"Whole foods aka whole paycheck" I'VE NEVER HEARD SOMETHING SO TRUE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. Also thanks for this informational video, I plan on moving to New York eventually and I'm always looking for tips and advice for when I do decide to make that big decision!
For commute times, Queens can actually be a pretty quick commute into midtown manhattan. Sunnyside Queens is about 25 min to midtown manhattan and much cheaper!
Yes born and raised in Sunnyside mad overlooked smh a lot of people need to be better informed when talking about any borough that isn’t manhattan 🤦🏽♀️
They weren't kidding when they said it would be hard and expensive here. But you can't help to love the place ;) Who's been through this, or wants to go through it?!
Coffee & Cashmere is there anything like income support or any sort of local government/council benefit? there is no way this is affordable for most of the people worldwide. this is coming from a london resident, also one of the worlds most expensive cities
need to up your subway game. 4, 5 and 6 is super convenient. places it goes - South Ferry (Statue of Liberty / Staten Island) - Chinatown - St Mark's - Union Square - Grand Central Station - Yankee Stadium Problem with the East Side is if you go too far east and you have to walk 10+ minutes to even get the 4, 5, 6.
Coffee & Cashmere I really want to move there someday! Such a exciting city to me! When you were talking about the costs of moving into a apartment in Manhattan, I was just shook! 😂 if I would pay almost 10k to just move into nyc, feel like I have to save much more money now. I also don't know anyone there either, which Is also holding me back from moving there. Need to split all those bills tho! Lol Thank you for being honest and not sugar coating the reality of living there. Love you videos! Can't wait for your next upload! 😄💖
Okay so a couple things. 1.The garantor has to make 80X the rent! 2. You can negotiate the broker's fee you do not have to say okay right away. 3. You can also negotiate the RENT. So ask if u can give them 1900 instead of 2000. 4. Trulia, Zillow, Street Easy, Nooklyn, realtor are also good sites to find apartments.
New York City is only for people who like the city life it’s not for everybody also very expensive I am a New Yorker been around the world there’s no place like New York City number one sorry to sound this way but it is the greatest city and I love it I’m never leave it it made me the person I am
If you can survive in New York then you can survive anywhere. I love New York 😍. I don't ever plan on leaving this state but if I do then it would just be temporarily
It was stressful to find an apartment when I first moved to LA after college in 2006 due to many former home owners needing to rent, adding to the competition. Ended up living with relatives until 2008 when finally some friends and I were able to get a 3 bedroom place. Then in 2011, moved into my own tiny place a little easier due to the economy being in the shitter. Now rents have gone back up, all over the world, so it will be interesting to see where the rent price threshold is for certain cities. LA is expensive as is most of California, but I honestly never wanted to live in NYC after already going to college near there and interning there. But I'm glad you're making it work.
Amazing video! Thank you!! Having a job ready would be a first, right? What would be your first step coming there, second step as well. Job first or living first??
I'm loving all these moving/NYC videos! :) thank you for making them, i find them very helpful since i plan to move to another country some day! Can you make more of such videos and perhaps include topics like finding new friends or assimilating to different culture? Btw you looking amazing in this video!
Tiago G. No they don't. It's 80x rent for guarantors, 40x rent for renters without a guarantor. Guarantors from the tri-state area are also usually preferred.
Summer time try, and find a battery operating fans...Saves on electric..I sometimes use them in my Florida home...There small. but having it blow near you or on you works great...I bought my at Home Depot in Florida...And on eating out...Order an appetizer, and one side dish...Both my run you $20, $25.. And drink water...You can go to a 4 or 5 star restaurant, and spend less then $40 with out a drink...Just order an appetizer, and one side order...You don't have to order a big meal...
Great video Felicia! You made me appreciate Toronto even more!!😉Toronto is like New York. Very fast pace. Very Multi-Cultural. And foodie's paradise! However, My friends and I are always complaining how expensive it is to live here. But, nothing compare to New York!!!! Geez!!! I am amazed!!! 😳 The amount of money you are paying for rent and utilities there will allow you to be able to buy a brand new house here in Toronto, pay for the utilities and property tax. Also, health care is provided by our Government. One less expense to worry about!.🇨🇦
I really like your channel, the content is super good, you are funny, and i feel like i'm travelling through your videos! I live in France and i would like to live in New York. I just suscribed to your channel!
