Apartment Hunting

I am looking for a 1 bedroom apartment in the crown heights, prospect park, possibly flatbush area for between 1000 and 1200 a month. I used to love in the Jewish hospital on Franklin and Classon and I am looking for a similarly newly renovated building with elevator but I want more space for my money.

Am I siking myself out by looking in this price range or do u think this possible? What areas do u suggest?

Check yelp.com for agencies.
for example, cooper and cooper has all 5 stars

Woodruff Ave near the park. Huge apartments.

I see that there are a lot of apartments around Nostrand renting in crown heights and there are some really cheap apartments (like 1050/mth) renting around the suny downstate area in flatbush. How are those areas?

U should take a day off and check some of the areas out

I wouldn't want to live in the Suny Downstate area because there's nothing going on in the evenings and few places to go eat/drink. But that's because that's what I'm looking for. I pay 1200 on Park at Franklin for a "2 bedroom" (really a 1 bedroom with a large living room and a small study/office) but it's good size. not fancy with an elevator and all that, though...

I agree with Cool the Kid.

xlizellx wrote: I wouldn't want to live in the Suny Downstate area because there's nothing going on in the evenings and few places to go eat/drink. But that's because that's what I'm looking for. I pay 1200 on Park at Franklin for a "2 bedroom" (really a 1 bedroom with a large living room and a small study/office) but it's good size. not fancy with an elevator and all that, though...
I agree with Cool the Kid.

Wow that ssounds like a great deal! Did you use a realtor to find ur apt? How did u find it?

no, I just used Craigslist. It's not the best building but I love the location and the size is great.

Subject: RE: Apartment Hunting

Hey my name is Leo I am an agent with Rapid Realty. We have 1000's of NO Fee apartments. Here are a few of my best listings that I think you may like.

1. Large Pre-War Building 1BR $1250 on Ocean Ave at Beverly Rd [ Flatbush ]
Prewar building with classic charm
- 1 Separate bedroom - Large living room
- Brand new bathroom- Spacious kitchen has top-of-the-line cabinetry, granite counters, and stainless steel appliances - Elevator building with intercom
- 695 Square feet - Close to transportation, restaurants, shops and bars


2. Great 1BR $1200 on Kingston Ave at Midwood St [Prospect Lefferts Gardens]
Apartment with High Ceilings, Wood Floors, Dishwasher
- Located near Prospect Park and schools - Fully renovated apartment
- Hardwood floors - Full bathroom with tub
- Renovated kitchen with new appliances - Dishwasher - Microwave
- Video intercom - Pre-war moldings - Walk-up apartment. - Spacious living room - Great layout - Plenty of closet space- Flooded with natural light
- Superintendent on premises 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Security cameras throughout building

Leopold Rohlehr
Licensed Real Estate Agent / Listing Agent
Phone: 718-612-1841 Email: [email hidden]
www.rapidnyc.com/lrohlehr

DO NOT DEAL WITH RAPID REALTY!!!!!!

Walk around a bit and look for signs and talk to people or search craigslist "no broker" or however they call it

I REPEAT: DO NOT DEAL WITH RAPID REALTY HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF BAIT AND SWITCH OR "NO FEE" YET 3 mONTHS RENT TO mOVE IN THEY HAVE ALL THE PLACES NOBODY WANTS!!!! DON'T DO IT!!!!

Subject: Re: RE: Apartment Hunting

lrohlehr wrote:

Hey my name is Leo I am an agent with Rapid Realty. We have 1000's of NO Fee apartments. Here are a few of my best listings that I think you may like.

1. Large Pre-War Building 1BR $1250 on Ocean Ave at Beverly Rd [ Flatbush ]
Prewar building with classic charm
- 1 Separate bedroom - Large living room
- Brand new bathroom- Spacious kitchen has top-of-the-line cabinetry, granite counters, and stainless steel appliances - Elevator building with intercom
- 695 Square feet - Close to transportation, restaurants, shops and bars


2. Great 1BR $1200 on Kingston Ave at Midwood St [Prospect Lefferts Gardens]
Apartment with High Ceilings, Wood Floors, Dishwasher
- Located near Prospect Park and schools - Fully renovated apartment
- Hardwood floors - Full bathroom with tub
- Renovated kitchen with new appliances - Dishwasher - Microwave
- Video intercom - Pre-war moldings - Walk-up apartment. - Spacious living room - Great layout - Plenty of closet space- Flooded with natural light
- Superintendent on premises 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Security cameras throughout building

Leopold Rohlehr
Licensed Real Estate Agent / Listing Agent
Phone: 718-612-1841 Email: [email hidden]
www.rapidnyc.com/lrohlehr

how you call this Crown Heights and how you charging those prices in those areas GET REAL!!!!! $1250 in Flatbush U CRAZY!!!!! I will hook this guy up with a sweet spot for $700 and not even take a fee GTFOH!!!!!! GO AWAY!!!!!

If this is turning into a who-do-you-like for realtors thread?

I've been ENORMOUSLY happy with Affordable Housing, at Empire & Kingston (ish). Always considerate, flexible, & not out to fleece you.

And they have really great property. Really. 718-636-RENT. No I don't work for them, they're just my landlord.

For instance, what you're looking for, law4715? I remember they had a top floor full 1-bed with a huge living room and huger kitchen for $1100 at Rogers and Montgomery, back in January, when we were looking.

Fee, yes. but still.

That looks like a reasonable price. Try checking out craigslist or www.apartacus.com

insomnia11,

It's perfectly allowed here for you as a representative of a local company to respond in an on-topic manner to a thread here, disclosing up front that you work for the site you linked above (after throwing in the non-linked, obvious craigslist red herring).

I am looking now and I see several of your other posts of that site link elsewhere on the web (other forums and/or community sites).

Just be honest, lose the subterfuge.

And wait a minute...your site just scrapes listings from craigslist, compares rents and slaps on a Google Map, right?

Basically a clone of http://rentometer.com 's site?

I haven't moved in yet, actually I haven't even signed the lease yet, but I found my place on http://www.nakedapartments.com/. They have no-fee and fee apartments. I was looking for the former, but fell in love at first sight with an apartment with a fee. Up side is that my broker has been really, really amazing and helpful so far. I'll have to see if that impression remains after I move in.

I second avoiding Rapid Realty. I contacted them to look at a few no-fee apartments in PLG within a very narrow price range. I met the broker and he kept suggesting FEE apartments ABOVE my price range, and then showed me exactly one apartment (for a fee, even though the sign on the side of the building clearly said NO FEE!!). Mind you, I made the hike from deep in Jersey on a Saturday and all he could show me was one apartment of the five I was expecting because he apparently didn't confirm with the supers at the other properties and they weren't available.

I then tried to work with another RR agent who also lacked basic reading comprehension skills (RR has you fill out a profile online and you can select the apts you're interested in) and then went off on me after several phone calls and texts back and forth when I asked what he had to show me because I didn't want to want to waste my time again.

AVOID.