We can't give you what you want.
Anyone's odds could always be better.
People with better odds sometimes don't get in. People with worse odds sometimes do get in.
You're rolling the dice, and nothing about how you describe yourself suggests it will be a bad roll. It is, however, still a roll.
This is probably too late to be useful for you, but if you haven't found a place yet, I recommend getting in contact with FrontDoor! They were our landlords for the last two years... They tick every checkbox on your list (although there's a pretty decent jump in housing quality if you can push your budget from $1000 to $1100), they have a bunch of dog-friendly properties around town, and they're genuinely the best property managers my husband and I have ever had. Plus, they rent most of their properties in the Grove, and there's nowhere else I'd rather live in STL. Let me know if you have any questions, and best of luck!
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