Shadowing Practice: $1 vs $25,000,000 NYC Apartments - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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What's up guys?
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We're outside today and we're in New York touring the smallest apartments all the way to the biggest apartments in New York.
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Ugh, what the hell?
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Let's start here.
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Here we go.
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Oh, it's going faster!
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Oh, I should actually snap those like this.
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We're starting at $1.
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We're going to build all the way up to $25 million.
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Check out all the in-between ones,
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the cheapest ones, and starting at $1.
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Let's get it.
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Alright guys, we're starting right here in Pips Bay at 152 East 35th Street.
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And this is our real estate agent for the day.
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And he's showing me the cheapest apartment.
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This is the smallest one we got.
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It's very fucking tiny.
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We got the kitchen in the same room as the bedroom.
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We got the bathroom right next door.
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Yep.
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This is where we start.
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You know, it's like, I think $3,000 a month.
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But you're not really paying for the apartment.
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You're kind of paying for the location.
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Let's check it out.
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Let's get it.
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That's it.
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Alright, we gotta sit in here, yo.
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Fuck.
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I think this guy would be perfect for my sister.
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Yeah?
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Yeah.
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Oh shit.
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You got a sister?
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Yeah, I got a sister.
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Yeah, she's on 19.
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Yeah 20.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Alright guys, this is what one dollar gets you in New York City.
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Let's go Wow This is what you get in New York,
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and then you just have a bathroom What the hell oh pretty big closet,
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I think this is worth the dollar a month,
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but it's $2,800 a month And yeah,
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this is where this your bedroom right here and then the kitchen Oh,
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hell no. Sounds weird.
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Why's it smell?
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You smell that?
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That's just a guess.
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If you turn that on,
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the whole room would look like you explode.
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What's your timeline?
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My timeline?
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Forever.
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Within the six months.
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He's looking to get in here within six months.
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Okay, so you're a little early then.
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Hopefully by summer.
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He's a little early, but he's trying to get a look on now,
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you know, get everything together.
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Yeah.
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I don't think by summer.
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I think next month.
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Next month?
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I want to move.
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Okay, it should take about a couple weeks to go through the whole whole episode.
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Okay, like one week, two weeks?
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No, like three-ish.
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Two weeks, something like that.
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Yeah, okay, yeah.
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Two weeks, yeah.
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I'll call, we'll be purchasing.
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What?
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We'll be purchasing.
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Okay, renting.
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Renting, renting.
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Well, if it's available to purchase, I'll purchase it.
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Okay.
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Okay, it's not available to purchase to collaborate.
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I can ask the owner.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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But right now it's for rent.
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I'll ask.
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Yeah, you might as well.
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Okay, thank you.
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No problem.
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Let's go, let's get out of here.
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Alright guys first apartment $2,800 super super super tiny I rate that a two out of ten Let's go to the next apartment.
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Let's get it.
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Okay, so this one's $5,500 a month on the Upper West Side 76th Street.
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They think that bro is buying this shit The bathroom's over here.
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They got a new shower head, everything like that.
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Okay.
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I mean this will key all you need though, right?
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You just need a fridge.
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This.
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You got a cabinet.
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It's the vibes.
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It's the movie in here.
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Oh, and we got the TV right here Looks like there'd be bed bugs in this one gang.
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All right, guys, I didn't have a dollar.
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I only had $5.
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But this right here is what $1 gets you in New York City.
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They're probably bad.
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Best in the city.
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Ryan Sheridan, best real estate agent in the fucking city.
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Or no, the real estate agent gets in front seat.
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Come on.
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Guys, we've made it to Summit.
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My boy's friend owns an apartment here.
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Are these colognes?
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Oh, no, these are spices.
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Holy shit.
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Wow.
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It's nice, man.
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You bring the house over or no?
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I have a girlfriend.
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Oh really?
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Yeah.
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So you bring her over?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, of course.
