Like I said, I love NYC. "Work" aside, its just a very mentally stimulating and challenging place, which is great! I love a challenge.

I'm technically moving for school, and would be transferring in early 2014. Yes, that gives me PLENTY of time, but I'm a planner which is why I'm looking into this now:

How the hell are escorts getting luxury apartments? With requirements of several years of tax returns, multiple forms of income verification, etc etc...how on earth does someone who has escorting bringing in a majority of their income qualify to rent in Manhattan?

And not just any apartment, a very nice one. Considering where I want my rates when I move to Manhattan, a luxury incall would be expected.

I am currently setting up my own "sole proprietorship" company to look self employed in a legitimate industry, but that is going to take awhile to fully set up and still won't have a very long history. Are there other options? At this point, I have half a mind to try my luck applying at She-International or somewhere similar and then only have to worry about securing my own home.  

I'm honestly not looking to start a conversation of "speculation" or "Well this one girl 3 years ago told me...", I would actually prefer that actual current "higher end" escorts please PM me some advice, I'd really appreciate it and return the favour however possible. This is probably something that could more easily be found in the provider only board, but seeing as TER is taking their sweet time in verifying me I figured I'd post this up here in the interim. If giving out this info to an "unknown" is an issue, we can contact via p411 - I'm very well verified there.

Again, huge thanks, if you ever need a really nice spot in NOLA, we can do a swap!

AND LOTS OF IT. That will cut thru A LOT of the BS to get an apartment you want.

You're likely to find a very well appointed apartment that way. I don't expect that you will be able to get into a doorman, elevator, luxury apartment that way, b/c all those buildings are by the book, but you certainly can find a nice, modern, clean, security building w/ lots of amenities in a good neighborhood that way.

Once you have established a credible background of living in a good building, then you have some leverage to go to the luxury buildings to try and rent in that kind of place.

Cash is king! Good luck.

nycad

I know one guy who had a 710 FICO score and who had a guarantee letter for $425k/year for his first year, and the apartment building still wouldn't lend to him without a letter of credit backed by a full year's worth of rent (which amounted to about the mid $30k figure).  And he still had to pay out of his pocket every month--the funds backing the letter of credit were out of commission for an entire year.

If you can't document at least 40x to 50x the monthly rent as your annual income, you will have a very hard time just qualifying to be able to APPLY, much less QUALIFY.

The typical one-bedroom in a luxury doorman building in Manhattan is well into the $3000 range per month.

Start getting your ducks in order if you want to live here.

The easiest way would be to get a guarantor to cosign for you.

Barring that, any building that isn't run by a huge building management company will take a large deposit. Keep in mind that this "large" deposit will be 6 or 12 months. Six if you are sort of on the fence with great credit. Otherwise, they'll take a year.

Another way is to get a sublet. A lot of apartment owners still want credit checks, but just like "independent" buildings, they'll take a large cash deposit.

Good luck!

Kiss me,

Kate

All buildings with amenities are own by big management companies and, even with all these outrageous requirements, the apartments are rented in a matter of days.
There is a huge demand for rentals now and they go like hot cakes.
So, like others said before, if you decide to live here you need to prepare to provide a bunch of things.
You need to be legal in the US (they will ask for ID proof), have your taxes filled properly and showing enough income to cover the rent. You will need to show pay stubs to some landlords as proof of employment.
Money talks, that's true, but if you don't have the documentation to back you up, a luxury rental might be difficult to get.

Landlords have renting policies, and they are not uniform.  Some have typical (see below) requriements, others, especially those who only have a few smaller buildings deal more on a face to face encounter than a stringent application package.  Even Landlords will change their own policies based on economic conditions.  The rental market now is strong (though slightly weaker than it was over the last year) so requirements are still stringent.  If the rental market drops (like it periodically always does, ie, 1988-1993, 2001, 2008-2010) then many landlords will forget about stringent requirements.  Keep that in mind for future decisions, right now you are stuck in relatively a landlords market.

Your best bet is renting directly from a landlord, and not a broker, if you are concerned about meeting typical (income sufficient multiple of rent, solid TRW, good references, good job) required criteria.  Brokers are less likely to bend rules (they usually don't have that discretion) than landlords.  That being said, if you are looking for luxury rentals it is likely that there are several degrees of separation between you and the person who makes the rules, so maybe you have to find a place that is not doorman, maybe a smaller building.

When looking for a rental you will have a wish list of five or six important things, you will almost certainly not find something that will meet all of them.  So you need to have some flexibility.  

Your objective would be easier to achieve if you were not using the place for incall.  Incall makes your situation precarious, not just in finding a place, but also in keeping a place.  Other providers could advise you better regarding how to keep an incall place discreet.  Better yet, maybe you can have a shared incall with other providers and keep your rental just for you.

Be somewhat honest with the landlord, tell him/her you are a student and you can give a large deposit, or maybe have a guarantor.  Many students have no credit, so your story will probably be believed.  Good luck!

Thanks so much you guys! Much appreciation for all the advice, between this and my friends currently in NYC it looks like I'll just pay a full year upfront on a sublet and pass a credit check (thankfully, I started working on good credit the day I turned 18).  

Honestly, I think I could probably just keep paying full years upfront until I'm done with school. Its really not atall a bad idea! I don't mind not having a doorman, and I wanna go to the gym my other escort friends train at anyway, its just living without an updated bath, nice fixtures, some sort of paint color, etc...these are things I'm a bit spoiled with - some places I saw online just looked so cold and dreary!

I'm feeling much better now - now all I need to do is keep my grades up, my expenses low, and my butt outta trouble!

Tax return, bank statement and good FICO! I did it

I also used a broker, a good one!  Feel free to email me if you have any questions, I rarely look at my TER private messages.  From one Louisiana native to another, bon chance!

Happy Mardi Gras!

Anna Faire xx