NYC APARTMENT HUNTING | studios - 2beds (with neighborhood tours, prices, tips) 🗽🚕 🌆

If you’re apartment hunting in nyc for the 1st time, you need to watch this video. If you’re in-between leases or traveling, you need to watch this video. If you’re already a new yorker, but can’t stand your roommates or neighborhood, you need to watch this video!
THIS IS MY 2ND EVER APARTMENT HUNT and let’s just say I have standards beyond just price point now! I toured several apts from ranging from studios to 2 bedrooms in 5 different neighborhoods. I included prices, tips, apartment features + how compatible it would be based on your lifestyle and personality.
Good luck!! I know that you’ll get the apt of your dreams close to your friends. It’s a struggle, but temporary one. Welcome to New York City!
0:30 - How to Apartment Hunt
1:28 - Is This a Want or a Need?
1:55 - Williamsburg
4:37 - Bed-Stuy
7:25 - East Wiliamsburg
11:13 - Bushwick
14:40 - Fidi
17:10 - My Dream Apt Tour!
19:15 - Where to Find Your Dream Apt
19:32 - Why You Should Sublet INSTEAD OF Signing a 1-y Lease
Apartment hunt starts,
NYC's concrete treasure,
Dream home in the wild.
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FAVORITE BOOKS (by women):
📚 The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama (meant to be an encouraging book of hope during times of change and challenge. kinda like a devotional, but not really)
📚 Big Friendship by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman (put into words many of the feelings I feel about friendship not in the mainstream yet)
📚 Defining Decade by Meg Jay (really important to read as a teen girl or in your twenties)
📚 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (yes ik ik it’s a romance novel)
📚 The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (honestly helped my relationship with my mom tbh)
📚 Dear Girls by Ali Wong (listen to the audiobook, it’s 7h of standup comedy of this famous comedian’s life and advice to her two young daughters to read when they are 18)
📚 Hunger by Roxane Gay (harder read, but opened my eyes to a brutal world that I’m not exposed to)
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🖋 friends are the siblings god never gave us.
🖋 a friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself. a friend is someone who makes it easy to believe in yourself. a friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
🖋 women’s friendships are like a renewable source of power
🖋 friendships between women, as any woman will tell you, are built of a thousand small kindnesses… swapped back and forth and over again.
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[@hevesijournal]

this was SO helpful! I have watched numerous videos about moving to NYC and this one was by far the most helpful, esp since we are moving with a baby and have spent a limited about of time in NYC.

[@iamlizendary]

ty & good luck! lots of families with babies in nyc!

[@oliviamaria987]

Super informative video. Thanks girl❤️

[@iamlizendary]

good luck finding your place!

[@oliviamaria987]

@@iamlizendary Thankyou💞💞

[@CreatureDiscoveries.]

Girly your growing so fast! Keep up the good work. I can never grow as fast as you.

[@iamlizendary]

i hope it keeps growing, but i also believe in you! seems like i'm currently lucky and will share some luck with you!

[@katmariemp3]

This is such a good video!! I've had a lot of wild experiences looking for rental housing in a different big city area and recently have found better luck with sublease and now month-to-month. Great advice!

[@iamlizendary]

exactlyyyyy! Thank u for reaffirming this!

[@gamechanger8711]

Thank you so much for sharing the detailed and informative video...😊

[@iamlizendary]

ofc!

[@NaturallyTeeCee]

I loved the way you set up this video and how you broke down the details of each apartment. Thanks for sharing

[@iamlizendary]

thank u for letting me know what you like!

[@paingsoe895]

I am trying to move to nyc too in a few months too and its streesful finding apartments. Love your explanation about sublet and sublease as I am moving from out of city and doesn't really know nyc terms. Hopefully I can find something good

[@iamlizendary]

Good luck!! Wish you the best. Summer 2024 prices are even higher than last year 😮‍💨

[@stylesbyd1545]

Very helpful!! Can you also make a video about other demographics of the boroughs Harlem, Bronx, etc. ?

[@iamlizendary]

I don’t think I’m best qualified to make a video on other neighborhoods!

[@Cupcakiiiii]

Being able to take a walk without getting mugged as a WANT rather than a NEED is probably the most American thing ever😂

[@Cupcakiiiii]

But cool video, also helpful for people who are looking for apartments to only stay a short time in nyc.

[@dorapadilla9900]

I love this 🥰I’m definitely subscribing nd this makes me what to move to nyc, keep it up 💗💪

[@iamlizendary]

thank you! let me know what else about nyc you want to learn about!

[@TrainsFerriesFeet]

I'm doing it; I was going to wait about 8 years until I retire, but I decided to go ahead and sell my house now, to move up that timeline. I can't wait to get out of the Southeast.

[@iamlizendary]

where are you currently at in the southeast? i'm so excited for your move, life and health is not guaranteed, gotta do what you want now if possible.@@TrainsFerriesFeet

[@TrainsFerriesFeet]

@@iamlizendary I'm excited, too. SC.

[@Thechaddp]

I’m starting my Apt hunting journey now! Thanks for your optics!

[@iamlizendary]

Good luck!!!

[@jalspose]

When this sublet is over will you be moving back to Hawaii?

[@iamlizendary]

not yet, going to be skiing in California for the winter!

[@jexx3018]

im your 425th sub :p

[@iamlizendary]

Yayyy

[@jacobl5488]

lOl dont be envious of them, plenty of people out there that are in even better situations. Some people live in way better places and pay no rent..

[@stacey9355]

Brooklyn or Manhattan?

[@sussijensen6977]

Hi i am in the 50 ties hvere cud i live cheap

[@anitamedic2339]

15% annual broker fee? That is insane

[@iamlizendary]

yes it’s atrocious

[@anitamedic2339]

@@iamlizendary wow. Can you tell me why is broker fee necessary for?

[@chloewade8410]

Who wants lululemon in there neighborhood???

[@iamlizendary]

they usually host workout classes for free

[@afranurtasdelen]

Heyy how are the kittens doing?🥹

[@iamlizendary]

they are good!

[@broookylncoleman9038]

First 💗

[@iamlizendary]

thank you!!!

[@naturallynobay5850]

8:46 why did it matter to mention their sexual orientation…

[@missneedle99]

I was thinking the same thing! It had no relevance to the apartment.

[@maroonrebel]

Jah & Jahes love. Thank you for this wonderful and informative video. I love all of the details that you provided. I am from NYC, and I was born in Brooklyn. But, I've lived in many other cities and states where I attended College and Graduate school. Unfortunately, I have not been able to get a good-paying job to afford a nice apartment. I have similar weather sensitivities and am seriously affected by the Winter months when there is less sunlight. I also don't have many friends and I would like to make some but it's hard when I don't have a stable place to live and income. I am staying at a Stabilizing Center, a shelter space. I have a CityFEPHS voucher but I haven't been able to find a place to rent. I will do the exercise that you recommended at the beginning of the video. Can you please help me find a place to rent that accepts vouchers? The voucher pays up to $2300 (all utilities included). Thank you very much in advance for your help and time. Blessed love.#1804#Ayiti#ToutMounseMoun#AbolishCPS#AbolishPoverty#ProChoice#DefundFosterCare#RawVeganforLife#HR40NOW!

[@iamlizendary]

the NYCHA has a number on your website to call. I'm unfamiliar with housing vouchers :(

[@maroonrebel]

Thanks a lot for taking the time to reply.