Get Moving...Where to Find cheap Digs in 2009!

Happy 2009! In the spirit of resolutions and change that comes with a new year let me encourage you all to get out there and find your dream apartment.

I just recently started investigating this and have found that the downturn of the economy means a drop in rental prices for Manhattan. So that sweet one bedroom in the village you've had your eye on may actually be in your price range....Awesome right?

I highly recommend Street Easy, a site that's great for buying/renting apartments in NYC that allows you to find real no-fee housing and you can check out how long a property has been on the market to help with your negotiations. Plus there's a great section called "Talk" where people give and seek advice on renter/buyer issues.

Also No Fee Rentals is good for finding places that don't have a hefty broker fee, as well as ol' faithful, Craigslist.

Once you find your dream apartment/condo, check out the free ferry to Ikea in Red Hook to stock up some sweet swedish furnishings.

Now get Moving!

Book Worms Unite! Housing Works Open Air Book Fair-Sunday

Get your read on This Sunday, September 28th

with Housing Works Bookstore's Fourth Annual Open Air Book Fair!

They are closing down Crosby Street to traffic and emptying their basement to offer you some unbeatable bargains!

With more than ten thousand books, records and CDs, DVDs and VHS for as little as a dollar a piece!

Plus there will also be Thrift Stores there selling bags of clothes.

It's all happening this Sunday, 9.28 from 10am-6pm.

126 Crosby Street, NYC 10012(212-334-3324)Subway:
W / R to Prince Street
B / D / F / V to Broadway-Lafayette
6 to Bleecker Street

Low-Cost Digs

Recently a friend wrote me and asked:

This is a very odd and almost embarrassing thing to ask but what the heck.

I recently moved into my own place but I don't want to spend a lot on furniture. If anyone has any freebies they would like to get rid up keep me in mind. I guess this is also a great way to "go green."

Geesh! I feel like I'm begging...

I informed my friend that if her email qualified as begging then I was a total smelly hobo. I furnished my entire apartment in New York with treasures from the trash/craigslist including the most fabulous full length mirror for my apartment because I dug out of the trash outside a restaurant and carried it home 15 blocks. And it was raining...I'm definitely more of a beggar.

Anyway, for free/low cost furniture I highly recommend freecycle.org, Housing Works, Craigslist (Free Section), The Salvation Army and your neighborhood!