Rental help

[Sonia Alvarez]

Hello my family of 2 adults and two babies live in a 2 bed apartment for $1250 a month. We need to find something cheaper but the places were finding are not in safe areas. How can we find cheaper rent with not much money down? We do want to settle down somewhere.. Is there any way to be paying $1000 a month for mortgage? Rent to own? Leasing? I'm that savvy in this area but I would love feedback. I saw some ads rent to own with no money down on bad credit with low monthly payments on Craigslist but it sounds to good to be true. Please any help or advice would help.