I remember trying to find a place with my then teenaged daughter in Redwood City. We looked at a two bedroom house because we finally had the dog that I always wanted to have. No one wanted to rent to us! They wanted the young, well off couples without pets. It took months until we realized that the Peninsula was out of our reach. There were a few apartments that accepted dogs but they are so expensive.
We ended up across the Bay in Pleasant Hill for about 2/3 the price of the Peninsula. We have two bedrooms, a yard and a nice balcony AND we have TWO dogs now AND my landlord has never raised the rent! Unfortunately he is now trying to sell the house. 
So now my college aged daughter will be moving out with some friends and I am going to be renting part of my dad's old house in San Jose. If it weren't for the fact that my father needs full time care in a facility, I would be moving in with my dad at aged 50! I wish he was well and could live there though. Now I will need a room mate - again, at aged 50. Sigh...
It looks like there will be no shortage of applicants but I hope that we can actually help someone like writer in this article.
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