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When Is the Best Time to Apartment Hunt?
January 19, 2012 – 3:45 pm | One Comment
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You may be surprised to learn that, like most shopping ventures, there are better and worse times to go apartment hunting. And. . . like most monetary expeditions, supply and demand has a very large …

WIN – A Free T-Shirt By Sharing Your Apartment Hunting Tips!
September 15, 2011 – 4:53 pm | 5 Comments
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Apartment hunting can be the total worst – we know.
So, we wanted to offer you a lil’ pick-me-up – in the form of a free coolness. . . Specifically, a rad new t-shirt from Scared Panda, a t-shirt …

Get Going – Rents Are Moving Up!
June 15, 2010 – 2:42 pm | No Comment
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As many frequent readers of My First Apartment can attest to – I don’t have a very high opinion of the New York Times’ rental section. Their articles are myopic and outdated and the tone …

Stop that Check!
September 21, 2009 – 11:34 am | No Comment

It’s been a bit of a crazy apartment week. When I last wrote, I had realized that my future management company was full of scammers based on an almost too late Google search. As such, …

Play Detective Before You Sign That New Lease!
September 14, 2009 – 9:41 am | No Comment

I just started apartment hunting and already nearly signed a bad lease. How close was it? I’d already put down the deposit. Luckily, I found out that the management company(starts with D, rhymes with Kermont) …

Beware New Condo Buildings with Unfinished Apartments!
September 7, 2009 – 1:15 am | No Comment

As I’m making plans to move out, I’ve been picking friends’ brains to see if they have any connections to open apartments/roommates and came across another crazy NYC housing story that I very much need …

Haven’t found your dream apt for Sept? Wait for October!
August 26, 2009 – 1:13 pm | No Comment

G’morning fellow apartment dwellers/searchers!

There’s a good chance you’ve already signed and sealed a deal for September 1. If that’s the case, congratulations. Uncork the bottle of bubbly and enjoy the feeling of piece a signed …

Why Timing Matters in the Great Apartment Search
August 18, 2008 – 9:36 pm | One Comment

When I first talked to my New York friends about the possibility of moving here after I spent the first year post-college living abroad – the first question they asked me was when. As in, …

How to find that first apartment, one more time…
April 24, 2007 – 4:07 pm | No Comment

It’s hard not to have an big ego when deciding where to get that first apartment. Mostly, because it’s such a mark of independence. It’s your name on that lease and it’s going …

Five Lessons from My Search
September 11, 2006 – 2:31 pm | No Comment

When I first moved to California, I wasn’t sure what city I wanted to stay in. I lived like a nomad for months, camping on friends’ couches in a few different cities and assessing …