<p>My D graduated in May. She was going to school in NYC, and got an apartment with two other roommates the summer before her junior year. We used a broker, it was expensive, but saved a lot of time and hassle. D lives in Washington Heights, the rent is cheaper and the apartments are huge, but the commute is longer. One roommate moved out, they have two people moving in next month that will share a bedroom so their rent will be $725 a month. Utilities are around 30-40 per month, I think the internet is $25 per month each. Weāre keeping her on our cell phone plan for now, and we pay for her health insurance. A subway pass is $112 per month, itās going to go up to $125 within the next year or so. D is working a retail job part time, and has another job working kidās birthday parties. Sheās getting by, but itās really tight financially. Fortunately sheās really frugal and good at budgeting.</p>
<p>She booked a Shakespeare festival this summer, sheās been working her but off with that. Itās been a great experience, she gets equity points, but it doesnāt pay much. Luckily her job has been really nice about working with her crazy theatre hours. Sheās hoping to get another part time job or more hours from her current job once the show is over. </p>
<p>If a parent doesnāt want to be a guarantor for an apartment (or canāt afford to) Insurent is a company that charges a fee (it used to be one monthās rent) to be a guarantor. Lots of landlords will take Insurent, thereās a dropdown menu to look for buildings and managment companies that will take it.</p>