It's really appalling that landlords in NYC get away with renting out closets and passing them off as apartments.

That 2k apartment was by far the best value for the money. It could use some work to get cleaned up, but they were in the process of that. There was a separate bedroom that could fit a queen bed, a dresser that a TV could sit on. The Living room could fit a sofa and TV, plus it had a built in island to eat off of. It had its own washroom. The only difference between the 2k apartment and the 3k appeared to be the updated appliances / cleanliness. I could manage the 2k apartment though. Anything over the 3k, you likely can't afford if you're a blue collar worker.

Sadly, the $10,000 apartment was very disappointing

When the bathroom is shared, it's a rented room and not an apartment! The $2,000 unit at least has a bathroom and kitchen, with a separate "bedroom". It's a little rough around the edges but it has the minimum amenities. From there on up, these apartments have luxuries, things nice to have but not absolutely necessary.

#1 was simply awful. I can't imagine sharing my toilet with complete strangers! #2 & #3 were not bad. #4 was fine until i saw the boarded up windows! #5 was too expensive for what is essentially a two bedroom apartment with a big cupboard!

I like the second one . After they clean it will be nice. You actualy get bathroom , workable kitchen , separate bedroom and there is room for a couch in that living area . Unless you are a family with kids it works fine for 1 person or a couple .

The $3,000 per month unit is a big step up from the last two pitholes and feels civilized enough for someone to live in.

This video is a great guide for people looking to move to New York and what to expect at each budget. Great video

I appreciate my house and my back, front and side yards, and my garden, garages, driveway…laundry, etc. so much when I watch this.

I actually liked the $2,000 apartment. Seems large enough for one person. Hopefully, there is laundry somewhere in the building or close by.

I wanna see a video of peoples best attempts at designing a functional space with the first apartment, only using IKEA. Id watch that 🤩

I had a friend who moved from NYC to Chicago, they had a tiny one bedroom house in NYC which costed 4,000 a month and when they moved to Chicago, they got a large 3 bedroom apartment in the city centre for the same price. It is crazy how property prices differ from city to city.

An apartment with a toilet feels luxurious 🤣. Damn watching these videos makes me feel like royalty just for having more than 1 full indoor non shared bathroom. 😊

I'm in a $830/mo 485 square feet appartment in the Netherlands. That $1000 appartment is barely larger than the size of my entire bathroom... Hell, you can't even call that small room an appartment to begin with... Appartment pricing in New York is completely ridiculous. Yes, I know you can't directly compare pricing from one country to another but this is just insane.

I have a 2100 sq/ft ranch house that I paid $120K for back in 1998 (brand new). Seeing the cost of these apartments makes me glad I am not starting from scratch again.

I like the second apt with the little stairs to the bedroom

It's always nice to see Skye touring with Cash.

The $2000 apartment looks like a decent place. The $3000 apartment is about equivalent of my apartment (which is about $700 because we have rent control here), very large for a single person, many of my neighbors have families in such apartments.

That first one is a lot like your first apartment. Move to NYC with a friend and get the 2nd one. Once they finish cleaning it up, it's not horrible. At least there's a kitchen and a bathroom. $3,000 may be fancier, but I'd rather have the extra money for shopping and going out.

@ :36 @ 1:48 The worst thing about the first apartment is trying not to trip over your neighbor's 5 or 6 pairs of shoes strewn all over the hallway right outside your door. At least line them up neatly on your own side of the hall, people.

No mention of air conditioning for any of these apts. even for $10K. After seeing the first 3 I want to clean my house the rest of the day.

That first building has 70 units @ $1,000 (minimum) = $70,000/month, $840,000/year. It'd be interesting to know what its costs are: property taxes, insurance, heating, water, etc.

It seems like regular apartments were split up into smaller spaces, to maximize rental income.

That first apartment scared me. My word…I’m thankful for seeing this though. Great guide for someone like me that wants to move to New York one day (Brooklyn).

I like the $2K apartment. So much potential and it's affordable. 😊

😃 Happy Sunday

Cash, thanks for working on the weekends too! Hugs to your and your sweet lil family 🤩

SRO (single room occupancy/flop house). I grew up in NYC you paid weekly and living in one was the last option before becoming a mole person(living in train tunnels). These newcomers to NYC are the proverbial sucker born everyday. 😂 🤣

I am so glad to live in a nice Florida house with my parents on 1.3 acres of land. Looking outside and seeing run-down brick walls must be so dreary and depressing! I can't imagine how anyone could handle living in any of these apartments, because the cheap ones are truly awful, and the expensive ones are literally more than most people's mortgage payments. Like seriously, who in their right mind would rent an apartment for $10,000 a month when they could own a place instead?

Wow, so in the last 100 years we've gone from 1 communal toilet per 20 tenaments to 1 communal toilet per 10 tenaments AND they have DOORS now! That's solid 1% per year improvement. Well on the way to having 1 toilet per dwelling by mid 3rd millennium. 😂 Every time I watch one of these I feel more assured that, while I don't like to live more than 30-40 minutes from downtown, I am *not* a hive human. I don't want to be "in the center of everything".

