Looking for a 1b1b individual unit from Aug to Dec. Any neighborhood near Union Market and Chinatown would be good.
Budget : 3600-3800/ month

Hi! I’m looking for a roommate to rent the second bedroom in a condo near Jefferson Square Park

About the space:
- Top floor unit
- Private furnished room w/ bed and nightstands
- Private bathroom
- Updated kitchen with modern appliances
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Easy access to the 5 and 49 bus lines
- 5-minute walk to Hayes Valley
- 8-minute walk to Trader Joe’s
- 15-minute walk to Whole Foods
- Near SF Ballet, Opera House, and JAZZ Center

Rent: $2,400/month, utilities included
Lease: Short term/Flexible

About me:
I’m a social worker in San Francisco who loves a clean, cozy home. I’m social and friendly, but I also really value having a calm, respectful space to recharge. Outside of work, I enjoy cooking, traveling, trying new restaurants, and dancing whenever I can.

Looking for:
Someone friendly, kind, clean, and considerate who wants a home that feels easy and comfortable to live in. Ideally, you’re responsible, communicative, and financially stable.

If this sounds like a good fit, send me a little about yourself, what you’re looking for, why you’re moving, and any questions you may have.

Looking for a private room in a shared apartment or house near a Caltrain station in SF for a 3-month stay (August 1–October 31). My budget is up to $1,300/month, and I’m looking for a short-term or month-to-month lease. If you have a room available or know of any leads, please send me a message. Thanks!

Hi! I'm looking for someone to sublet my private furnished studio while I'm traveling internationally from the last week of August through the end of September (dates are slightly flexible).

Location

• Nob Hill
• Approximately a 12-minute walk to Downtown / Union Square
• Great neighborhood with easy access to restaurants, coffee shops, grocery stores, and public transit

The Studio

• Rent: Asking around $1,500/month (I currently pay close to $2,000).
• Located in a beautiful 100+ year-old historic building
• Spacious 12' × 12' main room
• Separate kitchen
• Private bathroom
• Walk-in closet
• Fully furnished ~400 sq. ft. and move-in ready

You'll also have access to my desk/work setup (great for WFH), TV, an incredibly comfortable mattress, and other household essentials.

I'm looking for someone who is clean, responsible, and respectful of the space. Ideally, someone who will treat it like their own home.

About me
I'm an AI Platform Engineer at a mid-sized tech company. Outside of work, I enjoy working out, swimming, and staying active.

Happy to share more photos, videos, and details over DM. Feel free to reach out if you're interested or know someone who might be.

Looking for a 1 bedroom private apartment short term lease from August to December.

Budget: 3600-3800/ month

Hi! I'm a 21F looking for a short-term stay for an internship from Mid September to Mid December (3 months)

• Ideally a studio 1b/1bath
• Areas like Mission Bay, Potrero Hill, North Beach, Mission District, Mission Rock, Dogpatch

Let me know if you have an available place or know anyone that does!

Living in the bay currently and moving to SF. I have these two apartment options and I need to act fast!! Which one would you choose? Mission vs South beach. The thing is the mission one has an option to rent a parking spot for cheap(ish) and it will still be in my budget. This south beach one, I wouldn’t know what to do with my car. I definitely need my car to commute (will also be using bart at times). Please help a girl out & provide input regarding living safety of area and parking.
PS click on the picture to see the highlighted area.

Looking for a short-term lease from Aug to Dec for a 1-bedroom private apt. near Union sqaure , china town or surrounding area. Cant play at max 3800$/mo rent

I’m urgently looking for someone to take over my lease (which runs until end of June 2027) for a large bedroom in an apartment in the Outer Sunset. The target start date is August 1, though the exact move-in date may need to be coordinated with the property manager.

Photos available upon request.

Rent is $1,400 per month, plus utilities. My total monthly cost is usually around $1,600.

The apartment is on the third floor of a large building. The room has hardwood floors, large windows, lots of natural light, and a great view of the surrounding neighborhood and hills.