I laugh at up and coming neighborhoods. Up and coming only means one thing. That white people move into a previously minority neighborhood and the prices on EVERYTHING sky rockets. Who the fuck wants to live like that just so that you could be around your own race. LOL. I'm from NYC so I know what I say.
ExclusiveLM White neighborhood equals safe neighborhood. It’s not just whites moving around whites, but pretty much anyone who can afford getting out of bad neighborhoods aka brown and black neighborhoods
@@lilo638 lol that's funny seeing as how you view white people coming into certain neighborhoods as the neighborhood becoming safe I've lived in inwood for my whole life and it's a really safe neighborhood. But majority is Hispanic.
This video is so helpful! Thank you so much. I am hoping to move to NYC by the end of next year (got to save up). Subscribed and looking forward to great videos!
Say if I earned $40,000 per year, paid $1,000 rent (my share), paid $100 per weak for food, and then paid off utilities, how much would I have left? (estimate)
It's past 1am here in Manila but I freaked out when I saw your new upload!!!!! 😍😍 hafta get some sleep now but I'll be watching this for breakfast in a few 😉 HUGS YAY FELICIA 💕❤️❤️❤️❤️
When I first moved to New York in 2000 it was a hella expensive paying 1k for a tiny 1 bedroom in Brooklyn with 3 other roommates ( each paying 1k ).... so I can only imagine how much more it costs now!
NYC has become such a foreign place to me. The gentrification of NYC is no joke. It was an expensive city then, but now the cost of living is beyond astronomical. Also, since then I've been fortunate enough to have lived in HI, San Francisco/Oakland, Austin, Seattle and now New Orleans. And I have to say that my quality of life has never been better. I'm not always working struggling just to pay my rent.
Love NYC and pray to live there for at least one year. I'm flight crew, so could probably live in a crash pad cheap to accomplish this dream. However; in the meantime; think I'll stay put in my $500.00 studio in Colorado💚💙
Loved this! We're in the process of moving and ugh I feel you about the broker's fee - seriously the worst. 😭 We've been living on the upper east side and the new Q train is AMAZING - never take the 6 anymore haha! 👍
justandforver me teachers don't ususally live in Manhattan... They commute. People who live in Manhattan are the artists/free Lance people... Students... Interntional people with a ton of money... Gay people who have their own money sources... Inheritrd wealth... Tech companies&startup people etc. Stock brokers... To live in new York City as a single person in a studio and have some luxuries ... All you need is around $80k in yearly income...
Hey! I was just wondering how you were able to get a job in NY considering you're Australian! I'm Canadian and I was thinking of possibly moving to NY but the only thing that's holding me back is my ability to get a job but not being a resident of the country.
There are some No Fee apartments... Try Street Easy or Naked Apartments. Also, a lot of the newer high rises are "no fee" or they pay the brokers fee. You go directly to them, pay for the application fee/credit check ($100), and pay security, the rent, and move in...
What field are you in? If you are in an in demand industry, it will be easier. Do all your networking and have your resume ready before you come. Save as much as you can. If you have a room mate it will be easier (and less expensive)... you can airbnb it for a short period of time while you are getting settled. But the major thing is to have $$$$ saved. All the best. p.s. When you go online to look at apartments in the aforementioned sites, look for no fee apartments...
So, if I heard this correctly, you only pay 1st months rent and not the 1st and last months rent when signing lease? But you will have a brokers fee, application fee, pet fee , and other BS if neccessary to my application? haha
Visited NYC over New Years holiday, and it was heaven. Totally my lifestyle, but I heard it can be quite expensive to live there. I live in California and feel it's expensive here as well. Pretty informative video nonetheless in terms of budgeting! ((:
How do you prove you make 40x the rent if you work in sales? I make about 70k with bonuses but my base salary is only 48k. My girlfriend would make another 30-40k. How do I prove that I can afford the 2k? Thanks
I am wondering if people get payed more in New York than in other areas of America/ world? Because I am from Belgium and I would earn with my diploma 2800 dollar a month Max. So I wonder how people with normal jobs can affort these prices? Just really curieus about how it works there.