This is Gonna b so Good CJ🔥🔥🔥👍n Happy Sunday😀 …..

Wow, what a perspective into life in NY. I feel spoiled now in my 1400 a month house in Pensacola. Next time I think about complaining I will think about this video.

I rented a $650😮 “apartment” in 2009, LES. It was a little bigger than the $1,000 and had its own toilet and sink, a half-bath, no tub or shower, no separate sink. The kitchen was three kitchen cabinets on the floor with a fake marble slab on top for a counter. Above it was a storage shelf. There was a tiny dorm fridge with microwave and toaster oven on top. I used a futon for a bed and couch, a card table for a desk, and two folding tables & chairs. There were two windows, one that opened into the air shaft, the other, looked over the street and fire escape. It was illegal to put in an air conditioner, but I did it anyway in the air shaft window. Heat came from one small steam radiator beneath the street window. There was a real skinny closet built into the interior wall, so little room that you had to hang your clothes on an angle. I put the futon on risers in order to keep storage crates for my non-hanging clothes underneath. I learned to improvise. A sprayer nozzle on a length of garden hose enabled me to spray water from the sink into two dishpans on the counter. I bought a small plastic kiddie pool to put on the floor and use the sprayer to wash myself. No proper bathing facility was the main reason for low price! When done, I’d scoop out the water with a margarine tub until I could safely pick up the pool and dump the rest down the sink or toilet. Electric outlets with power bars came from beneath the boarded up door, from beneath the floor molding, and down from the ceiling in the “kitchen.” Three cheap assemble them yourself 6” deep bookshelves served as area dividers for my bed and desk. Four 99c. printed pillow cases served for curtains and valance, two more went on the futon covered with plain colored wool blankets. Since it was just me who lived in this lovely illegal palace, it didn’t matter if I sponged off in the tub in the middle of the floor. Just close the curtains and lock the door. I hung up my mini cuckoo clock, two paintings of my favorite icons, a calendar from church, and an accordion style mug hanger on the back of the door for coats, hats, etc. I kept my bicycle in the hall, chained to the stair rail. Overall, it was a cute, cozy room for a busy single lady.

Third apartment definitely! The $10k was ridiculously overpriced and overrated as well. I’m getting used to NewYorkers not seeming to care much about kitchen size but I do! That $10k’s kitchen was like a last thought so they just added cabinets to the ceiling that no one will probably never use bc they look pretty but suck for true usage. See you next time Cash as usual great job 👏 p.s. was that first place more of say, a flop house? 😉

Yes! You need to make more videos like this for single people looking for apartments! Good job 🎯👍🔥💯

I'm trying really hard to understand how the first apartment is able to be legal... Is this an American thing? To share a bathroom with ten+ people? This must have been a nightmare at the peak of Covid🙈🙉🙊

Wow this is such an eye-opening experience. I used to live in NYC and I know it is an expensive city, but the housing market does not fail to surprise me! I have thought of moving back, but now looking at what you have to recommend, and in your other videos, I am going to have to think about my move seriously.

I have seen videos for the 1K type of apartment before, a lot of people live in them. Some of the videos I have seen the apartment did include it's own tiny bathroom, and sometimes not. A lot of people will either expand the loft to be larger, or put up one of those things that's like a bunkbed but with nothing on the bottom so you have space for an office, living space, etc. It's actually not uncommon in the far east, where apartments are tiny. I have seen videos of a lot of tiny apartments in NYC and other cities where people get very creative. Search the web.

thank you for showing us apartments

The neighborhood tours were always my favorite part but haven't seen a tour in what feels like a few weeks. The neighborhood tours is what made this channel cool. Now it's just like every other NYC apartment channels

Cash, I like the 2 & 3 k. Of course the 2k... after being cleaned up is a possibility. The location, neighborhood, safety (including fire escape), laundry room all important! . I think a rematch video on the 2 & 3 would be awesome 👌 ! Your videos are so fun! I'm originally from NEW ENGLAND BOSTON ETC.. NOW in FL.

Good morning ! ☀️

Happy soaking Sunday

Cash this was a cool idea for a video series. Maybe do one of these once a month or something. I liked all the options & it was rad to see the comparisons.

Why are there 35,000 pairs of shoes outside in the hallway? Is that how many roommates live in the room across the hall?

Love this idea! You get what you pay for.

The second one is awesome! Edit: Okay maybe the third one is okay, too lol! 🤷🏻‍♀️

Terrible to make folks go outside the unit to pee or to shower. Yuck! Also detest the pile of shoes blocking the door of the $1,000 per month unit in violation of city fire code. That place should not be legal as is.

The first area is not even an apartment. It’s just a room. Stop lying to these people.

Great comparison,love vlog, apartments and cashxx💕

LoVe the 2000 place. Tons of storage,range hood,wee steps up to the action & sleep room plus a bath ! Dig the charm and character of this place.

Is a raining Sunday but is a great day Cash Thank you

That ubiquitous grey tile in kitchens and bathrooms.

Live outside NYC take the train in. My advice.

Awesome job cash see you tomorrow.

I was actually quite impressed with the $2,000. I'd say it's more than twice as good as the $1,000 one.