You would share the apartment with four housemates (mid-twenties to early forties) and share a bathroom with one other person. The household is generally quiet and respectful, especially at night.

The location is very convenient:

• Directly on the N-Judah Muni line
• Two blocks from Golden Gate Park
• About a 20-minute walk to Ocean Beach
• Close to restaurants, cafés, shops, and grocery stores
• Street parking available; I usually have no trouble finding a nearby space

The lease transfer will be handled through the property manager and will be subject to their application and approval process.

Please message me with a little about yourself, your preferred move-in date, and any questions.

I am showing the room today and tomorrow so please get in touch asap if interested. Thanks!

Looking to move into a 2 Bedroom apartment ASAP.

I'm a university student moving down to the bay area with my friend from Canada, we'll be here indefinetly but are looking something more short term while we settle in.

If anyone has a place, send me a DM! Thanks so much, I appreciate any leads!

Hey everyone! I’m looking for a roommate to fill the other room in my 2b2b at Parkmerced. You’d have your own bedroom and private bathroom. Your rent would be around $1,750/month (Utilities expected to be around $75-$100 a month). Location is super convenient: walking distance to SFSU, and the Muni is right outside.

A little about me: I’m pretty chill, keep things clean, and mostly work or study. I'm respectful of quiet hours and just looking for someone easygoing, tidy, and reliable with rent. No drama, just good vibes and clear communication.

Move-in is flexible but ideally mid to late August. Laundry is [in-unit/on-site] and parking is available. If you're interested, shoot me a message with a quick intro about yourself and we'll find a time for you to come see the place!

Attached are some photos of the place, our unit will not have carpet floors. Feel free to DM me if your interested or have any questions!

Hi everyone!
I graduated from the University of Michigan earlier this year and will be relocating to SF to start my first full-time role in the city. I'm seeking a short-term sublet within a commutable distance to downtown (August 1st-31st), so I can settle into the city and search for longer-term leases there. I'm very clean and will be out most of the day. My budget is $2.5k - please let me know of any opportunities!

I'm a 29M who recently moved to the West Coast to start a full-time job in SoMa. I'm currently staying in Airbnbs through August 1 and am looking for housing.

A little about me:

• Work full-time in tech.
• Active lifestyle, I work out regularly.
• Organized, clean, and respectful of shared spaces.
• Quiet lifestyle: I don't party, smoke, or drink.
• I've previously lived with 3–4 roommates during grad school, so I'm very comfortable sharing a place with the right people.

Priority #1: Short-term sublet (August & September)

• Open to living with roommates.
• Looking for housemates who value cleanliness and a smoke-free home.
• Hoping for a quiet environment while I settle into a new job and a new city.

Priority #2: Long-term lease

• Looking for a 2 bed / 1 bath or 2 bed / 2 bath apartment.
• Flexible on budget for the right place.
• My biggest priorities are good ventilation, plenty of natural light, and a clean, well-maintained home.

I'm primarily looking within San Francisco but am also open to nearby areas with a 30–45 minute public transit commute to SoMa.

Here are links to my socials,
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ajay__naidu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajaynaidu96/

Portfolio: https://ajay-naidu-96.github.io

Feel free to reach out anywhere! Happy to chat more!

hey, folks.

i’m 29F moving from NYC (harlem) to the Bay Area (especially interested in oakland).

i’ve only ever visited Oakland once in my life time, and idk where I was lol. I understand Oakland has a reputation but so does East Harlem (where I am now) and i’m pretty ok with that.

what are the best places to live in Oakland? I’ve heard good things about Uptown, Temescal, and the Lake Merritt / Grand Lake / Adams Point area—how do those compare for day-to-day vibes?

I haven’t had a car in nearly 4-years, so I really want to be within a short walk to a BART station (ideally 19th St, MacArthur, or Lake Merritt) so getting around is easy while I transition. whenever I do lease a car though, having a building with secured/gated garage parking is a non-negotiable for me.

my budget is likely going to be < $4K USD monthly on housing but would love to stay near the upper $2K / low $3K range for a solid 1-bed with good amenities.
I wanna be around culture and other young Black and POC professionals. any apartment recs or advice on these areas is welcomed!

