410-935-0511

New York rentals

Your first New York apartment, handled.

Students and their parents, new grads, people relocating for work. We find it, you sign it, we hand you the keys.

WhereManhattan and Brooklyn
FeeOne month's rent, in writing first
Reach usSame day, every day

Who we work with

Three kinds of first-timers

Students and parents

Moving to NYU, Columbia, Fordham, The New School, Parsons, FIT, Pace or Cornell Tech. We handle guarantors, the 40-times-rent rule, remote tours, applications and move-in, and we keep the parent in the loop the whole way.

First apartments

New grads, first jobs, roommate groups. You've never signed a New York lease and nobody has explained what any of it means. We have, and we will, in plain English, before you sign.

Relocations

Moving for a job, a residency, a transfer. You have two weekends and a start date. We line up the right buildings before you land and get you signed before you leave.

How it works

Search to keys, in four steps

STEP 1

A 20-minute call

Budget, neighborhoods, dates, who's signing and who's paying. We tell you what your budget actually gets right now, not what a listing says.

STEP 2

A short list, not a long one

Real apartments we've seen or vetted, at real prices. Tours in person or on video the same week.

STEP 3

Application done right

We assemble the package, handle the guarantor paperwork, and make the offer that wins without overpaying.

STEP 4

Lease review and keys

Every clause explained before you sign. Then move-in logistics, utilities, and a number to text when the sink leaks.

What it costs

One month's rent. In writing, before we start.

  • Our fee is one month's rent, with a $3,000 minimum, paid at lease signing.
  • You see it in a written agreement before anyone shows you an apartment. No surprises at the table.
  • Roommate groups split one month across the group.
  • When a landlord hires us to fill their apartment, the landlord pays and you don't. We tell you which is which on every listing.
Why a fee at all? Since June 2025, whoever hires the broker pays the broker. If you want someone working for you, not for the landlord, that's us, and that's what the fee buys: our time, our relationships with buildings, and someone on your side of the table.

Who's behind it

A Lawful Broker program

Housed is run by a small team at Keller Williams NYC, led by David Snyder, a licensed real estate broker and an attorney. We answer the phone, we show up, and we've done this a few hundred times. We also know the buildings that treat first-time renters well and the ones that don't.

The Lawful Broker is the same team's practice for the top of the market. Housed is the part of it built for everyone else.

"Real apartments, real prices, and someone who picks up at eleven at night. That's the whole product."

Start a search

Call or text, or send a few lines about who's moving, when, and the budget. You'll hear back the same day.

410-935-0511
snyderd@kw.com
@housedhq