can kind of understand, before we got where we are now, we were renting with a real estate, and somehow managed to get 2 weeks behind in rent (i think i accidently payed our weeks rent or 2 weeks rent to our phone bill, coz we used to pay on bpay) and anyway, it was bad, every fortnight we would get a letter from them saying we were behind, then they were nagging us about gardens, etc, and in the end i think they took 2 weeks rent out of our bond, so we didn't get all that back....so stressful! i just hate real estates. we're renting privately where we are now, and i know renting private isn't for everyone, but it was nice when we met our landlords,coz they personally got to meet us and know who would be 'living' in their hourse, etc....maybe try not only looking through other real estates, but try looking private too? you still get the same tenant rights..... i know its hard though....sorry, no real advice......