Pulling a Reverse Jeffersons

Dawnell and I will be moving (somewhere) by the end of the month. Our lease expires at the start of June, and our apartment building is increasing our rent by 15%. For those of you in Utah I'll not list the dollar amount that we're paying now, but even percentage-wise that's a pretty ridiculous rent increase. It's even more ridiculous given that our apartment building is converting to condominiums within a year or so and any new lease that we would sign would give them the right to terminate the lease with 30 days notice.

Dawnell is not returning to work , so we've gone from a "double income no kids" to a "single income with a kid". We'll be fine with that arrangement, but it probably means we're going to pull a reverse Jeffersons and go from a "deluxe apartment in the sky" (ha, right) to something cheaper with more space. Presumably this would take us outside of Manhattan, unless we moved to Harlem. It's all the rage lately, in case you haven't heard. Our friends over at the Matt and Addy Blog (link over there on the right) bought a condo in Jersey City. I told them to buy two and be our slum lords, but no such luck.

So this is our plea for help in finding a new apartment to our friends in the Tri-State area. If you hear of any sweet rental deals, let us know. Remember, you can't choose your family, but you can choose a really cute little baby as your neighbor if you find a 1 bedroom apartment next door for $500 a month! (or even a little more than that for a 2 bedroom). :-)