It’s 100% free and only takes 3 minutes to register. It’s easy as one- two-three. One: Enter your apartment and neighborhood criteria such as the areas you would like to live in, the maximum price you would consider paying for a no-fee apartment, and the apartment size you want. Two: Set up your own personal account and view detailed information about all no-fee apartments available to you that match your search criteria. Three: Contact no-fee landlords directly and “SKIP BROKERS”.

When you find apartments that catch your eye, you’ll call the number on the listing to make an appointment to see the apartment. If you like it, you will have all of the information you need on the listing to make an application for the apartment.

If you decided you want to change your desired neighborhoods, SkipBrokers.com let’s you customize your own search profile as you go.

While you search at your leisure, you can make appointments to view as many or as few apartments as you want. Then, you can schedule the appointments at a mutually convenient time to view them.

Also, we encourage you to surf our “No Broker Blog” to see tips from other apartment hunters like yourself. They may have seen an apartment that doesn’t fit their needs but may be perfect for you.

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Your free access to our database will expire after 60 days. If you need to use our site for longer than 60 days, simply send an email to support@skipbrokers.com and we will extend your registration for another 60 days.

* Putting your subscription on hold will automatically bring you back to the original 60 days of subscription or the number of remaining days, whichever is less.

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You will receive everything these other sites offer plus much more. This is a one-stop shop for finding your no-fee apartment and even helps you find roommates too. Any website charging to help you find an apartment is looking to make money first, then help you second. A couple of “no fee” websites that charge a fee may not even care to make it passed the first step and are out solely for the profit. This is why many “no fee” listing websites have been reported to the Better Business Bureau. Before even thinking about paying for another service, feel free to search dig up information for yourself on other “no fee” services by typing in the website address here: http://search.newyork.bbb.org/reports.aspx
Some other “no fee” sites are 1) Rent-direct.com 2) Inapts.com 3) Apartmentsource.com 4) Mlx.com
Many people have filed complaints of paying a fee to services in exchange for old or false apartment listings. We provide great value since you’ll access all of our no broker fee apartment listings for free matching the search profile you set up. With our full time listings staff, every listing is guaranteed to be no-fee authentic.

Also, our “No Broker Blog” will allow you to chat and see if you can find a few roommates to interview in order to split a no fee apartment together or ask questions regarding the apartment process. You can also get automatic email alerts on new apartments that come in and match your profile.

We’ve incorporated Google maps to help you with your search, neighborhood descriptions and direct contact information for landlords. We even tell you how close the nearest subways, restaurants, hardware stores, cleaners, etc are in relation to the apartment you’re interested in.

You get friendly live, email customer support to help you answer any questions you might have about the rental process.

Best of all, you get the most realistic chance of finding a no broker fee apartment and saving thousands of dollars in the process and that is what makes it all worth it for both of us!

To keep it simple…

1) The bottom line is you can save a great deal of money using our free service. We will put you directly in contact with owners, rather than being sold by a broker who is most likely just looking to get you into any apartment so you can pay a nice fee of 15% - 20% of the annual rent. Brokers are not the most trusted by landlords and will most likely bombard you with rookie sales pitches just to try and lock you down so they can move on to the next prospect. *For entertainment purposes, we’ve provided a few pitches you may hear at the bottom of the page! We’ve heard them multiple times before starting this company.

2) Owners often prefer to deal directly with their tenant-to-be so they can get a good sense of who their future tenant is. This also gives you an opportunity to talk through a minor issue or two that may not be so “perfect” on your application.

Some bad broker sales pitches you may hear are *What more are you looking for in an apartment? *I have someone who is scheduled to look at this apartment this afternoon so it will not be available after today. *You will not find anything better in Manhattan for this price.

Despite starting this company because of terrible broker experiences, brokers are still looking to make a living just like the rest of us. We hope to save you money by helping you avoid them, but also wish you have a better experience if you ever decide to use a broker.

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Other “no fee” websites rely on charging the apartment hunter to generate the majority of their revenue. These other “no fee’ websites charge a one-time fee upwards of $300 and although much better than paying a broker’s fee, it is still a risk apartment hunters have to take. There are no guarantees that these services can find you a no broker fee apartment. This is why SkipBrokers.com feels the most effective way to avoid a broker is by working together with the apartment hunters rather than charging them. SkipBrokers.com generates revenue through sponsors rather than having the apartment hunters pay one penny. The more people we help the more we generate from sponsors so spread the word!


