Apartment Plan
Your NYC apartment plan, built around you
Tell us your income, move date, and commute. You get your numbers, your neighborhoods, live searches set to your budget, and a week-by-week plan to move-in day.
$47 Personal plan, emailed within 1 business day
Not useful? Full refund within 14 days of delivery, one per customer. Refund policy
Drafted with AI from our sourced research. A person checks every plan before it's sent.
What you get
Everything in your plan
The guide teaches the process. Your plan runs it with your numbers.
Your max rent
What landlords are likely to approve under the 40x rule, and what actually fits your budget.
Your move-in cash
First month, deposit, and screening fees, with what's yours to pay under the FARE Act.
Your neighborhoods
Three to five areas that fit your budget and your commute, with typical rents and their sources.
Your documents
The checklist for your situation, including guarantor options if you need one.
Your messages
Copy-and-send scripts for agents and landlords, with your details filled in.
Your timeline
A week-by-week plan from today to move-in day.
Example: a made-up renter with no broker. Your plan uses your own numbers. Rules: 40x income guideline (Brick Underground), one-month deposit cap (NYC Comptroller), $20 screening fee cap (NYSBA). Rules checked September 29, 2026.
Four steps
How it works
Buy your plan.
Answer the intake. It takes about 10 minutes.
Claude drafts your plan from our sourced research, and a person checks every number.
Your plan arrives by email within 1 business day.
Where your plan points you
The right places to look, never a paid list
You pay for the plan itself, never for listings or introductions. Brokers, landlords, and listing sites never pay us, so every pointer in your plan is there because it fits you. We don't sell or hand-pick listings: in New York, charging for listing information takes a special state license (NY Department of State).
Listing sites, preset
StreetEasy and Zillow searches set to your budget, size, and neighborhoods, so new apartments show up the moment they're posted.
Landlords who rent directly
How to find management companies that list their own buildings. Under the FARE Act, the landlord's agent can't charge you a broker fee (NYC DCWP).
Affordable-housing lotteries
NYC Housing Connect, the city's portal for affordable housing, and how to check which lotteries fit your income.
Commutes, mapped
One-tap transit directions from each neighborhood on your shortlist to your work or school.
Building checks
How to look up a building's record on HPD Online before you tour.
A licensed broker, only if you want one
When hiring your own is worth it, and how to check a license with the state. No referral fees, ever.
The intake
What we ask, and what we never ask
About ten questions, nothing sensitive. Your answers are used only to build your plan.
We ask about
- Your yearly income, a guarantor's, or the rent you want to pay
- Your move-in date, and how flexible it is
- Where you work or study, and your longest OK commute
- Bedrooms, roommates, pets, and must-haves
- Savings for move-in, and whether you have a guarantor
We never ask
- Your race, national origin, citizenship, religion, age, family status, disability, or any other trait the NYC Human Rights Law protects
- Your Social Security, bank, or ID numbers
- For copies of your documents: you keep those until you apply
Who it's for
- Renters who want a plan for their own numbers, not an average
- Anyone moving to New York on a deadline
- Roommates searching together
What it's not
- Not a listing service, and not a broker
- Not legal advice about your situation
- Not a promise that you'll be approved
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Your NYC apartment plan, built around you
$47 Personal plan, emailed within 1 business day
Not useful? Full refund within 14 days of delivery, one per customer. Refund policy