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Nice bathroom.
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Oh, you have the mini-oof too?
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Yeah.
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So it's one bedroom, 8K a month.
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Should we cook a steak or no?
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Yeah, we can cook a steak.
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All right, let's cook a steak.
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We'll start heating it up.
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I'm gonna just start stealing his kitchen.
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What kind of steak is that?
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Chill, chill.
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All right, there we go.
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I'll try it.
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What is the steak seasoning?
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I said it's salty.
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It is good.
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It's pretty good.
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He's like oily.
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He's like a bad spit out.
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See?
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Oh.
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Oh shit, shit.
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Shit, I lost it.
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I gotta come back.
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Oh, there we go.
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Ah, I was about to say.
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Wow.
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Should we hit the sauna really quick?
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Ugh.
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Oh, it's hot, yo.
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One last amenity in here.
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There's a fucking pool.
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And this is fire.
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Good building.
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Really good building.
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Why is your neighbor mad at you?
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Because I'm doing some grown-up activities.
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Cardio.
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Uh-huh.
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Yeah.
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Cardio at night.
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Cardio at night.
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In your house.
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Yeah.
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And playing music.
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Yeah.
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And it was a week straight.
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You got mad at me.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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All right, guys.
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We just did the summit.
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So, $8,000 a month for a pretty good apartment.
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Insane view.
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And, yeah, it's like a miniature penthouse.
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And then $250 a month for all those amenities in the basement.
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And, yeah, man, it's beautiful.
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He has a key to Gramercy Park, right?
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So we're going to go check out Gramercy Park.
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Let's get it.
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Let's get it.
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All right, guys.
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So we're at Gramercy Park.
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I never see anyone in here,
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but this guy's got the key.
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So let's go in, gang.
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Damn.
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So this is it.
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Oh, the snow is high.
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That's crazy.
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Look how low it is, gang.
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That's how tall the snow is.
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That's actually cool I'm sitting in Gramercy, bro.
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A lot of people don't get to come in this park, man.
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So you want to come into Gramercy for free?
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No. All right.
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F*** you then.
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Huzz, you want to come in for free?
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You probably never got to be in here, right?
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You wanna come in?
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Alright, let's go.
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Wow, beautiful.
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You wish you had a key?
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I do wish I had a key, yeah.
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Damn it.
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Yeah.
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If you wanna stay in here, you can.
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I'm good.
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Thank you.
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Damn it.
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Sorry, I just called her.
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Oh, I'm Gina.
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Oh, okay, sorry.
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She's bad.
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So, are you in real estate or...?
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Yeah, I'm doing real estate stuff.
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We're basically, I'm building.
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I'm trying to become a real estate agent when I grow older.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Oh my god, how are you?
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I'm 15.
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Oh my god.
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Yeah.
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1.8 million.
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Let's go.
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What the hell?
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It's like, it's electric.
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You don't even have to lift the toilet seat.
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It's 1.3 million bucks.
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It's for 1.3 million bucks.
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Look at the 1.3 million dollar view.
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Ah!
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This one's too small.
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I think it's way too small.
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I think for 1.3 million dollars, this is a ripoff.
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I wouldn't buy this for 500,000.
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1.3.
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Oh!
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Walk right into the kitchen.
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Nice.
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So this is for like two people, right?
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Yeah.
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Or just me.
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This house is 1.3 million dollars and...
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Let's think.
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What should I rate it?
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What does it say?
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10 out of 10.
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10 out of 10 for regular.
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Go upstairs, what's upstairs?
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Ooh!
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What's a duplex?
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Oh, there's stairs.
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Oh shit!
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What the hell is this?
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Chad, I think this building,
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all you see is this highway down there and it's kind of just...
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Right?
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You know what I mean?
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Yeah every single view.
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It's just this weird highway.
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OH!
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OH!
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Oww!
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AHHHH!
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OOH!
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Oh, I got a little wet.
