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Most people who rent apartments move on at some point, for one reason or another.

A one-year or two-year lease ends, and the rent becomes month-to-month, little thought given to how permanent an arrangement that may be. Job situations or family needs change.

Renters move. I just hadn’t given any thought to moving, until my landlord needed “my” condominium back for his own use.

It was one thing to know I needed to find another home, but quite another to find that place. The rental market during my search challenged me. For one thing, Mocha, my Siamese cat, would be surprised at how m...