Sounds like WD and garage which is a tough order as you’re basically renting someone’s townhome or older SFR.
Clairemont to El Cajon seems like a really big swing area.
Since she’s month to month, her best bet is to continue looking now, and lock a place when she finds the deal. I wouldn’t want to do that kind of search on a short timeframe.
I’m assuming she settled on a place that was fixed fairly nice? Probably put her rent around two.
That’s probably the most disconcerting for people returning to rentals is the looked of ‘used-ness’ to places. Particularly if they’ve been dealing with the immaculately dressed homes that have been selling lately.
For example, in HB, two bed-two bath places fall into the following categories: