My First Apartment Localize.city
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My First Apartment is a conversation about all of the crazy and awful (and possibly amazing) things we remember about our first NYC apartments. This podcast is hosted by Localize.city, a home search platform that can help you avoid the worst when finding your first (or last) apartment in New York.
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Corey Johnson, Speaker of the New York City Council - Pt. 2
Corey Johnson, the Speaker of the NYC City Council, joined us for a very special two-part interview on ‘My First Apartment.’ The second half touches on his vision for the future of New York, from education to transportation to how the tech community has embraced NYC as a hub. It also includes some karaoke, because why not?
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Corey Johnson, Speaker of the New York City Council - Pt. 1
Corey Johnson, the Speaker of the NYC City Council, joined us for a very special two-part interview on ‘My First Apartment.’ The first half focuses on his experiences bouncing around Greenwich Village apartments, some nicer than others, during his first few years as a teen in New York, and how being a young gay man colored that experience.
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Rebecca Baird-Remba, Reporter & City Wanderer
When a semester ends and summer hits, students across NYC scramble to find summer sublets. Some of them are amazing. Others are $600 closets that can barely fit a futon on the ground.
Rebecca Baird-Remba, now a commercial real estate reporter, fondly reflects on her summers bouncing from sublet to sublet. Give it a listen and then find your next home at Localize.city. -
Peter Von Der Ahe, NYC Multi-Family Expert
From sharing a bedroom in NYC to being one of the city’s most successful multifamily agents, Peter Von Der Ahe has seen a lot. Listen to the story of his first apartment and the deal-making skills he used to score his second apartment, on our podcast. Give it a listen and then find your next home at Localize.city.
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Rachel Holliday Smith, NYC Journalist
How many years do you have to live here before you are a New Yorker? Rachel Holliday Smith, Reporter for The City, answers that on ‘My First Apartment.’ She also discusses the good and the bad about her first apartment in Crown Heights that actually was bigger than the Craigslist pictures made it look. Give it a listen and then find your next home at Localize.city.
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Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President
Eric Adams joined us on ‘My First Apartment’ to share stories of his first apartment in Midwood, and how important that space was for him becoming the man he is today. The borough president spoke about the transformative power of homeownership, and laughed along at the idea his next apartment might be a certain mansion in Manhattan.
Customer Reviews
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Fun and insightful!
Love these stories!
Moving to NYC is crazy, so fun to hear other people’s experiences.