nemesis_hub posted:

Trying to find an apartment in NYC is driving me insane. It's worse for me because I'm a grad student (my scholarship is a modest but respectable 37k so it's not like I have no income) from Canada with no US credit history. My dad will help me out with the rent, I can go up to $1200/mth and he would totally be a guarantor for me but he's also Canadian and a lot of people won't accept that. Well, some people will accept it, but they want 6 months OR MORE rent up front, which is completely ridiculous and beyond my means. Should I just go home or what?