hey guys and welcome to a very exciting
video because I am finally finally
finally hunting for an apartment in LA
who could get my grubby little fingers
on my catalogue I have been such a nerd
for interior design for architecture
I've been so excited to get my own
apartment so it's finally happening or
at least I hope so the situation right
now is a little bit complicated right
now I live in Westwood which is a
college town right next to UCLA which is
where I go to school I pay $1200 for a
room and a bathroom that I share with
two other apartment mates which is
convenient for most students but I'm
graduating early I'm graduating next
month March and I want to get the [ __ ]
out of Westwood not to complain too much
because I know I'm so lucky to be able
to afford a friend in LA at all but I'm
just gonna say it
Westwood is pretty [ __ ] ugly and to
top it off Westwood is the most
expensive neighborhood in all of LA yes
more expensive than any of the beach
towns the median price for a two-bedroom
is $4,500 and that's because tens of
thousands of students need to live
within walking distance of UCLA so it
really [ __ ] up the supply and demand
anyways the point is after I graduate
there's really no point for me to be in
Westwood anymore I just found some
letters to take over my apartment
starting March 1st so that leaves me
with just under a month to find my own
apartment so I won't be out on the
street so you know this is this is a
lovely low-pressure situation right now
so yesterday me and David already began
the apartment hunt originally I did not
want to take David along but I called
the landlord and he refused to show me
his apartment without having my
boyfriend with me which is sexist as
[ __ ] but that's an issue for another
time I only got a little bit of footage
because I didn't want to piss off the
landlord any further because he was
already offended by the fact that I was
a woman apparently the first apartment
was honestly pretty mediocre it was
close to $3,000 for a one-bedroom and
there wasn't that much that was special
about it in my opinion the second
apartment that we went to was a stunner
but way out of my price range I am but
I'm not completely willing to murder my
bank account because of it but I'm back
with a new hope today it is Sunday and I
have two appointments to view apartments
the first apartment is a 1-bedroom in
Fairfax so let's go
check it out on my way to view the first
apartment I actually stumbled across
this random open house and decided to
take a look okay what what this is not
fair what the hell this closet is huge
this is like a whole nother room you
could fit like a whole bed in here
bathroom I've never really given a [ __ ]
about bathrooms to be honest because
it's just where you pee I'm not too
concerned about that this one's nice
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yeah kitchen kitchen will do it too not
like the most gorgeous thing ever but
like at least there's a nice fridge a
nice stove not like I really [ __ ]
cook anyway so it's kind of perfect it
is a studio and I was kind of looking
for a one-bedroom but I mean this is
pretty it's a pretty large amount of
space and look at these [ __ ] windows
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okay now get online I really like that
one god damn that window is so good it
has the panels it's huge and it has the
wood detailing around it which I've
never seen apartments and I am actually
a home for Windows kind of a problem the
only problem is that when I called they
require a credit score of at least 700
and I don't [ __ ] have a credit score
because I'm 20 and nobody has allowed me
to get a credit card yet so that might
be problematic I also don't really have
a verifiable income because I work for
myself on YouTube and this is only been
a real job for like 3 months so I know
who the [ __ ] is gonna let me rent an
apartment but on to the next one
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plus the second apartment was a 1-bed
1-bath which was perfect because that's
ideally the size that I'm looking for it
has a separate living room that I can
use as my filming / workspace and then a
separate bedroom for when I actually
want to relax so my work and personal
lives aren't like constantly intertwined
technically speaking it checked all the
boxes for me paneled windows hardwood
floors closet space all good but for
some reason I just didn't buy with it
that much I think I could make it look
pretty but as is it is a pretty generic
apartment well okay this kitchen is
gigantic not really sure about this
fridge though this looks like the
ice-cream machine from the 80s that we
used to have the ice cream shop they
worked at down the hallway is the
bedroom which is a pretty standard 10 by
10 the square with a pretty small closet
and here's the bathroom which was small
but freakin adorable and would get the
job done and I really liked the
honeycomb tile on the floor alright
update I'm went back to that first place
that I had stopped by that has an open
house and I ended up running into a