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No brokers are allowed to post on our site. All postings come from strictly no-fee landlords. It’s well known and publicized, as stated in TimeOut NY’s cover story which can be read by clicking on our “News Room” tab, that Craigslist is having a hard time trying to avoid scams and broker ‘bait and switch’ ads. You also know that brokers pretending to be landlords are still displayed on Craigslist. We pride ourselves in doing everything we can to get you the latest, most accurate, most comprehensive information available. Nobody can possibly be 100% current or accurate in this highly fluctuating market, but that is our goal and in the meantime 92.5% accuracy not bad at all!


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Unfortunately, WE WILL NOT guarantee you will find an apartment just by using our service since we do not know your credit score, your income, your occupation and more importantly, we are not landlords making these final decisions. It’s similar to us getting you to the dance with your perfect date, eventually it’s you who has to actually make it work. However, unlike other “no fee” websites, we are not charging you a penny so you are taking no financial risk and will come across similar like minded folks who are out to find no fee apartments and help people along the way..

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We are very different. Craigslist in New York is known as a broker’s heaven. If you’re really looking to skip the broker fees we suggest you try both SkipBrokers.com and Craigslist at the same time. However, when using Craigslist, do not fall for the no-fee apartments listed by brokers under “all no-fee apartments” because you won’t find any there. Search under “by-owner apartments only” as Craig does a good job of filtering this section. One or two brokers may squeak in a listing or two, but they will never be back again. However, the problem you face here is that so many people are at home, work, a friend’s house, Starbucks waiting with this window minimized so as soon as a new listing appears in that section, they are all over it. So act fast and have great credentials because your competition will be tough.

With SkipBrokers.com you will receive free access to all of our listings information that matches the search criteria and our staff ensures every listing is guaranteed authentic and has absolutely no broker fees.

Also, our “NoBrokerBlog” will allow you to chat and see if you can find a few roommates to interview so you can split a no fee apartment together. You can come across a few no fee apartments that may not be listed on our site that someone recently looked at, but passed on. Just because an apartment may not be a fit for someone else doesn’t mean it’s not perfect for you. This “NoBrokerBlog” is an online community that allows all apartment hunters to help one another.

We’ve incorporated Google maps to help you with your search, neighborhood descriptions and direct contact information for landlords. We even tell you how close the nearest subways, restaurants, hardware stores, cleaners, etc are in relation to the apartment you’re interested in. You also get friendly live, email, or phone customer support to help you answer any questions you might have about the rental process.

Best of all, you get the most realistic chance of finding a no broker fee apartment and saving thousands of dollars in the process and that is what makes it all worth it for both of us!

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Yes and with free shipping. We have partnered with top companies in order to provide you with the most affordable moving boxes you will find. We allow you to buy and order used and new boxes directly from the factory. SkipBrokers.com is committed to making your moving process easy and seamless.

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Unlike Craigslist, not just anyone can post apartments without passing a screening process that ensures they are not brokers. This keeps the total number of apartments a little lower than Craigslist, but it dramatically increases the quality of no-fee apartments.

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Yes, but we’ve probably seen close to .5% of our inventory since apartments are constantly going on and off the market. So take a chance and give us a call, if you think you fall in the .5% range and want our opinion..

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No. If we wanted to do that we might as well start our own brokerage business and charge you 15%-20% of your annual rent. We would probably generate more revenue as a brokerage firm, but we prefer making money while saving you even more money.

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Simply go to the home page and fill out your search details and we’ll show you every apartment vacancy we have in our database that matches your criteria. On this page you will see a text ad that allows you to click and receive quotes from storage companies in your area.

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We do all the leg-work for you and have made it extremely easy to find not only available no fee apartments, but roommates as well. Instead of bouncing around from website to website we’ve already gathered, sorted and delivered complex information in a consistent manner, building by building, even by neighborhood and price. Many of our landlords don’t even have websites and we are providing all this information to you in one consolidated source. It’s free too!

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Your really don’t. That is a risk you will have to take with other websites while SkipBrokers.com helps customers find no broker fee apartments for free. This is our only goal and is why we are still in business. By doing this exceptionally well we know our business will continue to prosper due to the amount of people visiting our site. We are running a marathon here, not a sprint. We intend to be around for a long time sincerely helping as many people we possibly can find no broker fee apartments. So please tell everyone you know how much SkipBrokers.com helped you during your apartment search.

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Yes. First we ask you post questions on our blog as other experienced apartment hunters will most likely help answer your inquiries. Also, please feel free to email us at support@skipbrokers.com so we can help you get started.

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