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- brooke0
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- Dr_Jay0
Re: NYC apt. brokers...
The apt. broker system is one of the biggest rackets in NYC... Just be aware up front of what fees you'll be paying them once they find you a place. If you can avoid using a broker, do it. Every time I used a broker to find a place (even though I was happy with the broker and the apt.) it was painful to pay the fee for a place i was RENTING...
- Dr_Jay0
Also... there are a few books that have extensive lists of no-fee apartments.
here's one: http://www.metropolis.offc.com/c…
Your roommate situation sounds okay, though... Chinatown is great... Brooklyn is good option, too... I found some great deals in East Harlem, too (near the park, very nice)...
- brooke0
Thanks, Dr. Jay.
- JazX0
I know a broker that can hook your ass up Brooke. She lives just off of Broadway in CTown.
- brooke0
Hook my ass up with what?
- F_EddyShears0
a broker, JazX knows a broker in China Town. Help you find a place...
- unknown0
personally i would get sick of being around artists all day long.... 1 of me is enough... 10 of me and you have a war
- exador0
go for it..
s'long as its big enough for your personal needs, and whatever..
my office doesn't have windows, and i spend all day here...no problem..
when you need a window, just keep your door open and occasionally step outside the room and have a walk about...hang out in the kitchen or living room for a bit...
if all the rest of the stuff you've mentioned is true..sounds like a good deal...cheap rent and great roommates.....i'd go for it..
just keep your eyes and ears open for a better deal once you get there...
if you get some great contracts for your illustration, and find in year or so you can afford a nicer place, then you can split..but for right now..i'd definitely go for it
- JazX0
take it, NYC is cutthroat, you can move on in a year. ;)
- kpl0
take it.
not much of a view in chinatown. and in the summer, it means the scents coming out of those butcher shops won't woff into your room.
not that I hate chinatown. i love it. especially the food there. and it's my people. but it's not the best smelling part of manhattan.
- kpl0
actually, I can't remember any part of manhattan that smelled nice.
- JazX0
exador, good advice. Plus, brooke you are in Chinatown a very nice spot in terms of getting around to everywhere else. Of course my spoiled ass was living on 2nd and 82nd for 2 years, but I would have been just as happy in CTown.
- slinky0
come'on brookie come down to Washington DC.. i have a spare room & you can commute to NYC somehow...
you know we are sole mates
i know i put sole.... didn't wanna scare the poor girl off by putting SOUL
- mitsu0
we'll paint you a picture of a window... with any view you want.
- paulrand0
i'd go for the amazing cheap windowed place filled with artists, musicians, writers
- kodap0
chinatown inspirates.
go go!
- Gorbie0
I love windows. I got like 20+ in my apartment.
But it sounds like you got a nice opportunity going. I'd take it if everything else is what you want.
Don't move into a shoebox just to be in the city, though.
- kodap0
i meant : inspires.
a few friends of mine been there a couple o' months before and brought me some nice souvenirs.
- brooke0
There's another place, too, damnit, that sounds absolutely amazing. The building is filled with artists, writers, musicians... the rent is cheap & my roommates again will be cool. I'll even get my own room WITH a window. But it's on the upper west side & I'd rather live closer to Soho, Chelsea, etc...