My lease in my awesome apartment ends April 19th. An awkward, and weird date…

I’ve listed my apt. online on craigslist because I’m thinking about extending it since I haven’t found a house/condo yet. I’m worried that if I extend it to Aug. 15th (the date that some people have replied back to me with for a possible move-out if they came and stayed here temporary) I’ll find a house before then and I’ll be effed paying a mortgage and rent for 4 months.

Normally, I would put my stuff in storage and move to Nashville for a month or two and stay with friends until a normal lease term starts but I need to be here because of my job at the Parish and I also need to be here so I can look for houses!

Do I extend until Aug? move out, put my things in storage and live in temp housing/sublet for month to month? What to do? The longer I stay here the more money I spend that is going to go towards any revamp/new furniture for my new place. Boo