Apartment search.....

Well I did some apartment searching today. It was a little frustrating. I went to 5 places. The first place I went to was in my price range. It was $535 a month but I went to the place and wasn't feeling it. It was all hardwood and I prefer carpet then just hardwood and it just looked old and outdated. I would not feel comfortable with me and my daughter living there. The 2nd place I went to seemed great but was out of my price range. I really wish I would have been able to afford that one on my own it would have been great to have my own bathroom in my room. I feel like I should have went there instead of the apartments I am at now last year. The 3rd one I went to was weird at first because they had the doors locked and it was 11:30 and they opened at 10 plus there were cars in front so I knew someone was there. The lady answered the door when I knocked and said she was on a conference call but I still think it was rude and unprofessional to have the doors locked during business hours. The apartments were in my price range because they went by income but they didn't have any available. The 4th place I went to I was just riding around and saw this house that had a for rent sign in front of it so I figured I would go check it out it took me awhile to figure out what to do because there was no number or anything in front of it but I had to ring two doorbells and the lady came to the door she said the apartment wouldn't be ready until September which is when I need a place anyway and she said it wasn't ready to be shown so I left. The last place I went to were new apartments I think they opened last year because I went last year when I was apartment hunting and had a bad experience. They go by income as well and when I went last year they made me make an appointment the first time I went which I thought was weird because most apartment places just let people walk in who are looking for a place. My appointment was scheduled for a month later which was way too long of a wait. When I finally got to go they told me the apartments that were in my price range were all taking so I wasted my time. This time when I went the guy I talked to actually took me to see an apartment and when I say it was perfect I mean it was PERFECT!!! The apartment had hardwood floors but at least the bedrooms were carpeted which I could deal with better than the whole place being hardwood. It actually comes with a washer and dryer not just a hookup. Plus the master bedroom has its own bathroom. It was just all around perfect and the price I would have to pay is $449 a month!! Now you cant beat that price anywhere. Unfortunately, there weren't any available at the time but like I said I won't need a place until the end of August anyway. The guy put me on a waiting list so hopefully I will hear something soon because he told me that some people can be on the waiting list for a day, a week, or a month it just depends. So I am hoping I hear something in the next 2 weeks before it is too late. One of these days I need to go put in my notice to move out whether I have a place to go or not there is no way I can resign another lease here. So I'm praying that the apartment I want comes through for me but until then looks like I have to keep looking until it does or if it does. I just don't know where to look. I would love to go somewhere that is fairly decent that's not a lot of people hanging around. Somewhere that I will feel comfortable at and safe and something affordable. We'll see what happens because I feel like I am in a time crunch I don't want to just settle for anything but I will have to start packing this apartment up soon hopefully in the next couple weeks I will find something nice for me and my daughter to call home.