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Anonymous
06/10/19 at 9:16PM UTC
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Moving NYC

*Yelp* I'm moving from Brooklyn to Manhattan around August the most expensive time to move. I moving to a new apartment with my best friend so I either need to find a way to break my lease so my old roommates can find a new place too or a replacement to take over my lease that lasts till January. I'm extremely stressed. Anyone have any tips on lease agreements and/or apartment hunting? I need some cost efficient loopholes!

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Cassy Lombardi
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06/11/19 at 3:42PM UTC
Moving to the city is exciting! I would blast out on all of your Facebook pages that you are looking for someone to take over the lease—many of my friends have had success that way! There's also apps like RentHoop that make it easy to find roommates.
Anonymous
06/11/19 at 3:24PM UTC
this was a source of stress for me too (the subletee in the situation) and I recommend the app ROOMI.
Courtney Klein
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06/11/19 at 2:48PM UTC
Be sure you do everything within the rules set out in your current lease or you might incur some enormous costs. I opted to break a lease when I was living waaaaaay up in Northern Manhattan (Inwood at 207th street) and got a job down near the Battery. I tried to make the argument that the nearly 2 hours it was taking me to get to work was a good enough reason for me to vacate, but the leasing company disagreed and required that I find someone to take over my lease. It was a major pain in the neck, but when I spoke to my broker he laid out all the potential (and perfectly legal) fines that I could otherwise be responsible for. Personally, I'd recommend speaking directly to whomever you lease from, explain the situation, and ask them what the expectations are, then do exactly that. I'd imagine it will be much easier to find a short-term renter to take over the remainder of your lease, ESPECIALLY starting around August when a bunch of the university students start to look for housing.
Anonymous
06/11/19 at 3:48PM UTC
Great advice! My very irritating landlord is not getting back tome (I think he's ignoring me.) But i;m totally going to try my broker now!!!!
Stephanie Nieves
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06/11/19 at 2:23PM UTC
What she said ^! You can join the FB group "Gypsy Housing" and sublet your place until your lease is up.
Katie Farello
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06/11/19 at 1:42AM UTC
Very exciting! If you're allowed to sublet your current apartment, I suggest doing so rather than trying to break your lease. There are many FB groups with people always looking to sublet. And for apartment hunting, I suggest downloading the StreetEasy app and searching for 'no fee' rentals. You can message me (woo! go Fairygodboss) if you need any more advice :)

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