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This is actually the PERFECT time for me to see this post. My boyfriend and I just relocated to New York and are looking for an apartment in Brooklyn. The combination of our meager budget ($1500/month is nothing around here) and contradictory schedules (he works nights and I work a 9-5) is causing us quite a bit of trouble even going out to look at places. I think we have accepted that we need a broker to help us wade through the mess of getting a place. The trick is finding one that wants you to be as safe and happy as you want to be.

Granted, our apartment story is far from over, but I have gathered that finding the right neighborhood and combing through it will dictate whether you need a broker. We're looking in lower income areas where you can't tell which complexes are recently renovated and which are falling apart, and having a guide for this process is the goal. Maybe after we've lived here a year we can strike it out on our own for our second place, but there is just too much I don't know right now. You just have to work the fee into your budget, for better or worse.