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Finally it got me.
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I've never seen something like this.
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Bath shower and just a walk-in shower Never seen anything like it.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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It's a nice bedroom.
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I guess Yeah, it's a shout out.
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What's up Jacob?
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We're outside at your wife's real estate Place and yeah,
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you're a very good-looking wife and huh.
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No, I'm joking.
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No way.
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I'm not joking.
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This is for his son.
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Oh, for his son, okay.
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Okay, okay.
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I got you, I got you.
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We need a son with someone else?
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Yeah, it's a long story.
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Are you mad about that?
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Once, no, no, no, we just got together like a couple of years ago.
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Oh, okay, okay.
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His son is 13 years old.
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So that's from his prior marriage.
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Okay.
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And now he's with me.
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So Jacob is basically my future stepson.
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Wow, beautiful.
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What's good, Jacob?
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Thank you for the follow.
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Thank you for following the videos.
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And yeah, man, you gotta pull up to your stepmom's houses, man.
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She's showing me around all the cribs today,
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and yeah, they're fire, bro.
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Yes, sir.
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Hello.
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Is there CCTV cameras for everywhere in the building?
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Yeah, they can upload it, but...
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Oh, you don't have it right now,
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so I can't see it?
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No, not right now.
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Okay, okay.
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I've always wanted to know.
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Thank you.
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Thank you so much.
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See you soon.
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An amazing real estate agent.
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You're gonna go very far.
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Hi, guys, this is the building right here.
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I would point at it,
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but it's too cold out.
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This building was okay.
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I think it's a little pricey, a little pricey.
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I like the penthouse, but the views,
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man, the views of Hell's Kitchen wasn't that nice.
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Overall, I rate the building a 7 out of 10, I guess.
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All right, guys, the next building we're at,
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19 Park Place in Tribeca, I think.
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So, yeah, let's go check this one out,
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right under the World Trade Center.
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Oh, someone been here?
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This one has some tastes so far.
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Big-ass fridge.
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Oh, is this another one of those?
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Does this house just have no bedroom?
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Bedrooms are, uh, not safe.
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Yeah.
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There's two bedrooms right here.
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Nah, it's not.
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It's down here.
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Let's check it out.
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Yeah, bedroom and then another bedroom.
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Okay, bet.
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Oh, this is nice.
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Ow.
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Oh.
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So it's not on sale.
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Can you go up here?
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So you can see the private roof terrace.
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Private roof.
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All mine.
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This is.
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All yours.
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Wow.
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Check that out.
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In the summer, this would be so nice.
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That's insane.
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Oh, walk-in.
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Big walk-in closet.
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Ah!
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Oh, that's it.
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I got you right now.
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I love it.
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I'm tired of shit.
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You know, you guys know what this means.
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Oh, you could have saw me in the mirror.
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That would have been fire.
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Let's get out of here.
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Oh, we're in the gym.
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Oh, it's going faster.
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Oh, shit.
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That's a dumb design.
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All right, guys, so the one apartment we explored here was 11 million.
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The other apartment was 2.7 million.
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And it comes with this gym,
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you know, when I could just go to Equinox right up the street.
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We got a free gym downstairs and I really like it.
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I think the second one had some taste and you could see the World Trade Center.
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So I think it's worth it.
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Let's go to the next spot.
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It's him and his sister.
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Okay.
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Jeff. So it's...
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Yeah, my name is Jeff.
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My sister name is Emily.
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Jeff and Emily Byers.
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Jeff Byers, Emily Byers.
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I'm super interested.
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They're gatekeeping like crazy in here.
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They told us to turn off the camera.
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They're asking all my information.
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What's my name?
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Who's mine?
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What's my budget?
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So we got to keep it low key,
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but this is the apartment on Fifth Avenue.
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Let's check it out.
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You're a smart guy.
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I know.
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I figured it out.
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Smart feller.
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This lady is rude.
