How to create a view based on 'wanted' fields in a node profile?

Hi,

I hope I'm asking this in the right place. What I am trying to achieve is a swapping type site for housing e.g User A has 2 bedrooms, wants to swap for a 1 bedroom. I think I am right in using nodeprofile to make all users nodes and have added cck fields for what they have and what they want, but cannot for the life of me work out how to a create user-specific View which shows a list other user's profiles(nodeprofile) matched to the user's 'wanted' field. I suppose you could liken the functionality I'm looking for to something like a 'matching' or dating site.

I've looked at a range of sources but just can't seem to see anything that explains in non-coder terms how to make the views specific to the user/nodeprofile... this is only my third attempt at a drupal site after 2 very basic experiments so i hope this isn't too dumb a question. Would appreciate just a nudge or pointer to make sure i'm going in the right direction. Thanks for any help/ideas on this.