I haven't used Craigslist but I did use roommates.com and it was pretty easy. I had to move halfway across the country and didn't have any time to go apartment searching. You can search by location (obviously), price, # of roommates, etc. and go from there. There are pictures of the apartments, roommates and whatnot so you can see what you're getting into. It costs something like $20 to sign up but it was worth it for me in a time crunch. I've lived with the roommate I found on there for three years now and we've become very good friends. A friend of mine has also used it twice and it's worked out just fine. Just seemed a little less sketchy than Craigslist.