I know it’s New York, but anyone who willingly lives in that first place needs to have a serious conversation with a therapist… Self esteem!

Basically, a $10,000 apartment in New York is like a $1,600 apartment in the capital of Spain. And the NYC one still being mediocre.

Fantastic! Another Skye episode.

12:44 It was the door of this house to which Fran Drescher arrived selling cosmetics in the first episode of the iconic 90's sitcom called​ "The Nanny".

I wonder what the regular income in New York is. I‘m in German public service, having a bachelor degree and being paid accordingly. I wouldn’t be able to pay the rents of the liveable apartments.

Could Skye put down the iphone and take off the AirPods for the videos?

Immediately thumbs up for opening the small door with the screw knob 😂

What a fun video! Totally puts things in perspective.

The $10,000 per month features nice patio space, a full kitchen, and decent common space. Could wish for more space for a dining table for that price. I have seen better features at cheaper prices. The downstairs could serve as a work area or and art studio area. Could also serve as a den and guest area. The patio is good. Like that the laundry machines are included in the unit (in addition to the public laundry machines).

The gorgeous and lovely Skye is back! Cash's videos are always 10x better when she's in them. Is she single? Not that she'd ever date me haha. Really good video showing the price difference ranges. Of course that last $10K one isn't fair cause unless you're in the city for 1, 2 year or so, you should be buying at that point. Plus you're winning in life if you can afford that and a NYC lifestyle. The $3K one would be good for roommates.

Makes me grateful for what I have🙏🙏🙏

Great video Kaz

The $6,000 per month unit has a decent outdoor area, albeit not a luxury spot. The skylight is fun. Decent closet space. The kitchen is a bit too compact to work easily in for anyone who is a gourmet cook but it minimally does the job. The third BR is a bit dark, and the renter can expect to be interrupted frequently in the wee hours from the buzzing intercom. The French doors are a welcome bonus though.

As someone living in Texas, it’s just a absolute culture shock that people who live in these tiny apartments think that the price they pay for it is okay. Meanwhile, we get a huge multi bedroom apartments with a kitchen and even a mini garage for at $2k a month. We literally have bedroom closets that’s bigger than the smallest NYC apartments! We LOVE and NEED our large space!!

Love this type of video!

Three roommates is approximately 3,330 each for the 10K. Totally worth it and you can plumb in a washer and dryer.

This is why we work from home on Long Island 🤪

Have you ever done an episode showing apartments that are disabled friendly?

I like watching these videos to remind me why I left NYC and have never been happier.

Love New York! Love your channel!

Why anyone in their right mind would rent a closet for $1K is beyond me. & how many other people are crammed in2 those other units based on the amount of shoes you will have to navigate thru? 10 units on the floor??? Take ca number for the bathroom & shower. None of these places were great but the $10K was the best overall just horribly overpriced. We've seen way better for that kind of money

Morning,cash

For $1000 / month unit, a Japanese futon that you roll up during the day seems the way to go.

Great videography!

So Cash, are you tired of reviewing the neighborhoods? We miss your snarky and informative commentary in the surroundings. Please start doing neighborhood tours again!! It's what made your channel unique.

A Message to our Dear American Cousins, How are they allowed to Rent that first Flat?It has to be Illegal Right??🇬🇧❤🇺🇸

The apartments of the first building are just like ones Norm has shown in some Tokyo Lens videos,

I'm glad they have so much fun with the horrible conditions some people are forced into. But hey, at least they can afford better! Subscribed!

why do non-rich people purposely move to NYC? I will never understand it

That poor soul who rents the 70 sq foot unit...

Of course you saved the best till last !! Very enlightening as to what your money can buy!

Having flashbacks watching this to my first apartment in Salem, Mass. 1986....3 bedroom 1 bath, was $750/mo, incl heat/ht water. 3rd fl walkup with balcony, basement laundry. Was maybe 1200 sq ft. Bet that same place now rents for over $4k/mo.

Yeah I’d rather be poor and have my own bathroom then have a closet of an apartment

The first one is like a prison cell

Hi Cash and to your friend wow. This is another unique and spacious NYC apartment. I prefer the affordable $1000 then the $10,000 apartment. I like all the tiny kitchen and hardwood floors and with a sink sprayer. Stay well and safe 👍😎😀Then again I would prefer the bathroom and shower inside the NYC apartment. Overall great tour 👍😇

Skye is FIRE.

That 1st unit reminds me of a prison cell...I just couldn't do it without losing my mind

$3,000 was the best value for the money.

$2k honestly looks like that'd be perfect for me (Fixed up of course) like honestly looks like a lot of fun and multiple spots to sit at and chill or have friends over in the living room area

Great Tour

this is sad

Not first!

$2,000 per month: Cute place. You don’t NEED a queen bed. Get a double or extra long single and prop up the bed but plastic storage bins. Previous season clothes can go in there. More plastic bins store on bottom of closet floor. Buy a couple big dressers (tall) from Kia and you’re set.

I live in NYC right now and I'm here for college. I'm living in one of my college's dorms. I never realized how good I have it until this video. Oh my god. I'm so glad I'm leaving after graduation.