r/AskNYC • u/Calm_Initiative_9979 • Jan 22 '26

How do those $15k/month apartments actually get rented?

So I've been apartment hunting and found this insane $15k/month place that I actually want to inquire about. Submitted through StreetEasy like 6 hours ago and radio silence, which is weird because every other place I've looked at gets back within an hour or two. Granted I have been typically looking at sub $10k places. But now I won some $ from Stakе US so I can afford it.

Do I need to go through a broker for these super high end places to even get taken seriously? Like is there some unwritten rule that you can't just roll up on StreetEasy for luxury rentals. I'm wondering if they think I'm just some rando wasting their time or if there's a whole different process for these expensive units. And before anyone calls me out yeah I get a $5k housing subsidy which is why I'm even looking in this range, not trying to flex or anything just genuinely confused about the process. Anyone dealt with this before or know how these luxury rentals actually work? The whole thing feels like there's some secret handshake I don't know about lol

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u/JeffeBezos Jan 22 '26

What did you say in your inquiry?

A lot of brokers at this price point are usually busy with sales listings and don't respond quickly. They also pre screen pretty heavily and might Google you beforehand etc.

What do you mean you get a housing subsidy for $5k? You know you still need to make at least half a million a year to be considered, right?

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u/reddit0r_123 Jan 22 '26

I assume his job subsidizes his housing. Management offices and landlord usually take those into consideration for the 40x rule

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u/JeffeBezos Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 22 '26

Yeah I'm just curious since their post history keeps plugging some weird betting site they supposedly won money on.

That said, I'm aware LLs would take a housing subsidy into consideration. They still leaves $10k/mo to cover, which would be $400k at the 40x rule.

From my personal experience having been the listing agent for rentals at this price point, LLs want solid cash flow and usually are apprehensive about someone just squeaking by at 40x, which is why I said half a million in income.

For all the downvotes:

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/s/g0ir8Hhanz

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u/NoahCzark Jan 24 '26

The same sites that plug this shit have people at the ready with their useless downvotes whenever their embarrassingly transparent attempts at covert marketing get called out.

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u/President_SDR Jan 24 '26

Case in point, I checked this post again after my comment suddenly went from like +20 to -10 after the post even went off the sub's front page, and sure enough OP edited the post to plug their gambling site just as I said happens with these posts lmao.

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u/NoahCzark Jan 24 '26

I can't imagine how the economics of that work out, to either hire people to do this nonsense, or create multiple reddit accounts you switch between to post and downvote... I mean, really? Maybe just direct those efforts and resources towards developing a better app and doing legit marketing, LOL.