Finally, the background check for my Federal Contractor job, USIS, has completed after nearly five excruciating months. The training starts at one of their offices in PA on the 20th, ending on October 2nd. The job starts the following Monday, the 4th.
So I really can’t search for an apartment after finishing my training, but must do so before I go up to PA. Aside from roommates.com, the Washington Post classifieds, and the University of Maryland office of Off-campus Housing for a grad student roommate, where else could I try for a good lead on an apartment in Prince George’s County, MD, or really any place in Maryland on the Metro lines?
And for anybody who has lived in the area, what are some towns to actively pursue or avoid? My experience with neighborhoods in the area is limited almost entirely to the areas immediately around the University of Maryland, where I have had a couple of crappy student dive apartments.