NYC Room+Mates Guide
Room+Mate & Apt Sharing Guide 2024
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Apartments Expert is a professional Room+Mate matchmaker.We match like-minded, compatible and qualified Room+Mates to lease affordable renovated NYC apartments together. We have successfully worked with many hundreds of roommates that have come directly to us. We are proud of Our Reviews we earned.
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Room+Mate Matching
Looking for the perfect NYC apartment can
be challenging. Looking for the perfect NYC roommate at the same
time can be tough. You encounter different personalities, and it’s
hard to know what kind of person will be a good fit for you to live
with.
Any real estate broker can show you several apartments and rooms that might meet your basic criteria. Many roommate matching websites charge you so can search for roommates yourself.
Apartments Expert shows you quality
affordable apartments and rooms for free. We also presents you with Room+Mate matches
that appear to be compatible with your financial, lifestyle and
social profile
Sharing an apartment can save you BIG!
NYC is expensive. Living alone in NYC is the most
expensive!
Rent a Renovated 1 Bedroom by yourself in Hamilton Heights
$2,000
Share a Renovated 2 Bedroom in Hamilton
Heights for $2,400
No Security Deposit
Only Pay 1st Month of Rent To Sign Leases
Select Apartments
Select apartments allow qualified applicants to use a 3rd party Institutional guarantor, Rhino, to replace a standard traditional one month of rent security deposit for a small monthly fee. We will work with you and your RoomMate(s) to present your application so you qualify for signing leases with no security deposit needed.
Private Unfurnished Bedrooms
Share Unfurnished Common Area
You Are Renting The Entire Apt With RoomMates
You and your RoomMate(s) will be signing
a lease together for the entire apartment. You
will be paying for the amount agreed for your private
unfurnished bedroom
and sharing the unfurnished common areas: bathroom, kitchen & living
room with your RoomMate(s). You and your RoomMate(s) are all each
responsible for the entire amount of the rent
Quality NYC Apartments
Quality Building Owners
Renovated or recently Updated Apts
We work with reputable building owners
providing quality affordable renovated or recently updated apartments in well managed and
maintained buildings with responsive management
Compatible RoomMates
Similar Attributes
Like Minded
We have successfully matched applicants
with apartment for building owners and management companies for over
twenty years. We are proud of our Reviews. We sync RoomMate characteristics with similar attributes
from our RoomMate Questionairre supported with a preliminary
background check
How It Works
Browse Our Curated Apartments For Shares
Complete Your Confidential RoomMate Matching Questionnaire
Meet RoomMates To Share Apartment
Browse our detailed RoomMate Apartment listings Our listings offer private room and shared common space descriptions, pictures and videos.
Seamless
After browsing our curated apartments available for shares you should complete your confidential RoomMate Questionnaire so we can begin matching you with RoomMate(s).
Stress Free
We verify and validate each
RoomMate with state issued ID and social media . We will match you with
our best choice RoomMate(s) based on similar characteristics,
attributes and financial compatability.
We will organize an introduction meeting
with you and your potential roommate(s) for a tour of the
apartment(s). There is no obligation to move forward with any
Room+Mate or apartment
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Apartment Rental Application
Application Preparation
Application Submission
We will be working with you and your potential RoomMate(s) at this time to prepare your apartment rental application and documents for a building owner or management company.
We will coordinate your apartment rental application submission through the building owner or management company review and evaluation.
Lease Signing
Move In
We coordinate your lease signing with
building owner or property management, you and your RoomMate(s) once you are approved
How Long Does It Take?
RoomMate Introduction
Apartment Tour
We target 2-4 weeks from your questionairre submission to a RoomMate Introduction and apartment tour.
Apartment Application Submission
Lease Signing
It will take an additional 5-10 days for an Apartment Rental Application to be processed and approved
We advise potential RoomMates to submit
their Questionairre 5-6 weeks before their desired move in date
What Are The Costs?
No costs for Room+Mate matching.
Apartment Rental Application
After we have successfully matched you
and your RoomMates you will pay a non refundable $50 apartment
rental application fee to submit your application to the building
owner or management company
Apartment Application Submission
Deposit
You and each RoomMate will pay a deposit of 1 month of your private room rent when your apartment rental application is submitted to a building owner or property manager for review. This deposit will only be returned to you if your apartment application is declined by the building owner or property management. This deposit will be deducted from monies due at lease signing for 1st month of rent and one month of security deposit
Lease Signing Costs
Due At Lease Signing
Each RoomMate will need the first month
of rent for their private bedroom and one month of rent for their
private bedroom as security deposit. Some apartments may have broker
fees. Apartments are clearly marked as No Broker Fee or Low Broker
Fee
What Are The Qualifications?
Annual Income
Based On Your Room Rent
Annual Income of 40 times the rent of
your private unfurnished bedroom. If your private unfurnished
bedroom is $900 per month you would need verifiable income of
$36,000 per year.
Credit
All RoomMate(s) Are Vetted
Building owners and management companies
will generally approve credit scores of 650+ reflecting good payment
history. Lower credit score with high balance accounts or late
payments and collections may be difficult to match with RoomMates or
get approved for a lease. Guarantors are accepted case by case.
What Is NYC Lowest Broker Fee Guarantee?
Building owners may not pay our fee on some apartments in desirable neighborhoods. If an apartment is not an Uber No Fee Apt you may pay as little as 1/2 month of rent as our fee but never more than 1 month of rent. We reimburse the application fees for approved applicants and we provide a $25 pizza eGift certificate at lease signing
Jerry F Leazer, Licensed Real Estate Broker
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