{"id":1315,"date":"2013-11-11T09:21:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T14:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.renthop.com\/news\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2023-07-24T14:12:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T18:12:21","slug":"tips-to-know-before-meeting-your-broker-in-2014-understand-the-process-going-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/tips-to-know-before-meeting-your-broker-in-2014-understand-the-process-going-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Know Before Meeting Your Broker in 2014: Understand the Process Going In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time to rent an apartment in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/apartments-for-rent\/new-york-ny\">New York City<\/a>! Before you begin searching for apartments and inquiring about their status with brokers, it&#8217;s important to prepare yourself. Before meeting a real estate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/guides\/nyc\/agents-and-brokers-nyc\">broker<\/a>, one of the best things you can do is understand the process of renting ap apartment.<\/p>\n<h2>Tips to Know Before Meeting Your Broker<\/h2>\n<p>This post is the first entry in our series on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renthop.com\/news\/2013\/11\/tips-to-know-before-meeting-your-broker-in-2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tips to Know Before Meeting Your Broker in 2014<\/a>.\u00a0 The series is based on our experiences shadowing several rental brokers in New York in late 2013.\u00a0 We learned a lot about the best &#8211; and worst &#8211; ways to work with brokers.<\/p>\n<h2>Tip #1:\u00a0 Understand the Process Going In<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><i>It\u2019s a broker\u2019s job to educate you about the rental process, but your experience will go much more smoothly if you teach yourself a bit about the market first. Understanding what\u2019s possible (a $1500 studio on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/apartments-for-rent\/upper-east-side-new-york-ny\">Upper East Side<\/a>) and what isn\u2019t (the same studio in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/search?areas=nolita-new-york-ny\">NoLita<\/a>) can help you set reasonable expectations. Sites like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/\">RentHop<\/a> can give you a solid sense of the market. Just beware the \u201cfalse education\u201d of venues like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/alternative-rental-site-to-craigslist-nyc-apartments-for-rent-by-owner\/\">Craigslist<\/a>, where the preponderance of scams can give you a distorted impression of what\u2019s out there.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The internet can give you general knowledge of the rental process and market, but there\u2019s no education like experience. That\u2019s why many brokers actually encourage first-time renters to search on their own first. A few even told us that before they became brokers themselves, they never used brokers. Some found apartments through family or friends, others by approaching management companies directly.<\/p>\n<p>As Asha Makalani of Bond NY explained, \u201cI\u2019ve always just been a DIY kind of gal.\u201d Are you surprised that agents would recommend renters try going it alone first? Don\u2019t be. When I asked Makalani what the most frustrating part of her job was, she said without hesitation, \u201cWhen people decide after weeks of working together that they don\u2019t want to pay a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/guides\/nyc\/fee-vs-no-fee\">fee<\/a>.\u201d Clients who aren\u2019t really sure they want to pay for a broker\u2019s services can waste huge amounts of that broker\u2019s time. And when you work on commission, time is money.<\/p>\n<p>Makalani\u2019s colleague, Steve Druth, agrees. Druth\u2019s dream client? \u201cOne who\u2019s gotten screwed over and over and over.\u201d These clients, who\u2019ve been through the Craigslist gauntlet and interacted with numerous second-rate brokers, come to his office with a hard-won understanding of exactly what he\u2019s saving them from.<\/p>\n<p>Our next tip: make sure that you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renthop.com\/news\/2013\/11\/tips-to-know-before-meeting-your-broker-in-2014-work-with-the-right-expert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">work with the right expert<\/a> &#8211; it can make all the difference! You can also go see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renthop.com\/news\/2013\/11\/tips-to-know-before-meeting-your-broker-in-2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the entire list<\/a> if you want to look ahead.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: We updated this article to enhance readability.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time to rent an apartment in New York City! 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