Why Hunting?

I've recently decided that I will be moving back to Kentucky so I've started looking for a place to live. I am going to be living with a couple friends and we need to stay within a pretty decent range of prices but we need a pretty big living area because we are all idiots. My problem is I wont be going back to kentucky until I actually move there, so how exactly am I suppose to judge a place if I can't see it? I just feel like I have so much going on right now but in all actuality I have less than most. I don't know, there really is no point of running my mouth about it...I just wish the perfect place could fall into my lap and I would live there happily ever after. If anyone knows or has any ideas, let me know. I would be in your debt.