Do many people use professional co-signers/guaranteurs to rent apartments in NYC?
In the case of a prospective tenant whose credit has been ruined by a demand for several months' rent and fees on a lease that was vacated because of a very dangerous situation, would landords accept a professional co-signer/guaranteur? The situation is such that the tenant would have had a legal right to vacate the lease under the circumstances, but she did not know this (should have requested it in court at the time).
Would NYC landlords overlook this with a professional co-signer and rent in advance?