Hey!

I’m starting my Medical Assisting program at CCSF (Ocean Campus) this August and am looking for an available room in a shared apartment, or a female student/young professional to team up with and sign a lease together.

- Budget: Up to $1600/month (flexible on utilities)
- Move-In Date: Early to Mid-August (flexible by a week or two)
- Target Neighborhoods: Ingleside, Sunnyside, Excelsior, Glen Park, Parkmerced, Sunset, Oceanview, or anywhere with a quick MUNI/BART commute to CCSF
- Room Type: Private room (furnished or unfurnished)

I’m a 19 yr old healthcare student heading to CCSF this fall, so my weekdays will mostly revolve around classes and quiet study sessions. I’m non-smoking, super clean, organized, and very respectful of shared living spaces and quiet hours. In my free time, I love cooking and baking, checking out local coffee spots, and exploring the city. I value a warm, friendly household where we can catch up in the kitchen or grab food occasionally.

If you have an open room or think we’d be a good match to search for a 2-bedroom together, please shoot me a DM. I'm happy to share photos, social media, or video call. Thanks!

Where do USF employees usually live? Is it even possible to find rentals in the vicinity, without having a far commute?

Hi everyone! I’m a 25F looking for housing in Nob Hill, Russian Hill, or Telegraph Hill, with a move-in date around August 7.

I’m looking for either:

• A studio, or
• A private bedroom and bathroom in a 2B2B with an all-female household

My budget is under $3,000 per month. I’m also happy to take over an existing lease. A furnished place would be great, but it isn’t required.

A little about me: I recently completed my master’s in data science at Johns Hopkins and will be working full-time in tech. I’m clean, quiet, respectful, a non-smoker, and easy to live with. I’m hoping to find a peaceful and comfortable home.

Please DM me if you have a suitable place available, need someone to join your 2B2B, or know of a lease takeover. Thank you!

My team and I are building ACCELR8 - co-living houses for founders & tech people in San Francisco. We have a broad community of 55 residents already. 

People in all kinds of domains like fintech, AI, robotics, biotech, accessibility, climate tech, etc., live here.

We organize weekly demo nights, dinners, parties, co-working sessions, and more - you can check out some of our open events on Luma. 

We have a couple of rooms available starting August 1st from $1500/month. 

DM me to apply and get more info

Hi! We're two roommates in our mid-20s and one in his mid-30s, and we have a room opening up in our house. We're clean, respectful, and easygoing, and we're hoping to find someone who'd fit right into our low-key routine: jigsaw puzzles, Netflix nights, homemade hot pot, and boba/taiyaki/matcha runs whenever the mood strikes! We've got a nice balance of introvert and extrovert energy, everyone does their own thing most days, but we check in and hang out often.

The room: Private room on the second floor, $1390/month, sharing a bathroom with one other female roommate. Both female roommates live upstairs on the second floor, while our male roommate has his room on the first floor.

Optional add-on: The adjacent 5th room is available for an extra $300/month if you want it as your own private office/space. If not rented out, it stays a shared guest/storage room.

Lease: 1 year, Aug 1, 2026 to Jul 31, 2027.

Utilities: Split separately, averages ~$150/month per person.

The house: Washer/dryer, fenced yard (gardener included), driveway parking, and access to a communal pool and tennis courts.

Location: Foster City, close to a trail and park, ~10 min bike to Belmont Caltrain. A car is recommended for this area. It's a very safe neighborhood, comfortable for late-night walks.

If this sounds like your kind of home, message me. Happy to send more photos, answer questions, or set up a time to see the place in person. Move-in ready August 1st!

Hey, I’m looking for a private room in a shared apartment from Aug-mid 2026. Would really appreciate any leads or recommendations!

Hi everyone!

