>You have an income that would afford you a pretty good life. Air bnb’s are gonna cut into that I would think pretty quickly.

Airbnbs haven't been that bad so far in cost terms but the lifestyle hit is pretty not preferable

>Instead of trying to get an apt that would have a credit check, maybe try to find a roommate situation.

Does that not still take credit checks? The places I've applied to do exactly this always seem to

>After that, you need to build more credit. CC might not be viable but a monthly subscription to a magazine would help. ( I did that when I first started out)

The main problem, as far as I can tell, is just the credit companies not accepting my name change, which cuts me off from my current lines of credit, which are pretty good (my score with the one that did accept my name change is over 700!)

>And don’t stop with the credit companies. Fight until you get an answer from them of what documentation you need to accept the name change. And then get it to them. Maybe check with a lawyer if what they are doing is even legal, and send your docs with a letter from the lawyer.

I'll give that a spin, thanks!