Though the rental prices are very high in the New York city still you are able to find the best NYC apartment by using the help from an experienced agent who can help you find the best apartment and also can able to negotiate with the owner so that you can able to rent the apartment within your budget.
You should be aware of all things about renting apartment before looking for NYC Apartments for Rent and also get some information about what to negotiate and have some idea about rental prices of other places or other neighbourhoods. If your agent thinks that you have some idea about the rental prices in different places and negotiating process, than it will be lot easier for the agent to make a serious deal with landlord as he knows that you are interested in renting the apartment.
Make sure that your agent knows what is your budget range and what are all the requirements you are looking in your rental apartments so according to this information he will try to find a suitable NYC Apartments for Rent and also he will have an idea about how much he can negotiate to make a deal with owner. Sometimes these agents are in hurry to close the deal as soon as possible because they can collect their commission as soon as possible and another reason is many people are waiting to make a deal to rent the apartment. So you can ask the agent to make a good deal so he gets his commission soon. So with little help from an agent you may able to find the best apartments for rent by following few guidelines on how to negotiate with the owner of the apartment building.