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		bonesinger on July 28, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Oliver, a New Apartment-Finding App, Cuts Out the ... I've moved 5 times in Chicago in the last 5 years, and each time I tried a broker but it was a miserable experience. I ended up finding a place on craigslist each time. I'm looking to move to NYC soon and I all I see are $1500 broker fees the tenant has to pay. Its pretty insane.

billpaetzke on July 28, 2015 [–]

With 1-bedrooms averaging above 3k/mo, you're looking at a broker's fee of $4500. Even if you get a cheap studio at 2k/mo, the fee is 3k.

bonesinger on July 28, 2015 | [–]

Yeah, actually I was looking in Jersey City and they were $1500, $4500 is insane to me. I'm from the NY tri-state area but I never bothered trying to live in NYC.

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