How to Find an Apartment in This Economy (With Some Actionable Guidance)

A couple months ago I outlined the harrowing and generally unpleasant task of finding a new apartment to live in in New York City right now. I make a decent salary by New York standards, had my shit together and started looking early, and I still worried I wouldn’t be able to find a place. So when my cousin, who is graduating from college this spring, texted me and asked if I could help her boyfriend with advice for finding an apartment in New York City, I figured I should do whatever I could to actually write down some steps for…