Whats More Stressful Than Finding a Job in This Economy?
What’s More Stressful Than Finding a Job in This Economy? Thursday July 2, 2009 The answer is finding an apartment — according to 17% of 1,000 American adults surveyed recently by Rent.com. The Rent.com survey also revealed apartment hunters’ gripes with finding the right rental. Topping the list are apartment ads that lack important information such as pet policies (50%), not having enough worthwhile apartments to check out (29%), finding difficulty with taking time off from work to visit apartments (36%), and having to devote to much time to an apartment search (49%), or experience too much frustration (39%). Interestingly, the survey also showed that many apartment hunters would sacrifice time and comfort in return for the perfect apartment. For instance, 9% of those surveyed said they would live two hours from their job, if needed. What are your main gripes with apartmen