Living in Manhattan NYC For $800 a Month! 

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Wait, so she's paying $1938, not 800. Title is misleading as hell.

She is one of the few that got lucky. It is like winning a lottery. Most rent stabilize apt. are inherited thru relatives.

She has decorated her apartment with so much personnality, it is cozy and lived in. I love how she accented the decor with the same blue that she wears. She is very clever, lots of positive energy! : the dog door, the TV in view when she puts her make up. Everything is perfect!

Such a cute apartment that seems to work for her so nicely! But tbh my favorite thing about this video was Sarah herself. What a great energy! She seems like such a lovely and genuine person. Love to see her getting this good deal.

She’s the kind of roommate everyone dreams of when moving to NYC and the kind of tenant every landlord wants! So clean, organized and clever when it comes to saving space.

Good on her for snagging such a great deal, in a gem of a neighborhood, and transforming it into a beautiful space. Positive vibes making for a positive life!

So not $800 a month then 🙄

I love when you interview folks in their apartments. It's also always nice to see apartments that the average person can afford. Very nice lady, one of the gems of NY.

A great apartment. She is a smart organizer. People would pay for her ideas. My favorite was the kitchen makeover.

She is so amazing. Look at how organized she is. It's no wonder she was able to land this apartment. You know she is going the extra mile to secure the best.

I love what she’s done to fix up the few issues with the kitchen. Stick ‘n Peel is pretty much the way to go with renters. She’s really able to make her apartment her home. It has pretty much everything. Since the apartment’s one closet is so tiny she’s got storage from her bed, couch, kitchen cupboards and the open closets in her bedroom area. I love these videos for those of us who can only afford the small apartments and have to learn how to make your place home without breaking the lease by damaging the walls and cabinets with much needed improvements.

This gal is amazing and so smart!!!!! She’s taken a caterpillar and turned it into a beautiful butterfly. Forget the angle of rent control. Focus on how beautiful her apartment is and how she’s using her space in a most amazing way!!! Way to go, young lady!!

I live in Washington Heights and, crazily enough, my roommate just signed for a rent stabilized studio apartment directly on Riverside Drive & 81st Street for $1250 a month !!! I've heard of these zeitgeist moments but I didn't think they existed anymore. He happened to be looking on the internet and the rental popped up on the page he was on. He called immediately, insisted on seeing the apartment, had all his finances together and 2 hours later, signed for the apartment. They had over 200 phone calls in 45 minutes. I helped him move in yesterday. It's a stunning apartment. Quiet and with views of Riverside Park. I still can't believe he landed this. He'll hang onto this for the rest of his life.

It's small but really functional. I think it's even larger than some of the other studios we've seen & that archway gives it some charm. She definitely lucked out bcuz apartments in that neighborhood go for almost double that rent sometimes. Hope everyone here in the US is enjoying the Memorial Day weekend

What a nice person. Opening her home for the world is courageous. It's amazing to see a realistic home and not a decor magazine. It's adorable.

This video was amazing! Your friend, Sarah, was very lucky to have found this great rent-stabilized apartment. Love what she's done with it, especially her diys. Very practical and down-to-earth lady and so generous to share her place and renting advice with all of us. Thank you Cash and Sarah!

Thanks for allowing Cash to show your place. I love how you made it so nice and functional 😍

I see a lot of complaints but she lives in the West Village of Manhattan, in a studio. $1938 is a crazy good deal in this market. I just came home from a week's worth of apartment hunting and a "cheap" studio in that area is 2400-2500 plus broker fees. The only way to spend 2000 a person or less in that area is to share a 2/3/4 bedroom. And many are crappy. Most had terrible bath or kitchens that haven't seen repairs in years. Here, she gets an entire place to herself.

She’s very imaginative when it comes to making the best of her space, I like her space making gadgets too

$800/MO IS LESS THAN HALF OF HOW MUCH SHE SAYS SHE PAYS !!! FIX THIS LIE !!!

5 stars to her for utilizing and upgrading the space, best I’ve seen in 10 years of nyc living

Sarah's apartment is so cute and functional. She really knows how to make the most of a small space without it looking cluttered. Thank you for the tour!

That was fascinating, much the same way tiny house videos are fascinating. I love seeing how real people make small spaces work. Really charming apartment and host! Keep this series going!

Absolutely love this apartment! So much space in the bathroom, and I love how the clothing racks fit perfectly on each side!

Sooooooooooooooooooooo the apartment is NOT $800 a month. Cash stop gaslighting me. !!!! SMH

Cash, I absolutely loved this video. I’d love to see more of this type….Keeps us NYC lovers hopeful about finding affordable and sensible apartment in beautiful NYC

This woman is living the dream, for real! Love it.

good for her! it's always awesome when good people have good things happen to them.

I LOVE the fact you got a chance to talk to an actual tenant. I always wonder what the home looks like after they move in. Please do more of this type if you get a chance.

