>This is why if you're 19 you can't afford to live in Manhattan: you're either old (and lucky) or rich. Or a real estate broker who knows building owners willi

>This is why if you're 19 you can't afford to live in Manhattan: you're either old (and lucky) or rich. Or a real estate broker who knows building owners willing to rent out the stabilized units (50 pct are stabilized, 50 free market more or less). Or you paid a broker fee to this broker. Or you sublet from a rent stabilized tenant who charges market rent.. No one talks about how easy corruption happens in these situations. The bifurcated market in NYC sucks - it should be all stabilized or all free market.