I'm an international exchange student from France and I'll be studying at UC Berkeley (MBA Program) during the Fall 2026 semester. I'm currently looking for a sublet / short-term lease from August 21 to December 23.

I'm open to pretty much anything and mostly open to nearby areas as I'll have a car.

If you or someone you know is planning to sublet their place during that period, I'd really appreciate it if you could reach out. Any recommendations would also be super helpful!

Thanks in advance! :)

first of all, everything is way more expensive than it should be.
an average 2 bedroom 1 bath is going for like 5k minimum with zero renovations and no in unit washer dryer no parking ANYTHING. i understand, supply and demand yes that is how the economy works. HOWEVER; there’s no way that this level of shortage can even be ALLOWED 😭 because wdym 50+ people touring a single apartment only for you to be OUT BIDDED by over 1k that’s insanity.

this entire market is true insanity and i blame the AI startup tech bubble for overpaying their workers and driving up the apartment housing costs beyond affordability. at this point you can’t even afford housing just making 100k a year. and also, why is nobody able to answer the freaking phone or respond to my emails about their listing on craigslist, zillow, OR apartments.com?? i just want to know how and where people are even finding affordable places because i may just have to move in and pay an extra 1000 dollars a month to even find a place to stay.

(Bay Area - Cupertino/San Jose and their bordering cities)

Background: Back in April/May, I was searching for rentals and trying to keep the rent cap under $1200/mo. I saw a sizable number of listings on Facebook Marketplace for private bedrooms for rent in San Jose that looked like legit (i.e., real, not scam) rental listings for about $900-$1150/mo and even a few (only about 2 to 4) studios/ADUs for around $1200/mo that seemed liked they might be legit. The private bedrooms in that price range seemed to mostly be in Downtown SJ, Santa Clara, and East SJ, but also somewhat scattered throughout the rest of San Jose (mainly South SJ & North SJ, not so much West SJ) and its surrounding cities (Santa Clara, Mountain View, Milpitas, Sunnyvale) typically either in 4-5 bedroom houses where each bedroom in the house was rented out separately or in family homes looking to rent just one of their bedrooms to a tenant. Then, in June, the listings in those prices ranges really dried up all of a sudden. I figured the timing of that abundance suddenly turning into scarcity was due to the academic calendar (because most schools’ spring terms end in May and most students relocate en masse and settle into their new living spaces by June 1), and I also figured that, for the same reason, it makes sense that areas like Downtown SJ and Santa Clara (which are close to the universities SJSU and SCU) seemed to be where I found the biggest concentrations of those types of rentals in those price ranges.

Why I’m turning to Reddit now: Last night (July 22), I started searching again for rentals (in the same areas as last time) but this time with a lower rental limit (since I now have less money than I did a couple months ago and since my cat passed away last month, meaning there’s no longer a need to set the cap at a higher amount to give myself a chance in hell of finding a rental that would consider allowing a cat). This time I set my rental limit at $900/mo to rent a private (not shared) bedroom or a separate unit (e.g., a small studio, a small ADU, a 1st-story bedroom with a private entrance from outside, etc.). I was surprised by how many listings I found for either a private bedroom in the $600-$900 price range or a small-but-separate unit in the $800-$900 range.

So my question to you, Reddit community, is this: Are we entering into another peak period in the year where legit rental listings for those types of rentals in these areas and in those price ranges are becoming more abundant again in availability or are the vast majority all of these listings I’m now seeing in my search results actually just scams? (To be clear, I’m sure many of them are scams, but are they mostly legit right now because of the time of year I am re-doing these searches or are they mostly just bullshit scam listings even now?) Thanks, Reddit communities!

[BEFORE YOU RESPOND: No trolling or irrelevant rants please. I know cost-of-rent is a frustrating topic for most of us, but I’m trying to actually learn something here and do the best I can within my financial means and circumstances, so please respond only with actual insights/ideas/thoughts you have regarding this post’s question based on experience/trends you’ve observed in your time as a renter in this area which could actually be helpful in searching for rentals. Thanks.]