What this lady has done with this apartment is nothin short of incredible! Not only as she lucky but she put in the WORK!!!

She mastered using space plus looks like very kind person!Hope she keeps this as long as possible!!

Such a gem of a place-decorated so comfy and cute! Love it

This woman is a DIY Queen! And Cash: congrats on 500 k suscribers. Well deserved. :D

It's nice to see a normal, lived in space for a regular New Yorker. 👍🤠

She is so organized! She has everything set up so well and has so much storage! Nice apartment.

She's like the typical movie character from NYC that we all fall in love with - cheerful, little dog, crowded clean appt, bike on the wall.

She's a lovely person! And she made the place feels cozy.

I really enjoyed seeing this one! Sarah did a fantastic job & the result is awesome. Great tips and tricks for storage & organization. She has everything she needs there plus rent stability. We'll done👏👏👏👏

I appreciate her enthusiasm and attention to detail. She’s really rockin’ NYC.

She needs to host her own show! Love her and her apartment!

Loved this episode! Shes wonderful, what a beautiful space and so organized 🎉😊

I love her and I hope all the good things come her way! I hope someday when I grow up I can get rid of my belongings when necessary as cheerfully as she does.

Thank you Sarah for letting us into your delightful and beautifully organised home, so comfortable too. Well done Cash for discovering her!. I would love to have met Lucy!

This is so cute, and she's done such a great job decorating and making it her own! Thanks for the tour! 💗

She has done an Great Job with that Apartment 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙌🏽🔥❤️….I love it!!!

Always happy to see anyone making it in NYC. She seems like a very nice lady. Definitely blessed that she found such a nice inexpensive apartment.

What a great video! Brought back memories of visiting my great aunt, who lived in that neighborhood. Loved the tenant’s upgrades.

She is amazing! She totally deserved the place! And she is the landlord’s dream! Sarah, Congratulations!! Loved the place!

Cash-once again you have created a warm and welcoming environment for all your viewers. Every aspect was very well done. The tone throughout this episode was one of the best I’ve seen. Keep going! ☮️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

I would never leave either! They can only raise the rent 2-1/2% a year is fantastic! The lowest I have ever heard was 5%. I love how she did those peel and stick counters, floors, and back splash. It makes something not so nice look so much better. Changing the shower head was good to. You’d be so surprised how easy it is to do that and how cheap it is.

Wow she's so creative! This is prob my favorite NY apartment tour video

Both of you are so enthusiastic and noticing details that I got several ideas and was boosted up in attitude. Thank you both.

for today’s market, she got a sweet deal. for as many times as she’s moved, she deserves it! i relate. when i lived in nyc, i moved several times and became a minimalist, too. (and i’m from ohio) she’s also done a spectacular job of decorating and organizing her space. she has everything! great video!

I love Sarah! I wish she had done videos of her apartment rehab. I've lived in Manhattan my whole life and she's got great ideas for apartment living! ❤❤❤

Honestly, THANK YOU Sarah for showing your apartment. Learned a lot and got some space-saving tips that will be used.

She has done a wonderful job optimizing space and keeping the function. Well done!

My first NYC apartment was in a building that had recently converted from rent stabilized to market rate. In chatting with some of the more tenured residents, I discovered that they were paying half as much as I did for the same or even bigger units. While none of them complained about the rent, they did express the fact that as rent stabilized tenants, the landlord wouldn't do anything for them. Their appliances were old, the paint hadn't been refreshed since they moved in, etc… It's great that Sarah took it upon herself to make upgrades to her apartment. She lives in a very enviable neighbourhood and for a reasonable rate. We would all love to live in the West Village.

I love the efficiency. No wasted space. I love seeing compact places like this. Excellent.

$2000 per month for that little bird cage is insane.

the amount of positive energy this video has is amazing

The positivity vibes just radiate off this woman! Fantastic video Cash one of my favourites!

I really enjoyed this type of video. Such a smart and savy girl. She made the space much bigger than it is. I didn’t even notice the couch and second clothes rack when you first showed whole apartment when walking in

I was in NYC this past week. Saw my first homeless person sleeping in the middle of a sidewalk. Such a majestic city lol.

Such a great job she did with thus apartment! Thanks for uploading!!

She and the apartment are so cute.

WOW! This Lady is SO Switched on! Can you imagine what she could do with More Room? 🇬🇧👏

I LOVE this! The tour with the homeowner is just awesome! Please do more vids like this one Cash! I love that it’s a tour of an actual space so we can see how folks live in these tiny spaces.

This is so cool! Sarah has such a great apartment and I love how her decor. Great tips!

This would be a helpful guide for anyone considering a small studio apartment. She has made good use of every square inch, and she doesn't have to be a minimalist to live here!

I think she did a nice job at making everything fit without it looking cluttered.

Love seeing how people actually live in their apartments!! Nice

This woman is amazing, so many DYI ideas I never thought of before so resourceful. Absolutely love it, thank you for the information.

