Is nyc apartment hunting cooked

I’m an incoming full time analyst moving to nyc this summer and was speaking with a real estate agency I was considering using to find an apartment (they offered a broker fee of a month of rent which I was willing to pay) but to my horror they told me I needed a guarantor because although I have good credit, employment letter, tax return, etc I just don’t have pay stubs which is obvious as I wouldn’t have started work yet. My parents don’t make enough to be my guarantor (expecting people to make 80x the monthly rent is fucking ridiculous) so I would have to use a third party guarantor which would be another month of rent which would be around 5k in these fees alone assuming my rent is $2.5k.

My question is do all landlords in manhattan now require a guarantor or do some accept proof of employment? I doubt that everyone moving to nyc is willing to shell out that much, and on top of that a broker fee (I know I can also use streeteasy but have heard apartment hunting is getting worse and worse so I was interested in using the broker). Starting to wonder why I am moving here

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NYC is uniquely complicated, but no matter where you move you’re going to need a good credit score, a huge upfront deposit, and/or a guarantor. 

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I'm just waiting for the inevitable "starting on Goldman ECM desk this June, how quickly can I secure my Section 8 voucher and start looking for apartments?" posts

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