<prompt> Human: I lost a contract late last year and got really behind with bills. My mortgage has been late pretty much every month since last November 30 days plus and my car payments the same...pretty much everything has been late and my finances and credit have been in shambles. I did get another job...a great one making 130k before taxes. I am getting caught up...BUT, we want to sell our house and rent an apartment before we get our new one...something to help us build our credit back up and shed debt before we dive into another mortgage get our ducks in a row. We should make around 120k off of the sale after all the fees. So, we are prepared to spend money and get rid of all our debt which is now around the 40k mark. The problem is that we cant really do that until we sell the house. This is my debacle.I havent had to rent an apartment in 10 years and have never attempted to do it with bad credit, a lot of cash in hand, and a good income. I know that a lot of you will say to wait longer to sell the house and keep getting things back on track...that is the smart thing to do, but we want to take advantage of this market in south Denver while we can. I will have all debt paid within weeks of selling the house, but we will need to secure an apartment before then obviously.UPDATE: Wow. Thanks for all the replies. This thread has been a confidence booster and a dose of reality.  <response>: If bad credit is a problem, you are making good money so you could potentially allay the landlords concerns by paying a few months in advance. I know its a potentially big expendature up front, but look at this way.. its money you cant spend and money you dont have to worry about paying at the end of your lease. 