culver city/palms/mar vista are all close to the 405 and the 10, so easy to get everywhere from there + cheaper and easier to find vacancies than most areas. santa monica/brentwood/westwood are way overpriced, but nicer if you have the cash.
you can check out westside rentals if you're out of the area searching http://www.westsiderentals.com/ i've heard of some success with this, but what i did was just drive around the areas i liked and call the numbers on the different apartments with the signs out front, found a place in two days.

good luck.

All depends on where you need to be. Going to UCLA? Working downtown? What's your situation?

(not saying I have a room to rent, just that what is "worth the money" is all relative to where you live vs. what you need to get to every day)

.mm

Sorry that should be Westsiserentals, not refering to the westside. oops.
I am working at La Cienega and Wilshire.
Hollywood and Culver City seem to be a little cheaper than the far west and some other areas. I just moved here. Suggestions for temp housing would be good while I look.

Thanks,
Auch

Are you male, female? Interested in roommate type situation? how much do you want to spend? Working? going to school?

Male Mid 30's. I work in architecture so I am guessing I will have to have a room mate(s).

Westsiderentals is definitely worth the cash. You pay I think $50 for three months of service, yet you can get a place in less than a week. I did it twice now.

My only warning is they are password nazis. If you and a roommate or anyone log on from to different computers with the same username, they may suspend your service for a week. Ouchy.

i found living on the westside was essential to my sanity. i was driving 25 miles one way to work and it was killing me. the guranteed 1-1.5 hour drive twice a day wasn't worth it to me.

you can make it work though. and westsiderentals is nice. i got my current place through them.