- There's Furnished Finder, but the site was set up initially for travelling nurses (and it shows), so there's no real way to search for places with other engineers / founders, or any other features that matter (e.g. fast internet).
- There's a few hacker houses out there, but some take equity in your startup, while others are invite-only, and still others are just so huge (e.g. 30+ people) that it feels more like a hotel than a group of people with shared interests.
- There's DirectorySF, but the amount of places listed there is pretty low, so you have to get lucky for a place to overlap timing / requirements / price wise.
- I know Bookface / Y Combinator has some resources for housing for founders that have gotten into YC, but that won't apply to me.
On top of the search aspect, it's a bit frustrating as even if I wanted to rent an apartment traditionally, places will require you to submit proof of income, which as a founder who is focusing on building a startup may not be available (even if you have good resources saved up).
I think the closest "fit" has been DirectorySF in terms of what I'm looking for, but I'm just surprised there's not better websites out there to help entrepreneurs / founders / engineers moving to the SF area, unless I've been missing something.
Any thoughts / ideas? Would love to understand how to better find housing for like-minded startup people.
