I haz employment! Moving to Houston, need housing advice please. →[More:]

So...anyone have ideas how I should start looking for a place? Because the combination of huge city and no car (for now, at least - car is totally my first priority once I get there) is freaking intimidating. The job is around Webster/Clear Lake, and it seems like things are a bit more pricy and suburban there than parts farther north, but the drive down I-45 from the airport was one of the scarier things I've ever attempted and I'm not keen on making that commute every day...

Are the rent agencies flooding Craigslist reliable?

(The company is providing a few weeks of hotel stay, so I'm not terribly rushed yet, but I need to know what I'm getting into. And it's just me, no family, no pets, probably a crapload of books and yarn. The parents are already threatening visits though.)