property manager there he was a really
nice dude and he was like okay like you
so you can text me your email and see
whether you want to submit an
application so I'm not broken into him
yet that I don't have a credit score but
I think I might be able to work with him
on like if I put more money down for a
deposit or I show him my income since a
lot of people in the building or also
freelancers who work for themselves
fingers crossed anyway then time got
away from me I did not realize that it
is already past 1:00 and I have another
appointment a little bit away at one so
I am boogie on all over there and
fingers crossed that they will still let
me see the place
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this third apartment was actually an
interior designers wet dream I thought
it looked pretty nice on the website but
holy [ __ ] I was reverse catfished it
looks even better in person the living
room in and of itself is freaking
gorgeous it looks like a movie set I
don't know all of my video Shaun here
would be so beautiful and it has a
separate dining room which I could
repurpose as an office or sewing room or
something like that this apartment is
more expensive than the others but it's
a thousand two hundred square feet so
honestly I was getting kind of worried
that it would be too big for me like
this bedroom alone is bigger than all
the space I live in right now here's a
peek into the bathroom apartments in LA
has this big thing with preserving the
vintage tile but honestly this tile is
outdated for a reason regardless it's a
large bathroom that would suffice for my
bowel movements behind the building
there was also this cute little backyard
area that would be great for photoshoots
or just having a barbecue with my
non-existent friends so I just finished
up with the apartment or I'm just
chilling in a trash alley talking to a
camera like a normal person an apartment
Oh was god damn it's not fair how
beautiful the apartment is but there are
a few small problems first of all
there's really nothing in this area
other than houses you're like okay it's
really quiet the houses are really cute
it seems really safe but I would love to
actually be able to walk to like a
coffee shop or two stores to like some
type of civilization secondly the
apartment does face the street and it's
a six-lane street so you can hear the
cars going by most of the time it's just
like a soft like whoosh which I don't
think would pick up on my microphone but
I don't want to run into situations in
rush hour where I just can't film for
like four hours of the day because
people are going to or coming from work
lastly they are through a large realty
in site so I have to apply online they
did say that it's okay if I don't have a
credit score as long as I have guarantor
x' but that also means I have to tell my
parents that I am moving and that I have
a job that they don't know about because
I still haven't [ __ ] told about my
youtube-channel things I have to figure
out but like architecture elite that
place is is everything I want the
fireplace the wood beams the high
ceilings all the closet space the
windows oh so that is the last
appointment I have for today but I think
I'm gonna spend at the rest of the
afternoon just kind of driving in
circles and walking around the areas
that I'm interested in looking at and
see how many landlords are still [ __ ]
living in the Stone Age and don't post
those things online you have to actually
like go and call them on a phone
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hi actually I'd be interested in leasing
somewhere starting March 1st thank you
so much Mike one down
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so I pulled over to this building
because I have seen it on Zillow before
and I am in love with this building I
polish enjoy do you guys feel I might
end up living here but it's like
gorgeous little pink house so [ __ ]
adorable it went off Zillow like last
month but there's still nobody in the
apartment so you might try to track down
the number that was online and contact
them and see if like the listing just
got automatically removed or like the
listing expired if it's still available
god damn I am attached to that place hey
guys it is the end of the day and I am
back home I pulled a bunch of different
numbers and Fairfax which is the
neighborhood that I ideally want to rent
in but nobody picked up probably because
it's Sunday so hopefully I'll get some
calls back within the next week or so
I am compiling all of my footage and all
the photos that I took up the places I
visited all the notes that I took on
this document basically I put all the
notes about the apartments that I
visited and that I'm going to visit in
this one document
I put the address how much it costs how
big it is and little photos so I can
keep track of everything the number for
the contact person 10 out of 10 would
recommend doing this if your apartment
hunting because I get so anxious if I
don't have everything listed out in
front of me I got dinner with David and
I just talked over all of my options the
