I live in Nassau County, Long Island NY and I commute every day to Manhattan for work. I need to find a cheap 2 bedroom apartment that would be 20 min or less from the city. I am a smoker and have 2 dogs (med and small sized) that I rescued while I was in college. I am willing to look in NJ, CT, etc. What are the best places to look?( papers, sites, towns, ….)

Personally, I have had very bad luck with craigslist.com. Increasingly, con artists are using it as a tool to defraud people and craigslist.com doesn’t police it very well. It ranges from referring to an apartment on West 120th Street or higher as the Upper West Side when it’s Harlem, to flatly planning to con people into sending money overseas for apartments that don’t exist. I have heard that people looking for roommates can have good success there though.

Now, if you will tell me what your definition of "cheap" is and whether or not the two bedroom is really a must (can it be a one or a large studio, or do you have someone else you need to occupy the space with?), I will much better be able to tell you where to look in terms of both parts of the city and listings.

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1. Citysightsnyc Says:
   February 8th, 2010 at 3:57 pm

   If you don’t want to pay a broker, try craigslist.com, Go under the "For rent by owners, no brokers" category.
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2. Jesse M Says:
   February 8th, 2010 at 4:37 pm

   Personally, I have had very bad luck with craigslist.com. Increasingly, con artists are using it as a tool to defraud people and craigslist.com doesn’t police it very well. It ranges from referring to an apartment on West 120th Street or higher as the Upper West Side when it’s Harlem, to flatly planning to con people into sending money overseas for apartments that don’t exist. I have heard that people looking for roommates can have good success there though.

   Now, if you will tell me what your definition of "cheap" is and whether or not the two bedroom is really a must (can it be a one or a large studio, or do you have someone else you need to occupy the space with?), I will much better be able to tell you where to look in terms of both parts of the city and listings.
   References :

3. Derek9 Says:
   February 8th, 2010 at 5:10 pm

   Hi,

   I suggest you to publish your request in more free classified websites, in that way will will receive more contacts

   I can suggest you that, it is free:

   http://www.tao01.com

   http://www.apartments.tao01.com/en/united-states/new-york/index-lo5128638.php

   http://www.house-share-roommates.tao01.com/en/united-states/new-york/index-lo5128638.php
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