We went to the Craftsman house today and liked it a lot. Lots of good things, some glitches. We liked the owner and think it would be a good landlord relationship. The only hitch: she plans to show the house through Thursday evening and make a decision Friday, so even though we were first and want to hand over a check, that’s not guaranteed to happen.

The Santa Clara house is apparently taken already; the leasing agent was a jerk and wouldn’t even show it to us (and it would have been nice if he’d returned our phone calls, but no, we had to call him twice today before we got to speak with him). The Mountain View townhome is really nice, but she wants to leave the furniture there because she might move back in a year (or might not). We don’t want to move in a year. We have furniture, and we like ours. There was a little room to negotiate, but she clearly preferred to rent it as is. The Sunnyvale house is still a possibility, but Husband said a few more houses came up this afternoon on Craigslist that fit our parameters.

Back to Craigslist to hunt some more. Argh. I find this very unsettling. My stomach is in knots.