Stuck Between a Rock and A Hard Place... UGHHH

Okay, so we still haven't heard anything official about the job. Brandon got a call from one of the attorney's in Springfield this morning saying that the hiring partner that is located in Overland Park, is going to be back in the office on Monday... so we won't be hearing anything until then. This guy has also told Brandon that he was ready for him to get down to Springfield so he can get to work, that Brandon blew away the hiring partners in OP, and that Brandon needs to go ahead and get his arrangements in order. So while not "officially" hearing anything about the job, we are 99.9% sure that he has it. Which leads us to be stuck.
We started looking for places to live a month ago, when this whole interview process began. This is what I found: http://realestate.aol.com/facets_ldp_v2.jsp?afs=1&total=398&totalForLoc=526&pid=1.mogsbor_912155&t=1&price=0-300000&p=0&sq=Ozark,MO%20mortgage%20rates&fpage=3&loc=Ozark,%20MO&deducedLoc=Ozark,MO&bd=0&pl=0&pu=300000
This is our dream house... and Yep, we already went and looked at it. It's so nice having my dad have a real estate agent as a friend. I kinda drug Brandon along on Labor Day Weekend, but as soon as he saw it, he fell in love. Too bad it's out of our price range.
So now we have found a rental duplex. It's spacious, located in Ozark, and really well priced. I actually lived in it 10 years ago with my parents, while we were building the house they live in now. So the place is available for us to occupy Oct 1. But he has another couple interested in it too. So what to do? We don't have a contract in hand to know 100% that B has the job, but all signs point to yes. Should we put down a deposit? Should we pay first months rent, to show that we are interested? What to do, what to do?
So that's where we are. I've already started packing, but we don't have anywhere to move to yet! Oh well, I'm still packing! Ozark here we (hopefully) come!!! Please pray for us for 2 things: that this weekend doesn't seem to last forever, and that we will finally get something figured out!
Thanks in advance!