Virginia K. Smith

New York City landlords don't exactly like taking chances, and if you don't happen to earn an annual salary that's 40 to 50 times more than your monthly rent--or know someone who pulls down twice that  is willing to co-sign your lease--you could end up out of the running for your dream apartment, or at least, the place you like enough that you can finally stop hunting.

Decorate your shared apartment without ending up in a yelling match (or with a hideous new couch) (Apartment Therapy)

Mercifully, your landlord can't tell you to stop using your air conditioner (NYT)

Most of us don't have room for a full-blown dining room table let alone an entire screening room to call our own, but in some New York apartments, you can truly live the dream: theater-quality screen and sound system in the comfort of your own home, with total control over the concessions, the ability to pause, and no screaming (or texting) teenagers to side-eye. Whether you go the extra mile and install an in-house pump for sludgy popcorn "butter" topping is entirely up to you.

If your A/C isn't keeping you could enough, you probably just need to clean it (Digg)

You can't win the lottery for a heavily discounted Chelsea apartment if you don't at least try, right? (DNAinfo)