Mygradpad

I moved to New York from Canada to pursue my masters and was completely frightened by the prospect of finding an apartment. Juliana was so patient and kind during the whole experience. We went on two tours and she explained all the paperwork and the market situation to us very clearly. The first tour we had set a specific budget and weren’t happy with any of the places. Juliana explained by tweaking our budget a bit we could get a lot more value. She stayed up late and compiled a whole new tour for the next day on such short notice and made herself available via text and email at all times. She helped me find my dream apartment in an area I love when other realtors were making me feel like what I was looking for was unreasonable. I felt like she was on my side and not just trying to make a commission like other realtors did. During the application process she was always there to assure me and be a reliable middleman between me and the landlord. I’m so happy and I have Juliana to thank! Also the reduced fee on the apartment was much appreciated.

My roommate and are were both relocating to NYC for our jobs and had heard of MyGradPad through mutual friends. After signing up on the website, I got a call from the head of client relations within the hour. She was very professional and helpful and immediately connected us with our agent, Juliana, who thoroughly explained the rental process and gave us a better idea of our options. Juliana sent us lots of listings the days leading up to our tour, allowing us to provide feedback about what we liked and didn’t like. On our tour, she showed us a great selection of apartments that fit exactly what we had discussed. Because we weren’t sure about exactly where we wanted to live, we were interested in going out another day to view apartments in the West Village as opposed to our original Murray Hill selection. She was able to fit us in a few days later and we found the perfect West Village apartment! Because our agent thoroughly prepped us with the paperwork requirements, our application process was a breeze and we signed leases two days later. We have been living here for about a month and couldn’t be happier! MyGradPad is definitely the way to go if you are looking for an efficient, convenient, and fun apartment search!

Even though I have lived in NYC my entire life, I was new to the rental market and MyGradPad really helped me navigate it efficiently. I had originally heard about them through friends who had positive experiences and now I can understand why. They were able to schedule an apartment tour around my work schedule and my agent showed me such a great selection of apartments that it was hard to pick one! They helped me through the application process and made sure that I was prepared with all of the proper paperwork. My agent was always available when I had questions and was very quick to respond to my emails. They really could not have made the process easier and I would recommend them to anyone looking for an apartment in NYC. I am so happy in my new apartment and will definitely be using them next time around!

Working with MyGradPad has been a very smooth and straightforward process. The agents were very clear in describing the process of applying for an apartment in NYC including all the fees and paperwork. Since this was my first move from California, they took the time to really understand me and what I expected from my ideal apartment in addition to clearly explaining the nuances of NYC. Ultimately, I ended up with a great apartment, paid a discounted broker fee and had a lot of fun working with MyGradPad and its reps.
In a sea filled with rude/​shady agents, MyGradPad is definitely the pearl. I would definitely recommend MyGradPad for all your current and future apartment needs.

Very disrespectful crowd of people. After walking in they asked me and my family to sign a bunch of papers, no big deal right? Wrong.
One was a standard contract that protected their listings. Like I said, standard. The next was a piece of paper was something they typed up themselves and was difficult to understand. My grandpa then asked for an explanation as to what it meant and why it needed to be signed, the girl Emily refused to give a straight answer. She just kept yelling that they have a five star rating on Unilocal-​which isn’t true and that they know what they’re doing. So again, we asked her to explain and she just said the same thing only louder. This went on for a good fifteen minutes until we just signed it because we looked it up on our phones to find out what it meant. The paper was just five paragraphs that stated we knew that they only worked for us and not the buyer-​it wasn’t legally binding and like I said, all they did was print something off of word.
This team swore they had the best listings to show and after over an hour of debate with them at their HQ, we were shown around by a different person who worked under Emily. He seemed very nice. They promised us 10 – 15 listings. They showed us four. After asking many times, refused to tell us how they gained access. Later we found they were charging up to a 13% commission and they were showing people listings that were available through sites like
and
. This was my fault for being tricked and not doing more research beforehand. These apartment listings are found online for free and you can make viewing appointments for ALL of them by yourself, no agent or anything required.
My budget cap was $ 2000 for a studio and every listing was the absolute bare minimum. Every apartment was falling apart with broken floors and peeling paint-​one was even a basement apartment with NO CLOSETS and a shower that was literally two feet by two feet. Needless to say-​we didn’t use any listings from them. Their work was poorly done at best and required no research yet they were asking for hundreds of dollars for doing nothing and assuring me that was the best I can do for what I’m paying.
That same day I found an apartment after I left the gradpad team tour. I had previously set up a viewing from
and scored a $ 2000/​month ONE bedroom, sixth floor, exposed brick, refurnished kitchen and bathroom apartment that was easily twice the size of anything they showed me. Signed the lease that day for cheaper than using the gradpad team with a 1000x better apartment.

I really needed an apartment in a pinch and Mygradpad came through! I wasn’t having luck searching on my own. After meeting with Mygradpad broker, in 2 days she had a list of 10 places to check out. Wound up submitting an application that day and signing a lease the day after. Awesome experience and they made the daunting process of finding a NYC apartment seamless. Would recommend.

I originally found MyGradPad on facebook when searching through potential brokers to use for my move into NYC. I was debating between NextStep Realty and MGP. MyGradPad posted an apartment on facebook that looked to be exactly what I wanted, so I sent over an email and got a response almost immediately. Brittny, the owner of the company and the broker, scheduled a time for me to visit the apartment within 24 hours.
The apartment is beautiful and I couldn’t be happier. Brittny was extremely flexible with scheduling meetings and responded to emails, texts, phone calls very promptly. She made what could have been a very stressful process into an enjoyable one!
My only complaint would be that once I was approved for the lease, I wasn’t given much information or direction on the move-​in process. Despite this, I would recommend MGP to anyone, especially recent grads, looking for a stress-​free apartment search.