How to find a roommate in New York City

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New Yorkers pay almost 60 percent of their income on rent. That’s why so many New Yorkers want a roommate to share costs. If you’re already living in New York you know how the roommate game works. But if you’re new to the city, finding a roommate can be daunting. Here’s what to do.

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Super sleuthing as a skill when searching for an apartment. Or how to save $6,500

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“I really liked an apartment I saw but I’m not ready to shell out $6,500 for the broker fee,” the voice on the phone said in an exasperated tone...

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Little Known Facts about Brooklyn

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On 2006, a cold war bomb shelter was uncovered on the Brooklyn Bridge during a routine structural inspection of the city. Inside the bunker were more than 350,000 crackers (just what you need to munch on if it’s sort of the end of the world) – some of these were still edible. Also found were some medical supplies, paper blankets and water drums...

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Unrealistic Expectations.

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I am like a personal trainer at the gym who will get you where you want to be in the most effective and efficient manner – what I cannot do, however is give you an apartment that doesn’t exist. Many people reach out to me with unrealistic expectations and this is probably an issue for someone who is renting for the first time or who hasn’t rented in a long time...

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Your rent has gone up. What do to. One client's story.

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Your rent has gone up. For the third or fifth time. And you’re beginning to feel the urge to move. After all you can rent another one bedroom for less than what you’re paying. Right? Wrong. I recently began to help a client who faced this situation. She had been living in a nice doorman apartment in Brooklyn and every year the landlord raised her rent...

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It's been insanely busy but that's always rewarded by happy clients

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It’s been busy. I have five clients this week all of whom have the same move in date and different rental price points and all of whom want to live in different boroughs or different neighborhoods.

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The reason you hired me was to find you a good apartment, so stop searching on your own because you’ve just found a rapist landlord.

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A married couple contacted me because they wanted to move back into Manhattan after exiling themselves off into an apartment in Queens. Their request was for a 2-bedroom apartment price

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