Rental Rookie

… at night for anything that could hold my possessions My best finds were the milk crates that bodegas threw away Not … that my family and my boyfriend had to lug my stuff Had I lived in a walkup like many of my friends did it would have … column chronicling her first year as a renter in NYC   … Rent … The Market … Buy … Sales Market … Live … …

… much meant I was moving to Brooklyn I had a few friends who lived in Williamsburg and Gowanus but other than that I … figured finding a studio apartment for $800 to $1000 in an area about 30 minutes from where I worked in Midtown would … moving to Brooklyn is that its so trendy everyone wants to live there driving up the rent Moreover since Brooklyn has …

… city where apartments are more cramped we discovered both how lucky we were and that we had a lot to learn Part of … be fairly easy By contrast some of my friends chose low rent over someone they got along with Bad idea One broke her … guilty of leaving dishes in the sink until I have time to do them which meant leaving Mike with no pots or plates …

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