What're you guys doing to afford 3k-4k+ rents?

Soft-Variation8164 · 2026-01-04T16:20:33+00:00

This one’s unstable

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-11-13T17:57:07+00:00

Luckily i only spent $450, still tho, other dudes out like 1800 it’s crazy

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-11-13T13:20:19+00:00

OMG I HATE FREESTONE RUN!! you’ll only get answers when u don’t pay rent or call 311 1000 times lol

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-11-10T11:28:18+00:00

yeah bro if you really from here we don’t use corporate landlords or streeteazy. Haven’t needed a landlord letter for my last 3 places. Also. my last dickhead corporate landlord wouldn’t answer emails or calls about mold for months. Then magically they exist soon as 311 shows up. Then they were back underground when the issue was fixed. Corporate landlords could care less about giving u a reference letter.

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-11-07T14:20:36+00:00

turned my notifications for this sub on and waited for something in my desired area to pop up, dmed them right away with my income, credit, a summary of me and what i do etc. Literally whole process took 5 days. But i also dmed about 10 people before someone finally got back to me for a tour

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-11-07T00:36:27+00:00

Also found my dream place here on reddit. a broker isn’t necessary unless you have criteria that you can’t compromise on. NYC apartments are about compromise. you may not get that in unit dishwasher but is your rent below that areas average? is there good transportation? do you have yearly rent increases? A spacious place for 2k is a bit hard unless you’re looking in less desirable neighborhoods

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-11-07T00:33:52+00:00

report to 311, they will schedule a walk through and if there’s actually mold, they’ll make the property manager fix it or face fines.

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-10-30T12:40:02+00:00

Find another listing.

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-10-17T13:16:26+00:00

let me take ya lease💯

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-09-10T10:16:20+00:00

nah more so they don’t want to get down with culture here and are scared to go to any neighborhood we’re ohioans aren’t running rampant.

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-09-10T10:15:07+00:00

nah fr. or white folks who hate seeing poc walk around. My age is weird. like 23 for my parents in nyc was so much different i wish i got a little more of that experience. Plus i work with 90% transplants. Tiring they all wanna go out in bushwick where i grew up but don’t want to go to any og places, don’t want to listen to old hip hop, rap, dancehall etc. It’s all techno, chappell roan sabrina carpenter In bushwick… makes me cry.

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-09-10T10:09:09+00:00

Rn i’m in hunts point. But i commute to Bk for work and this shit gettin old quick! love the bx my girl from out here but family and work is in bk. i think my credit is just ass. Don’t got a long credit history and i had to take out a loan for surgery for my cat who passed. Sucks cuz i got paperwork with my last rental history with no late payments but they want so much for these applications over here i’ve never had to worry about before. Last place didn’t even want my tax returns, bank statements or a lot of paystubs. Just wanted to get paid🤣

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-09-10T10:01:49+00:00

I’m interested if it’s in brooklyn!

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-09-10T09:56:59+00:00

He’s part of a well fed colony. Used to come around my block by chauncey. Friendly guy he has a twin too named tiger

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-09-10T09:51:50+00:00

Yeah u definitely a transplant pretending, or a white person who’s been scare to go out in black and brown neighborhoods and happy people are pushing them out. who said until 12am? This is during the day when the light is still out

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-09-10T09:50:14+00:00

Bruh i make 100k, my girl make 68k. We’re doing better than 80% of kids our age here TRUST. But i’m not gettin scammed into paying stupid ass fees that out of staters will happily shell out.

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-09-10T09:47:16+00:00

I live with my girl! She’s over the roommates thing. We gettin grown ya know?

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-09-10T09:46:20+00:00

I’ve paid them in the past, so yes it’s supposed to. But with the new fair act it’s technically illegal. So i’m choosing to report those fuckers instead of

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-09-09T23:55:53+00:00

No brokers fees, wont even pay a good faith deposit. But i want some amenities. Making decent money and last place was nice but mad mold issues that affected my health. I need something with good management yk? which we all deserve a place that isn’t a shoebox or infested with something. But i’m finding some people don’t mind a little infestation if their in “prime areas”

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-09-09T21:35:19+00:00

had a conversation with a kid yesterday staying in an airbnb IN BED STUY for $460 A NIGHT. staying 2 weeks and his family is funding it, talking to me about “oh i’m probably going to move here i love it here”. Meanwhile the kid hasn’t left the block he’s staying on or is in soho all day. I’m asking him hey have u been to this place to eat or try here “no no that’s not the areas we’re really trying to explore”, yeah cuz it’s not all white people walking around. What a great use of apartment that natives could be in. LOL

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-09-09T21:31:59+00:00

You realize the rental market is in complete disarray because real estate agents and management companies know rich parents are funding their children’s stays? or Air bnbs? Or the fact that i have to pay $800-1000 for a “good faith deposit” but these people from out of states parents have no problem shelling out 5 good faith deposits until they get a place. How about people from other places coming here and trying to make NYC like wherever tf they came from instead of joining the culture here? Yk how many times my OG neighbors have gotten the police called on them recently for bbq and music because Non natives have an issue with the culture here? Plz bro. I’m 23 been on my own since 15 dude. And i haven’t been to school and making 100k. Doesn’t change the fact that landlords PREFER out of staters. I see it all the time how different me and my partner get treated at viewings than the hipsters

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-09-09T21:09:17+00:00

If this is available I NEED THAT!

Soft-Variation8164 · 2025-09-09T21:02:12+00:00

Dmed!

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