Apartment seeking question. There are apartments here and there, smaller complexes, that don't have

[fierywoman]

10. Here's how I found exactly what I needed, where, at a price I could afford:

Tell every human being you know you're looking, that you need a place. Don't be shy about naming numbers of what you can afford and the parameters of what you want. You'll see, something will turn up. ( I also visualized what I wanted, but I know that route is not for everyone on this website.) My place was found by a friend who is legally blind, whose dog stopped to pee in front of the "for rent" sign. She thought it might be a "for rent" sign, so she got out her Iphone, took a picture and asked the friend to read it...
You see how this works (sometimes) ? Oh yeah, and I'm on the Eastside of Seattle, which is a ridiculously impossible market.
"Perseverance furthers" -- coraggio!