brokers...

are such the tease.... with seductive views and promises of laundry service.
anyone who knows can believe that an ocean view will make me swoon, peeling paint can be art, tangible texture turns me dizzy.
almost enough to feel like you can make that completely-out-of-the-budget rent work. so im glad ive had the company of friends who have given me many, much needed reality checks.
picturesque beauty is not worth a potentially psychotic landlord, even with the crumbling blue plaster and gilded vintage furniture. look, notice how there is a large gap of nothing sealing the window to its frame? but see the water, the view....
sigh.
next?