they are beautiful doggies

Did you try craigslist?

I thought I found a nice little bungalow until I found out the add was from a scammer. I thought the wording was a bit strange and we found out it was an auto-reply used by scammer. Apparently they are searching the web for homes for sale and then tricking people into sending them the deposits sight unseen. It was one of those 'too good to be true' kind of things. We'll keep searching. I just figured I'd throw a post up here and maybe someone with a place might see it. Thanks for the compliment too!

I took at look at the craigslist market for Medford. Very competitive. You might have to go out a bit farther, eh?

I see a house in Quincy and one in Weymouth, but I think these might be the scammers too. I tried calling the phone number posted and it was 'unavailable' and the mailbox was full. Maybe I should just load up the minivan and invade Medford with my army of animals. I was hoping my wife would get a more rural type location so it would be easier to move. My brother in NJ wants one of the dogs and I know a couple who would probably love to take the fluffy guy. They dote over him every time I go to the dog park. That would just leave us with the sheperd mix on the left. She's still pretty large though at about 70 lbs. Oh they joys of housing.

The traffic can be a nightmare. Try Woburn or Wilmington. They are more affordable.

One bedroom or three? Try Stoneham, Woburn, Wilmington, Billerica, Burlington, North Reading for reasonable house rentals.

House rentals in further out burbs with yards are more open to dogs. But 3 dogs? Sounds like this might cost you $1000 more deposit.

So just two humans. We could probably cough up that much of a deposit, but we aren't having any luck at all. Several real estate agents just said 'we can't help you' right up front to my wife. I have been looking all over too. I hate to say it, but I think she's going to give up on this and just come home. She doesn't want to give up the dogs and neither do I. We have had them for years now. We live in a townhouse with no yard, so it's not like we aren't used to living on top of other people. Thank you for your suggestions though. I'll try searching those areas more closely.

We'll be moving in next month. Thank you to those who responded. We got very luckly. We found a two story duplex and got the top floor. The landlords live below and have big dogs too.