Cash, great vid this morning! It's nice that you took the time to show how people end up using their space. And too the different financial options they have regarding the rents...creative as well as informative!

Sarah is so sweet. I love what she has done to make her apartment look good, and be a cosy place to live in. May you have many, many happy years in your NYC apartment!

this seems like such a comfortable and loved home. an absolute dream

Love this energy! Sarah is clearly on her game 💯

What a charming home. Sarah has made the best use of the small space so that it works for her. It has lots in it but does not appear to be overstuffed. Thanks guys.

I love this girl's personality. Self deprecating and not trying to be cool at all. Refreshing as most of these apartment tour type videos have people who are so nervous about how they will be perceived.

Love this girl's apartment! Super minimalist 😍

Wow!! What a gem!! Cash, Sarah did very good!! She has a cozy cute apartment...it's perfect and she made it work. The fact her rent is stabilized, no worries about a huge rent increase. 😊

Thanks, Cash & Sarah for the tour! What a charming apartment! Sarah did a great job with the kitchen reno - and thanks for the reno tips! That's a good size bathroom for a studio too.

This is what I love about NY appartments. the space management and just little ideas like the floor tile to make it look better.

Love this!! Thank you for doing these awesome peeks into New York!

She’s has a great apartment made better by HER own innovations. Smart girl! 👍🏻😁 But, Cash, STOP ‘lying’ in your lead-ins. 🥴 This apartment does NOT rent for ‘$800/month’; it’s MORE than DOUBLE that. It’s still an amazing amount….but NOT ‘$800’. 🤨

I'm so impressed with the rent controlled apartment and what she did with it. She fixed it up perfectly and it's got the light, the organization, and the comfortable living and sleeping spaces. Thanks Cash, for showing us this nice woman and her very nice apartment.

That’s a nice apartment (that she has fixed up and allows pets)and the way she has used the space makes it even more charming! Wow the price per a month she pays could get her a real nice house here in Ohio!! 👍🙏🇺🇸😊🐾

Very cute & functional. I have not seen anyone so transparent! She allowed him to expose EVERY nook and cranny!!❤

Caash! You've got to do more of these vids. Your enthusiasm to ask, their enthusiasm to share, it just works! Perfectly!! 😊🧡😊⭐👏👏🎈💯

Love this video! It’s really cool to see how someone sets up a place and adapts to the small footprint. It’s felt very functional.

This was a great video! I did not know there are stick on drawer handles. 👍🏻

Great vlog Cash love these home tours of small apartments in NYC keep up the great work! 🤙🏻

I love this woman, she's clean and smart for finding this apartment and make it look better

Great apt & she's handy. Experience pays off.

Great deal! I just wanted to clarify that she misspoke about what "rent stabilized" means though. It's true that the rent increase is less than a market rate apartment, but it isn't fixed at 2.5%, it's set every year by a committee appointed by the mayor. They look at inflation and the state of the economy and try to decide on a fair increase. In exchange for the lost profits, landlords get tax breaks. If you look at the historical increases, it kind of depends on the politics of the mayor in office. So during the ultra liberal Bill de Blasio it barely went up at all. During the pandemic the increase was 0% one year, but this year due to inflation and the fact that we have a more moderate mayor, they've said it's likely going to be a 5% increase. Last year it was 3.25% for a one year renewal and 5% for a two year renewal. They haven't gone above 5% for a one year renewal in recent history, but they have before, so substantial increases are possible, but you're almost always getting a better deal than a market rate apartment that can go up as much as the landlord wants it to.

Great tour! Glad she found a nice place that's rent stabilized. Eleven years ago I visited a friend in the West Village. His place was much smaller and $3400 per month. I cant imagine how much that place is now.

She has much wisdom in decorating and designing her apt. She has it down to a fine art. The place is very inviting. Well done!!🎉🎉

This is a really cool format, I like your rental tours but it’s always really interesting to actually see how someone is using /living in these spaces.

There is a downside to rent stabilized. Sometimes owners will not make necessary improvements ( like upgrading ancient electrical or plumbing) because they would rather make it so uncomfortable that you leave. And if the apartment is in a building that goes coop, you had better hope the shares are owned by an individual who treats you like a human and not a potential profit center. Big companies who buy up rent stabilized apt shares are counting the ways to make your life miserable and finding ways to “motivate” you to move. Laws that allegedly protect you are ignored and even taking to court can do nothing. The Bisset problem is any repair that requires you to leave the building and live elsewhere. Folks have been known to delay repairs once you are out or damage the apt to force you out. Friend lives in Stabilized apt with 1923 wiring. If ac is on, cant use any appliance in kitchen and no other electrical outlet in room with ac. Many other issues. So not all great conditions in these apts. this woman was very lucky that the managing company let her take over lease. This rarely happens because when someone moves out, they can destabilize and get market rate.

Sarah - thanks for the tour! Your apartment is adorable & you've made great use of the space. (Hello from Toledo,OH 😅) Cash - I'm digging this different type of video!