Nah, once that apt become vacant, they upgrade the apartment and the rent. Then they wait for the suckers (out of state, foreigners,etc.)or the ones that will split with the roommates. Almost nobody can afford it. Thats why everbody hustling.
"Whole foods aka whole paycheck" I'VE NEVER HEARD SOMETHING SO TRUE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. Also thanks for this informational video, I plan on moving to New York eventually and I'm always looking for tips and advice for when I do decide to make that big decision!
Step 1:Pick a side East...West...
Step 2: Get 4 jobs.
Step 3: Get a roommate.
Step 4: Too busy to enjoy NYC😂
For commute times, Queens can actually be a pretty quick commute into midtown manhattan. Sunnyside Queens is about 25 min to midtown manhattan and much cheaper!
Mackenzie Smith I love sunnyside! 7 train will take you anywhere
not anymore
Yes born and raised in Sunnyside mad overlooked smh a lot of people need to be better informed when talking about any borough that isn’t manhattan 🤦🏽♀️
@@fahmeedaalam4616 Agreed! Wall Street is further from most places than many spots in both Queens and Brooklyn. Manhattan isn't the only option 😂
They weren't kidding when they said it would be hard and expensive here. But you can't help to love the place ;) Who's been through this, or wants to go through it?!
Coffee & Cashmere is there anything like income support or any sort of local government/council benefit? there is no way this is affordable for most of the people worldwide. this is coming from a london resident, also one of the worlds most expensive cities
need to up your subway game.
4, 5 and 6 is super convenient. places it goes
- South Ferry (Statue of Liberty / Staten Island)
- Chinatown
- St Mark's
- Union Square
- Grand Central Station
- Yankee Stadium
Problem with the East Side is if you go too far east and you have to walk 10+ minutes to even get the 4, 5, 6.
Coffee & Cashmere I really want to move there someday! Such a exciting city to me! When you were talking about the costs of moving into a apartment in Manhattan, I was just shook! 😂 if I would pay almost 10k to just move into nyc, feel like I have to save much more money now. I also don't know anyone there either, which Is also holding me back from moving there. Need to split all those bills tho! Lol Thank you for being honest and not sugar coating the reality of living there. Love you videos! Can't wait for your next upload! 😄💖
I'm applying for jobs right now and looking to move from DC. I have a dog so will be even harder to find an apartment :(
Coffee & Cashmere haha not kidding, I've already seen you like twice in the city but I was too shy to say hi 👋🏼😂
Who else gets ready in the morning while watching a Coffee & Cashmere vlog?? Perfect channel to set yourself up for a chill and easy morning/day!
Okay so a couple things.
1.The garantor has to make 80X the rent!
2. You can negotiate the broker's fee you do not have to say okay right away.
3. You can also negotiate the RENT. So ask if u can give them 1900 instead of 2000.
4. Trulia, Zillow, Street Easy, Nooklyn, realtor are also good sites to find apartments.
good advice everything is negotiable in America
Ok but how and what do you do to make a living!!! I need to move to New York but I can't find a job that's high paying!
New York City is only for people who like the city life it’s not for everybody also very expensive I am a New Yorker been around the world there’s no place like New York City number one sorry to sound this way but it is the greatest city and I love it I’m never leave it it made me the person I am
david nicholas no it’s not the greatest city! St. Louis is the worlds greatest city dude
david nicholas Please,learn to use commas.
If you can survive in New York then you can survive anywhere. I love New York 😍. I don't ever plan on leaving this state but if I do then it would just be temporarily
Don't leave, Tiffany. It's never temporary.
I've watched quite a lot of videos on this subject but this was for sure the most helpful and relevant one. Thank you so much!
lol I learned so much adulting from this video 😂 thanks Felicia!
Mai Xiong help me
Glad you hit up the apartment websites. Been a hassle for a long time, finally something I can trust.
