I've been looking for an

I've been looking for an apartment in San Francisco since April, by casually checking out the Craigslist. On most days, there's only 1 or 2 places that sound affordable and liveable, and I always thought if I did find something I'd like, it wouldn't be that hard to get. But then I see messages like this, where the person posting a decent place is getting over a 100 information requests via email, I know my chances of getting something from that source are nil.

I'm not quite at this point, but I'm getting there...