House hunting in the East Bay

So I have the distance part of my move done, but now comes another hard part: finding a place to live.

Trying to find a 3+ bedroom ideally with 2+ bathrooms in Oakland nearish to downtown.

My lack of geographic knowledge is posing a limitation as least for knowing inititally where a place is.

All the flatmates are bicyle-folk, so that poses another stipulation.

But all together everything is pretty darn grand other than the fact I am fighting a cold