It was stressful to find an apartment when I first moved to LA after college in 2006 due to many former home owners needing to rent, adding to the competition. Ended up living with relatives until 2008 when finally some friends and I were able to get a 3 bedroom place. Then in 2011, moved into my own tiny place a little easier due to the economy being in the shitter. Now rents have gone back up, all over the world, so it will be interesting to see where the rent price threshold is for certain cities. LA is expensive as is most of California, but I honestly never wanted to live in NYC after already going to college near there and interning there. But I'm glad you're making it work.
Hahahaha Whole Foods aka Whole Paycheck...made my day
Amazing video! Thank you!! Having a job ready would be a first, right? What would be your first step coming there, second step as well. Job first or living first??
I'm loving all these moving/NYC videos! :) thank you for making them, i find them very helpful since i plan to move to another country some day! Can you make more of such videos and perhaps include topics like finding new friends or assimilating to different culture? Btw you looking amazing in this video!
First rental video that actually has valid,useful information!
guarantors need to make 80X the monthly rent FYI. :)
Guarantors need to make annualy 40x the monthly rent.
Tiago G. No they don't. It's 80x rent for guarantors, 40x rent for renters without a guarantor. Guarantors from the tri-state area are also usually preferred.
Tiago G. Yes guarantors must make 80x the monthly rent that is the standard and they must be in the US
Felicia! I missed your videos!
Just love the sound of your voice and your humor.
More videos please.
😊
Thanks for taking the time to create this video and letting us see what it's like to live in NY city! Very eye opening, and very helpful!
I miss NYC... I enjoyed it so much at my 20-30's there. Now I have a very quiet life 😂😅
I'm in the process of hopefully moving to NYC in the next few years so this video is extremely helpful!!
Could you make a video on budgeting\saving money in NYC?
Summer time try, and find a battery operating fans...Saves on electric..I sometimes use them in my Florida home...There small. but having it blow near you or on you works great...I bought my at Home Depot in Florida...And on eating out...Order an appetizer, and one side dish...Both my run you $20, $25.. And drink water...You can go to a 4 or 5 star restaurant, and spend less then $40 with out a drink...Just order an appetizer, and one side order...You don't have to order a big meal...
i live here already and i needed this
You really did a good job . Your explanation is so clear and the best on TH-cam. Thanks
The ultimate video for moving in New York! THAAAANK YOU :D
Best NYC rental vid I've seen, thanks, great info. Gave you an up-vote.
I live in Chelsea right across from the high line. I love it
Great video Felicia! You made me appreciate Toronto even more!!😉Toronto is like New York. Very fast pace. Very Multi-Cultural. And foodie's paradise! However, My friends and I are always complaining how expensive it is to live here. But, nothing compare to New York!!!! Geez!!! I am amazed!!! 😳 The amount of money you are paying for rent and utilities there will allow you to be able to buy a brand new house here in Toronto, pay for the utilities and property tax. Also, health care is provided by our Government. One less expense to worry about!.🇨🇦
Great video!! The most informative one I have seen.
I really like your channel, the content is super good, you are funny, and i feel like i'm travelling through your videos! I live in France and i would like to live in New York. I just suscribed to your channel!
I wonder how the 40x salary works if you’re a student paying with loans 🤔
Then your parents have to make 80x's the rent
Very useful! Awesome and especially when you are sitting in front window with no fan and ac!
There are no boroughs in Manhattan ... Manhattan is a borough Sis
Sb: Born and raised in Brooklyn !
Wtf !?
No need to be passive aggressive 🙄
Zanee Hunter go away negative ass
actually lower east side is wayyy past its prime. it was up and coming like 20 years ago. queens, inwood, lower Bronx is up and coming.
I laugh at up and coming neighborhoods. Up and coming only means one thing. That white people move into a previously minority neighborhood and the prices on EVERYTHING sky rockets. Who the fuck wants to live like that just so that you could be around your own race. LOL. I'm from NYC so I know what I say.
ExclusiveLM White neighborhood equals safe neighborhood. It’s not just whites moving around whites, but pretty much anyone who can afford getting out of bad neighborhoods aka brown and black neighborhoods
@@lilo638 lol that's funny seeing as how you view white people coming into certain neighborhoods as the neighborhood becoming safe I've lived in inwood for my whole life and it's a really safe neighborhood. But majority is Hispanic.
