residents, it’s a bad mix.

We have an appointment this morning to tour a complex in Hamden. Fingers crossed.

I agree, except we have two bathrooms (so another toilet), therefore I don’t think I have anything legally to get them on just yet. When we moved in, it took them 3 weeks to fix a variety of issues including a window that wouldn’t open and a water leak. I was pretty close to contacting someone at that time.

Yeah. That’s the crux of it, plus we have cats. So it wouldn’t work. That’s why we just need to be sure we can pay a fee to break a lease whenever we finally can get a home. We’ve rented from a private landlord in the past and there was no out. Like, even if we died the lease was due in full. So that’s why we’re stuck looking for apartments. We just moved to CT in October so don’t know areas very well yet.

Thank you!

Why are you being so hateful? Don’t you have anything better to do? I’m sure you and my upstairs neighbor would get along fine. She literally came home tonight and stomped all the way across the apartment as loud as she could, just to be mean.

Thanks so much!

Yeah we can’t do a one bedroom. We both work from home. Thanks though!

I’ll check it out. Thank you!

Thank you!

Thanks!

Because nobody will give us a short-term lease. And leases with independent landlords are much harder to break. Open to ideas however.

Great we will take a look. Thank you!