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As many comments have noted, this idea is popular in Europe. The soaking wet bathroom thing is the fatal flaw to me. Once someone takes a shower, the bathroom is essentially useless for the next couple of hours unless you want to get your clothes wet and slide off the toilet seat (yes, even with the lid down, the steam makes it slick).

After replacing the window coverings and hardware in the kitchen, I would concentrate on the bathroom. Take down the cabinet over the toilet and replace it with some open shelving and repaint the vanity perhaps a deep espresso color (okay, so chocolate and pink is one of my favorite color combinations). Somewhere down the line, you can have the kitchen cabinets refaced and a new countertop put it. For right now, it isn't too bad, although I might change the faucet.

This was several years ago, but I found a great apartment in Oak Square from, get this, the newspaper. The apartment building was owned by an old fellow, who used the old school way of advertising. You might want to check some newspapers in addition to online stuff.