My fiance and I are looking for feedback on a house or apartment, and hoping to get feedback from people more familiar with the areas we're looking in.
Our Criteria
-House/townhouse rental or APT. complex
-$1000 or less with utilities
-Must have an attached or detached 1 car garage.
-North to upper northwest side of Atlanta (Smyrna, lower marietta, Moores Mill, Howell Mill & so on)
-As close to the perimeter as possible
-Needs to be dog friendly
I've been all over craigslist looking for houses to rent, but it's so disorganized and there is so much spam that I am starting to get discouraged. I don't like the idea of APT complexes, but I will settle as long as they offer individual garages. Does anyone have any recommendations meeting my criteria?
How about better search tools outside of craigslist and realtor.com?
p.s. I would LOVE to buy, but we won't be able to scratch up enough down payment to get into a house that we'd actually want. And we're staying with family since October, so I will literally go insane if we're not out by August 1st.