Li Lo wow. i cannot believe your comment
Is off the great wall finished?
I'm currently in the process of finding an apartment and you're right - ITS HARD!
This video is so helpful! Thank you so much. I am hoping to move to NYC by the end of next year (got to save up). Subscribed and looking forward to great videos!
Noe Santiago Ruiz-Fernandez ill be moving up there next summer (: maybe we'll pass each other one day
thanks for this all of this was super helpful... I'll go cry in the corner now.
Say if I earned $40,000 per year, paid $1,000 rent (my share), paid $100 per weak for food, and then paid off utilities, how much would I have left? (estimate)
It's past 1am here in Manila but I freaked out when I saw your new upload!!!!! 😍😍 hafta get some sleep now but I'll be watching this for breakfast in a few 😉 HUGS YAY FELICIA 💕❤️❤️❤️❤️
I have a question? Do you have to move out at the end of your contract?
Born and raised in NYC, cant stay
TOO MUCH MONEY
Im with you I purchase a Beautiful house in Arizona ...Im from Mount Vernon an the Bronx .. Had to go myself Sista
Make more money then
When I first moved to New York in 2000 it was a hella expensive paying 1k for a tiny 1 bedroom in Brooklyn with 3 other roommates ( each paying 1k ).... so I can only imagine how much more it costs now!
Great video ... This is what I needed
Where did you get the desk behind you? It’s perfect!
This was so helpful thank you!
That desk is amazing! Where did you get it?
are you still making videos for OTGW?
Damn! I grew up in NYC but haven't lived there in 11 years. I always think, "I'm so glad I grew up in NYC, but no way in hell could I move back".
Chishimba Simutowe why??
NYC has become such a foreign place to me. The gentrification of NYC is no joke. It was an expensive city then, but now the cost of living is beyond astronomical.
Also, since then I've been fortunate enough to have lived in HI, San Francisco/Oakland, Austin, Seattle and now New Orleans. And I have to say that my quality of life has never been better. I'm not always working struggling just to pay my rent.
My buddy who grew up in Queens moved to Ohio but travels to NYC each year said to me "I feel like a tourist when I go back".
Chishimba Simutowe Hawaii, Bay Area, & Seattle are almost as expensive as NYC.
Love NYC and pray to live there for at least one year. I'm flight crew, so could probably live in a crash pad cheap to accomplish this dream. However; in the meantime; think I'll stay put in my $500.00 studio in Colorado💚💙
From spain , thank you!! Im hoping to move NYC next year, and this is so hepful. Thanks!!
Very helpful, thanks for all the information in one place
Dunno if you can talk about it but what's happening with otgw?
yay new vid! watching now :D
thank you for your suggestion
i need to know where that desk is from!!! i love it
Where did you get your desk from?
I enjoyed the video but.. I’ll stay my ass in the south 🙂
Broker's fee is optional. If you don't use a broker (which you don't have to) you don't have to pay
Thank you so much for posting this. I am moving next month and I am lost!
Great vlog so very informative
What do you do for a living to afford such rent?
Odd question, your white cup.. where did you get? Been looking for cups like that for a long time.
Calyiah Peek from ikea, they get really scratched up though
Hey, where did you get that desk?! I have something that looks a lot like that lower layer, but the top layer is so cute I need it!!
I got in off Amazon actually, it was from Altra furniture I think :) Yes the top layer is super cute and helpful hehe
I want to move there so bad!! That price doe
I saw you got yourself new furnitures there! Good on ya
Try going to SF. You will like it more!
Really informative. It sure helped a lot.
Loved this! We're in the process of moving and ugh I feel you about the broker's fee - seriously the worst. 😭 We've been living on the upper east side and the new Q train is AMAZING - never take the 6 anymore haha! 👍
don't use broker then
thanks so much for this video its so helpful
What if I live across the country and can't actually go look at an apartment?
