Am i being scammed?? Rental fiasco

So my fiancee and i are house hunting for a rental because our lease is up and our rent would go up $700 if we signed another lease with our current landlord. Safe to say its a better idea to move. We looked at 3 places so far but our favorite and the cheapest one might i add, the land lord is SKETCHY. First i message him on zillow and ask for a tour and of course like every damn landlord he wants us to fill out the application before looking to even consider us. No problem i filled it out straight from the zillow app. He say we can come see it that weekend and then completly GHOSTS me after paying the $35 for the application. So we look at another house a little pricier but its too long of a commute to our jobs so we dont take it. So i message the guy again to see if we can tour the house we loved and he says yes and they were finishing up renovations & thats why he didnt getback to me. So we decide to go look even tho there was a little bit of red flags, it would have been the best place for us. We arrived at the house it does look freshly renovated and everything looks good from the outside.... BUT The landlord was no where in SIGHT. I texted him a few times on the zillow app bc his number wasnt posted. An hour goes by we decideto drive down the street to grab some lunch and he calls me and sounds very angry and asks where we went and if we were coming back so we cane back and his vibe is very off. The insideof the house was frshly painted new floors and kitchen cabinets, bathroom completely new and i fell in love with it. It didnt have any appliances yet and he said he still has to insulate the ceiling and also put new stone on the driveway. But he wants someone in there Octber 1st.... mind you this wasnt even a week ago we looked at the house. Hes been flakey not amswering texts or anything. Still wants us to move in October1st when we told him that wasnt do-able bc we havent started packing or anything yet. THE WHOLE THING IS SUPER SKETCHY. But we cant keep filling out applicationsfor other places bc it adds up.... What would you do in this situation??? Help