My stepdd (20) has moved to our city (NYC) and is looking for an apartment-- she is entering her junior year of college. Finding affordable housing in this city is an expertise of mine. I have lived here for 30 years, most of it on a shoestring. I would like to help her get a nice, stable lease as she intended to stay in nyc long term... I contacted an old management company of and they have rent stabilized one-bedrooms that would work, we could help her qualify, there wouldn't be a fee, but mom won't hear of it. She must manage the whole enterprise from Alabama. She texts every five minutes and does all the communicating with the brokers, then instructs us on where to take her. Thinks she should be no more than a few blocks from school when the rest of us commute like normal people. They are going to pay more than 4K to a broker... I know it's not my problem but it's soul crushing to watch. This woman views these children as her masterpiece and will not let them take one step on their own.

Also I think it's offensive and disrespectful to come into our home turf and act this way. If my son decided to move to London (where his dad lives), I would defer to his expertise! Blech.