If you want to avoid a series of (escalating) problems, it's important that you pay your rent on time. Every month. First and foremost, the lease you signed is a legally binding contract. That, in and of itself, should be reason enough. However, if for some reason you feel like you need an additional incentive...
The Upper East Side, or UES, is actually composed of several sub-neighborhoods, including Yorkville, Carnegie Hill, Gracie Point, Lenox Hill and, believe it or not, Roosevelt Island. Many Yorkville apartments are definitely a bit out of the way--it's a looooong walk from the eastern side of the nabe, to Lexington Ave and the subway--but then, that's kind of the point.
It's no secret that moving, no matter if it's across the country or just down the block, can be a stressful operation. Also: annoying, exhausting, expensive. Therefore, moving tips are always welcome, even by so-called "veteran" movers. Of course, if you find your dream no fee apartment, the unpleasant moments of the move itself--the packing and organizing, the cleaning and lifting--tend to dim pretty quickly once you've settled in, and started your new life.
New Year's is a time when it seems that everyone with access to a keyboard puts in their two cents about the year gone by, and makes predictions about the one ahead. And NYC real estate renters and sellers, thinkers and doers, are NO exception!
I talk a lot about the huge, neighborhood-changing projects that will make a difference not only for residents of NYC rental apartments in their immediate vicinity, but that will also have a lasting effect upon the city a whole.
A couple of different posts recently on two of my favorite real estate websites--namely, Curbed and Brick Underground--reminded me how difficult, even discouraging, the process of finding that perfect new home can seem when approached from afar, but also how it all usually works out for the vast majority of NYC rental apartment seekers.
Finding an apartment in the NYC area can be an arduous task. So everyone, especially those new to NYC, area always looking for renting tips to make the process go smoother. Below I will discuss a couple of important pointers for those of you starting your apartment search.
One of the best things to happen to this town in the past couple of decades has been the (for the most part) thoughtful, democratic and welcoming development of New York City's long-neglected waterfront.
We've been hearing for years that the next hot neighborhoods for NYC rental apartments will be in Queens, particularly in the communities of Long Island City and Hunters Point, right across the East River from Midtown Manhattan.
New York City real estate groupies never tire of inventing new Manhattan neighborhoods (and to a lesser extent in the outerboroughs) whenever a few blocks of an existing community start to take on a new character, no matter how long or firmly the area has already been established in the city's collective conscious.