I live in the Lower East Side of Manhattan
Thanks! Very informative
Hope it helped and good luck with everything! 😘
very informative, thank you
I would love to see a international comparison; i.e. NYC vs Tokyo vs Beijing vs London vs Paris vs DuBai
I'm not from America, so please help me out: how can one afford a 2500 Dollar appartment? A teacher only earns half of that a month!
justandforver me teachers don't ususally live in Manhattan... They commute. People who live in Manhattan are the artists/free Lance people... Students... Interntional people with a ton of money... Gay people who have their own money sources... Inheritrd wealth... Tech companies&startup people etc. Stock brokers...
To live in new York City as a single person in a studio and have some luxuries ... All you need is around $80k in yearly income...
Ur so right on
When we say that the annual salary has to be 40 times the rent... what annual salary are we talking about: gross (before taxes) or net?
Antoine Verrier gross
Thanks Felicia. UK loves you
Hey! I was just wondering how you were able to get a job in NY considering you're Australian! I'm Canadian and I was thinking of possibly moving to NY but the only thing that's holding me back is my ability to get a job but not being a resident of the country.
aussies have easy under 30 work visa, also E3 visa
Broker fee even if i found the apartment?
La piña Del trópico following!
There are some No Fee apartments... Try Street Easy or Naked Apartments. Also, a lot of the newer high rises are "no fee" or they pay the brokers fee. You go directly to them, pay for the application fee/credit check ($100), and pay security, the rent, and move in...
carableu thanks! Trying to get a job before moving there. Any recommendations?
What field are you in? If you are in an in demand industry, it will be easier. Do all your networking and have your resume ready before you come. Save as much as you can. If you have a room mate it will be easier (and less expensive)... you can airbnb it for a short period of time while you are getting settled. But the major thing is to have $$$$ saved. All the best. p.s. When you go online to look at apartments in the aforementioned sites, look for no fee apartments...
carableu thank you! I am an administrative assistant. Thank you so much for the advice!
This is all so true
Thank you.
Many thay work in NY, live in New Jersey.
So, if I heard this correctly, you only pay 1st months rent and not the 1st and last months rent when signing lease? But you will have a brokers fee, application fee, pet fee , and other BS if neccessary to my application? haha
Felicia, how did you get into the US? I tired, but they were really strict on the visa requirements...
Krista B Pretty sure she said in a previous video that she already had a job lined up, so they would've sponsored her for a visa.
Jessica Mullens thank you :)
Krista B lets get married ill hook you up with a green card darling 😊😊
@@DjJooze i'll sell my ass for a visa
You're damn funny! I enjoyed this video so much. Informative and entertaining!
Visited NYC over New Years holiday, and it was heaven. Totally my lifestyle, but I heard it can be quite expensive to live there. I live in California and feel it's expensive here as well. Pretty informative video nonetheless in terms of budgeting! ((:
“Whole Foods aka Whole Paycheck” 😂😂😂
How do you prove you make 40x the rent if you work in sales? I make about 70k with bonuses but my base salary is only 48k. My girlfriend would make another 30-40k. How do I prove that I can afford the 2k? Thanks
Anthony Pipia W2 and pay stubs
How do you financially support yourself in NYC?
mummy daddy
Amazing
I MISS WATCHING YOUR CHANNEL.. NEVER COMES OUT ON MY PAGE..
I seen u in philly like last month with your home girl I wanted to say hi . But i was scared . Hahahah
where's your desk from?
I got it from Amazon, i forgot the brand. But maybe you can type in 2 tier desk or something? Sorry I couldn't be more helpful!
So the Bronx isn’t a borough anymore? #offended
You didn’t mention Bronx,,,!!
I am wondering if people get payed more in New York than in other areas of America/ world? Because I am from Belgium and I would earn with my diploma 2800 dollar a month Max. So I wonder how people with normal jobs can affort these prices? Just really curieus about how it works there.
Thats why she got roommate, stayed in a studio for 2 years saving money, and cant always hang out and eat wiith herr friends.
high rents, usually mean high salaries on average
Nah, once that apt become vacant, they upgrade the apartment and the rent. Then they wait for the suckers (out of state, foreigners,etc.)or the ones that will split with the roommates. Almost nobody can afford it. Thats why everbody hustling.
@@mochacream3923 well there are people that can afford it obviously. supply and demand