.cliomiso talked with a woman who went to go see a Prospect Heights Streeteasy listing and ended up being shown the unit by a tenant who had COVID. The realtor knew, too.
Photo: Veni vidi…shoot/Getty Images/iStockphoto The New York City rental market right now is complete chaos. With one in four Brooklyn apartments ending up in a bidding war and rents hitting record highs, brokers and landlords are operating in a virtually unregulated market. Which means they’re all acting nuts.
It looked really bright and big. It was listed on Streeteasy as a two-bedroom, one-bath, and it was a little more expensive than I had been looking at but had one of those promos, like a 13-month lease with one month free. They had an open house listed so I emailed the broker. Once I confirmed with her, my mom and I walked over.I buzzed and no one answered so I called the broker a few times. She wrote back, “Just buzz,” and finally someone buzzed me up.
And he was like, “‘Well, you should because I have COVID.” I started laughing when he said it, like, There’s no way, you’ve got to be kidding. But he was not.No, he said, “I told the Realtor a bunch of times and I’m surprised she didn’t cancel this open house. But yeah, I currently have COVID.”The people behind me were so freaked out and they all went downstairs. Also, the apartment that was listed was a two-bedroom, but the one I saw was a studio with maybe one window and 500 square feet.