Moved into a new place after weeks of searching (update)

After 5 weeks of searching, we found an apartment we can afford in Cincinnati. Any experience at all would help. A local programme helped with the deposit.

Keep everything in writing and save the confirmation numbers. It made the follow-up calls so much easier.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 10 months ago, and it got easier once I kept a simple log of every call and form.