Shotgun City

Looking for a place is exciting, but frustrating at the same time. My experience with landlords so far has been, well, lets say colorful. I LOVE the shotgun houses here. They're called shotgun because either 1) they're long and skinny like the barrel of a shotgun or 2) you could open the front door and shoot a gun right through the house to the back door. However the way they're set up is not conducive to living with a roommate, and most in the parts of town that I want to live in are too expensive to live in alone. This one in the pic above is one I fell in love with, but can't afford. Basically if more than 1 person lived there one would have to walk through the other ones' bedroom to get to the kitchen and the bathroom. Bummer. I have an appointment at another place in an hour or so and if that one doesn't work out it's back on Craigslist for me. There are a TON of places available, it seems, if you can get the landlord to call you back. Rent prices have stabilized I hear, after going up markedly after the storm. They are still way lower than I've seen in all my years in Northern or Southern California, for sure. Wish me luck.