We are required to sign our lease in April and our lease is up in the end of June. We waited too long last year and I didn't want to end up homeless so we just signed the lease again and waited another year. What are your thoughts on when to get approved and when to start looking to get under contract? Our leasing company will not budge on running the lease out in its entirety. With the cost to rent and the cost to buy, I would like to try to time it so I am not paying for two places at once. Any suggestions on how to achieve this?