When looking for a sublet it doesn’t make a lot of sense to start looking too early in the month. More often than not, everything seems to come down to the last minute. People find out they are going out of town without a lot of notice–and then start frantically looking for people to take over their places.
My friend Tim McCord, who has been showing me the ropes of subletting, told me early on to not be afraid to “reverse” post on Craigslist (The process of posting something about yourself and explaining the type of place you are looking for, as opposed to responding to other peoples posts). So, earlier this week, that is exactly what I did. People respond to you based on what they see–which can prove to be a much more interesting way to find a place. You literally throw yourself out to the universe and see what comes back. There is a lot of me online–so people can get a sense pretty quickly if I am the type of person they want living in their space.
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