2018 SF Housing

Monkeys -

I have looked through pages on this site but all of the SF housing seems to be dated by a couple years and I wanted to know everyones impression of where to live.

From what I have gathered, Marina District, Cow Valley and Pacific Heights is good for young professionals and to absolutely avoid tenderloin. (I am a young professional male fyi)

If any of you guys have advice on where to live and where to look online considering I will be coming from out of state I would appreciate it. Also, looking for recommendations on where to find roommates as I believe there was one facebook page mentioned on this site but I can not find that thread.

Thanks guys

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There is an expert on here. He knows about interviewing associates and SF housing.

I think his name is Sean Astin or Shawn Mullins or something similar. If you find him, he will have all the answers.

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Depends on your budget and expectations. Expect to pay a lot to live in a closet in a nice part of town. Expect to pay a lot to live in a walk-in closet in a not so nice part of town.

Search on craigslist as that is usually the best place, but you need to check multiple times a day as good places get snatched up within hours of being posted.

The FB group your looking for is called "Friends looking for SF Housing! -Anjou" I think there may be another one, but this group in particular is the one I am apart of.

Good luck.

 

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Hey man - Would you be open to living in the Palo Alto area? I'm starting at a PE firm there as well in August (but could move-in earlier). Feel free to PM me.

 

It's super early to be looking for housing in SF. The market is really competitive (people constantly moving in/out of the area) so you realistically need to start looking for June housing in May/April because they look for those who can immediately move in. Went through all this when I moved to SF...it's a nightmare. Amazing area though

 

Hey sfrelograd, what a lonely thread. I'm here since nobody responded ...so maybe one of these discussions will help:

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