All good fellows!

Renting a place in Istanbul seems to be more difficult than what i thought, people tell me that it's hard to find good prices due to the big demand (more and more people arrive to this city) and it envolves a lot of bureaucracy signing the renting contract, getting electricity, water, gas...
Now I'm thinking things can be easier if I rent a room, but I don't see much market in that area too..
Today I decided to walk around my hotel in search, I tryed to find shop sellers in the area that spoke english and I asked them if they knew of anyone renting anything in the area. I found this (big and strong) grocery man that spoke some english and he told me I could find a pension much cheaper than the hotel I'm currently staying. Then he talked with his friend Ali (big and fat) and turns out that Ali offered to take me to a pension with cheaper prices, so we took the dolmuş all the way to this pension, Ali talked with the clerk and they agreed on a 12 eur/night which is better than the 30 eur/night I was paying.
So, once again I'm surprised with the turkish fellowshipness! Thanks Ali! :)