Another post asking about rentals

I figure I might as well ask here.

My roommate suddenly passed away last week and it looks like he owed a lot of money to a lot of people. I'm not in charge of his estate. His elderly aunt is handling things and she told me she assumes I might have 30 to 60 days before someone wants this house. We are both clueless about all this. He didn't leave a will or insurance so it's just... we don't know what's about to happen. He even left the utility bill a few months behind.

He also left behind an elderly dog and two elderly cats. The aunt asked if I want to keep them. I have a feeling she'll have them put down. She doesn't live where they can have pets. Bartlett isn't accepting right now, and MAS will just put them all down I'm sure. It's breaking my heart.

But anyway I need to move pretty quick. I've been poking around Zillow for places that take pets. I am looking for a very low rent place. Looked mostly in Nutbush and the Raleigh Frayser areas because they're close to my daughter's work. But every one I've encountered they don't answer questions. They want me to apply before they'll even tell me their pet policy. I already paid to apply to one to be told I was rejected but it doesn't say why. I'm guessing it's that I have pets because our income is 3x the rent, we have good credit, etc. I only chose listings that said they accepted pets but this app wanted to know size, age breed, etc. So I'm guessing they only accept maybe one small dog? I don't know though because EVERY STEP is done by a bot.

Do I need to pay someone to find a rental? are there rentals left that are offered by humans? I've encountered three Marketplace scams... I knew they were scams almost immediately I didn't fall for anything, just got a little excited for about five minutes about the great deal I found. I assumed people who paid agents were looking for high dollar rentals. I'm looking at 900 or less. Janky Nutbush houses are just barely that cheap and that's fine. I don't mind janky I grew up in the janky edge of Nutbush myself! I just want to know if anyone will take me with my pets without paying another 165 dollars for everyone in the household to apply every single time.

I am in so much grief right now over losing my roommate and one of my best friends. I have spent the past year helping him every day with home dialysis. I barely worked the past six months because he's been needing so much help, so I'm just so broke. I have the money for a deposit and the first month's rent, that's not the problem. it's just the pet issue. IS ANYONE renting that accepts pets? I'm just getting desperate. I'll even do a rent to own if I have to.