stnuoceh t1_iwt5m05 wrote on November 18, 2022 at 3:46 AM

Reply to comment by madevilfish in Need help: Where do people in DC go to find rooms to rent? by chowhoc

Came here to suggest this. Look up dc housing groups on Facebook. There’s a few but most are very active

chowhoc OP t1_iwt70ds wrote on November 18, 2022 at 3:58 AM

Unfortunately I don't have a Facebook....maybe I should consider making one.

jamie2345891 t1_iwteo01 wrote on November 18, 2022 at 5:10 AM

If you make a new Facebook, some groups may flag you for spam bc your account it too new. Many scammers in Fb marketplace are new accounts so it’s quite difficult to go this route if you don’t already have a Facebook account.’maybe set one up now and let it age. May need to buy or sell something in the future

chowhoc OP t1_iwuoq5l wrote on November 18, 2022 at 2:19 PM

Ahh okay, :/ thanks for the heads up

I_have_a_chair t1_iwuwmkk wrote on November 18, 2022 at 3:17 PM

Ask a friend to post the ad on Facebook for you

cptjeff t1_iwv9kcr wrote on November 18, 2022 at 4:45 PM

Yeah, the DC housing groups on facebook are by far the most popular tool for this. Suck it up and give Zuck some data.

AugmentedElle t1_iwzmkxw wrote on November 19, 2022 at 4:28 PM

Just going to add that the DC housing groups have so many people looking for a room that every listing had at least 20 comments and I never even got messaged back when I was looking because everyone found someone to take the room so quickly