situation is a little complicated right
now because our like times for moving
out of our apartments don't really line
up and we're not like totally sure if we
want to live together in like six months
he might come live with me or he might
not which is complicated because that's
like I don't want to spend too much on a
place by myself or have too big a place
but I didn't want to get an apartment
that he couldn't move into without like
talking to him first I don't know it's
like the real [ __ ] that nobody talks
about so I was just about to go to the
site of this last apartment that I saw
because I [ __ ] love it I wanted to
check out with application is like it's
through this place called apartment
equities LCC and when I googled it the
first result that came up was apartment
equities LCC reviews I started looking
at reviews for this place and I'm
actually kind of concerned because this
company seems a little bit sketchy the
woman who I met was so nice but some of
the reviews on Yelp mention her
specifically and say that she was really
nice when she showed the place but once
they submitted an application which cost
$44 which is like a little bit high for
an application fee then they kept adding
on additional requiring
you have to have a cosigner and double
the deposit or they would let you put
down a deposit and then end up deciding
that they wouldn't let you lease and
then keeping your deposit which is the
definition of a scam I also checked out
the Better Business Bureau and they have
two complaints against them they
explained I was receiving no refund on
the $2,500 deposit even though I only
occupied the apartment two months and
did not incur any damages though I
honestly don't even know if it's worth
applying or if I'm just gonna get
scammed I apply shouldn't do it I'm
never gonna get to see that fireplace
again am I it is Tuesday and I thought I
would bring you a little update from the
apartment front honestly I thought in
this video I would be going on more
tours by now I was expecting to have
like three different tour days I showed
you guys a bunch of apartments but I
have called every single property on my
list three separate times left very nice
voicemails asking if I could kindly
kindly give them thousands of dollars
every month in exchange for a place to
live and lo and behold only two of these
[ __ ] called me back the first
one said hey we told them to take down
the listing from Zillow because that
place already rented the second call I
got was from the pink building that one
from Zillow that I stock that I am
completely in love with it is quite
expensive but it is a two-bedroom with
so there is lots of space and maybe in
the future David could move in with me
this company requires you to submit an
application for pre-approval before they
even show you the property which
included some background about Who I am
a letter from my employer which I don't
have but I guess I could write my own
goddamn letter and my astrological sign
what I don't even know what my
astrological sign is he just said that
one of the partners is into astrology
like what are you going to do if I'm
like a [ __ ] Virgo are you just gonna
say sorry we're not gonna rent to you I
think that's the definition of rent
discrimination god damn it that's not
the most la [ __ ] I've ever heard I don't
know dude I thought this apartment hunt
was gonna be a lot more fun than it is
frustrating but I am so done with these
[ __ ] landlords so for now I am going
to be submitting an application to the
studio again it's a little bit smaller
than ideal but I've loved the area the
building gave me really good vibes I
like the manager and I think that's all
important stuff because I really just do
not want to get involved with like ask
Annie or weird landlord and
even though YouTube is going pretty well
now I think it is always important to
live within your means and I don't want
to be stressed out about rent for months
a month I really want to feel secure in
the amount that I can pay also huge
bonus this place is rent-controlled so
right now it cost 1650 per month so it
can only go up 3% every year so yeah I'm
gonna walk to class right now probably
fill out my application in the back of
lecture and fingers crossed then I get
accepted me and David are just about to
go and take David to take his personal
training certification exam but I've
just got approved for my lease my lease
got approved my application got approved
so now I can sign the lease so now I
have a place to live was gonna take a
lot longer but everything has fallen
into place and yeah now I have a place
and it took like four days so thank you
guys so much for watching this vlog
sorry I only went and toured like three
different apartments but I hope it gives
you a realistic look into what it's
actually like to apartment hunt in LA
because it's kind of a [ __ ] it has like
taken the soul out of me this week but
see you guys next week and I will see
you with an apartment makeover video and
probably like a month and a half
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