Settling down without settling...
(This is going to be long, but someone out there needs to see it.) Picture it: Houston. 2011. I'd just left a toxic relationship and moved to a city I'd never even visited to start a new job and a new life. I had relocation assistance from the company but next to no cash of my own after being a housewife for a year. (Lesson learned.) I found an apartment broker (didn't know that was a thing at the time) who said she'd show me around the city and available apartments. The first place she took me too looked like it should have been torn down 10 years ago. "Well, your job is brand new. This is the best your...