What % of rent is acceptable to make a lowball offer (that isn’t insulting)?

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Filter your area on StreetEasy, sort lowest to highest price, use that low point as a metric. @McKinsey $2K for a studio is pretty average, you can get much lower.

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It really depends on the starting point.
I’d say ~~2000 for a studio, 2500 for a 1bed, ~3500 for a 2bed in Manhattan is aggressive but not insulting.

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Mines normally 2,275 for a 1BR in east village. Saw someone get a unit in my building for 1900 so that’s my new ceiling here

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I received at least a counteroffer for every offer discounted up to 40%. Above that, no response

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