How do you guys find an affordable apartment to live in?
I live with my girlfriend in the Sacramento area, and we are hoping to move to an area closer to my work (and her new job).
Currently we have a nice 750 sq ft apartment that includes air conditioning, a washer and dryer, fits a king size bed, and is cat friendly.
I am having an absolutely terrible time trying to find something comparable near downtown sacramento. I am attempting to find apartments using craigslist, but the problem is whenever I look for downtown sacramento or east sacramento, I get all sorts of crap that does not fit what I am looking for.
How do you guys go about finding a place to live near your work that has the amenities you want?
We found our current apartment with forrent.com but I am having a terrible time being able to narrow down our radius to the area I am actually interested in.