Renting out a room on Craigslist

a friend of mine is trying to rent a room in his house. its been 6 months without any luck. people keep making appointments to check out the room but never end up showing up. maybe its just where he lives and you'll have better luck in a larger city, but i imagine if a 22-35 adult is looking through boarding homes its either short term or hes unstable.

>>18067971

Short term is fine, even. My hope is to find someone that's like a grad student who is in town for a while, or someone who just moved for a new job or something.

I live in a nice area of a decently large city, and I'm charging a lot less than apartments in this area would. But yeah, I want to be very specific about the kinds of people I bring in,

>>18067995
good luck then, my best guess is look into advertising to the right demographics, in your case students. craigslist might not be enough.

BE DISCERNING

1.
$500 room utilities included
south jersey, so so location
told me I couldn't officially change me address (what the fuck?) so they could keep getting benefits from the government
stole my security deposit on the way out

2.
$400 utilities included
convenient location in north jersey
was okay except there was an antisocial gay black man who harassed me out of the place and threatened to kill me so I filed a police report

3.
$600 utilities included
college town, central jersey (or more like just outside of it)
man lives there with his family
helped me choose my career/find a job

still living at no 3. we'll see. my advice to be patient. it can take 3-4 months of constant looking to find a place that is actually good to live. then you'll be feeling very frugal (or just not homeless), and actually be living okay. studio apartments in this area are like $1300, and my rent for a room in this quiet house with a big lawn is $600

Construction workers are not always a positive choice, but if you knew of shutdowns going on in the area, you could rent it like a motel room. So if you hear about short term "annual outage" or the like, show up to the guard shack at 6:am/pm and let people know what you have. Alot of guys check in after the first day/night of work anyhow and with 12hr shifts, they are usually too tired to be any trouble unless you find the ones with the gift of gab that do little work but politic much. If you are lucky, you will meet some of the most responsible people to have ever been railroaded by women through the court system.

>>18068145

Well, I'm looking for someone to move into my house, not looking for a spot to live myself.

I'm offering $420 a month, utilities included ($10 more if you want a cable box in your room), in one of the safest and nicest areas of the city, moments away from a nice resort area with shopping and food.

It's a shared bathroom, but 1500 sq. ft with a decent backyard, and a bunch of video games to share and such. My roommate and I are both chill, normal, not dramatic guys.

It should be a pretty appealing space, I just want to avoid the crazies.

>>18067945

sorry nothing to add pertinent to OP's questions. just wanna say that doggo is so cute. i would pay extra to be roomies with that dogger.

If I was in your shoes the only people I'd consider rooming with would be grad students, or maybe someone who is going to be in town for a work project for a few months. Other than that, people still rooming at 30 are gonna be nothing but drama most likely