I just moved to NYC last weekend (from L.A.) and found an apartment in two days: * a Friday/Saturday in L.A., slamming craigslist and building up a spreadsheet

I just moved to NYC last weekend (from L.A.) and found an apartment in two days: * a Friday/Saturday in L.A., slamming craigslist and building up a spreadsheet of leads * a full Sunday of looking at apartments * moved in Monday morning I settled on a month-to-month 3bd/1ba in the East Village--no brokers involved. Buh-zam! Now I've shifted focus to meeting people and looking for work (as a software developer)...