New Web site pays apartment renters $$
Two young businessmen are betting — $500 a person — that they can change the way New Yorkers rent apartments. Jordan Cooper and Doug Petkanics have started Jumppost.com, a low-cost e-broker-type company that will attempt to create a futures market for rental apartments. Jumppost will pay renters $500 if…

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My partner and I (from AUstralia) are looking to potentially work and live in NYC. We’ve only visited twice and although we remember certain areas of the city being really nice (some areas on the lower side were our favourites) the rental prices seem unbelievable for really average quality places. My question is, what areas in Manhattan are kind of residential and pleasant to live in (ie not busy corporate areas or anything) but are reasonably priced? We were told that Greenwich Village is one of the nicest residential areas in Manhattan, but whoa!! So expensive.

We also like Brooklyn as parts of it seemed so peaceful and pretty… but ideally would like to live in Manhattan for convenience and experiencing the city, as long as rental prices weren’t too exorbitant.

Also just out of curiosity, do many people with average to above-average incomes actually buy apartments in the city or do most people rent because this are so unaffordable?

Thanks all!!

Im looking to rent an apartment instead of staying at a hotel in Greenwich Village, NYC next month. Anyone know how or where to go to find apartments in Greenwich Village for a weekend rental?

Two-bedroom condo in Scarsdale offers convenience, affordability
The village of Scarsdale has a lot to offer real estate shoppers. It’s home to one of the best school systems in the country, a vibrant downtown with a wide range of businesses, great parks and recreational activities and big, gorgeous houses from the first half of the 20th century.

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