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Can we open it?
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We're getting it.
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Pull out, bro.
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I'm trying.
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The door is taking it right now.
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Bad.
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She's asking for you to pull out pull out bro.
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What are you doing?
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So how much is this to buy?
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4.5 million 4.5 million, okay No,
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it's not what we got wow beautiful bed
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She's getting so mad at them so I'm filming on my phone guys
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but this is what a 4.5 million dollar apartment is on 5th Avenue The real estate agent is getting
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so mad because we were filming.
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This is the bathroom.
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Wow beautiful.
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What the hell?
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No, I'm not gonna lie down Up to the door.
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Up to the door.
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Up to the street.
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Hey.
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Oh, oh, sorry.
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You might have gone up to the door.
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Wow, this is beautiful.
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Really nice.
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Two showers, one bath.
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Really, really nice.
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Really, really, really nice.
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Thank you.
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Is it okay?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I like it.
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Alright guys, that apartment was insane.
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I mean, it was a good apartment,
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but the real estate agent was...
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No, she was great, you know,
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we definitely had our, uh,
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complications but she was definitely good you know she was just doing her job she didn't like
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that you lock the door
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she was alright but I'm gonna be I'm gonna be buying
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that apartment that was a 4.5 million dollar apartment and I rate
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that apartment a um a seven out of ten
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and I rate the lady a one out of ten let's go all right guys this apartment Ten million dollars.
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Let's see.
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Welcome.
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Wow.
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Welcome.
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Two living rooms.
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Two living rooms.
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Holy shit.
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Wow, this is big.
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3,400 square feet.
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Where's the bedrooms and stuff at?
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Bedrooms are all along this hallway.
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You have a half bath here.
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Oh shit.
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You have a bathroom in every single bedroom.
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This is a double bedroom.
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Yo.
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Yo, there's a bathroom in here too?
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Oh, it works.
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This is the proper laundry room right over here,
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so you have your- Laundry room?
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Wash your dryer, you have your- Damn.
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You don't have to step out to throw trash,
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so you have a trash chute right with it.
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This is the second biggest bedroom here.
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Holy shit.
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So you really just take a shower and you look out.
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Wouldn't they see your d*** though?
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Two sinks?
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Yeah, two sinks, exactly.
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Wow!
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So I like just like my feet on the bed Really soft bed.
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I really like this bed.
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I was cold earlier touching the snow,
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but I feel a lot better now Yeah,
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this is actually so fire.
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So he is nice, bro.
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Imagine when it was snowing like what this shit looked like bro Waking up to this bros Beautiful nothing like it.
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Nothing like it insane waking up to this.
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All right.
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This is beautiful.
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Would you rather live here than Jersey?
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Yeah, damn.
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Is there a basketball court?
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No basketball court.
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There's a pool We try to keep the amenities to a minimum.
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Oh, okay, okay, okay.
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This was a good apartment.
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I really, really liked it.
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$10 million.
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City view.
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I give this a 10 out of 10, man.
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Steven Martinez.
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Cork Green Group.
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Yeah, let's go.
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Hit him up and come buy the fucking $10 million apartment.
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Safety, yo.
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Appreciate it.
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Thank you, man.
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Thank you.
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So we toured so many apartments today.
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We toured apartments that were $1,000 a month,
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apartments that were $10 million, and we toured All of them in the middle and saw so many amenities,
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played some hoops, done hella shit today, man.
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I can't lie.
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And we'll see you guys in the next video.
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This engaging video takes you on a virtual tour of apartments in New York City, ranging from incredibly affordable options to luxurious homes worth millions. By immersing yourself in this context, you will not only learn vocabulary related to real estate and daily life in the city, but you will also get a real feel for conversational English. Practicing speaking by mimicking the host can help you enhance your fluency, giving you the confidence to converse naturally. Moreover, using the shadowing technique—repeating what you hear in real-time—can significantly improve English pronunciation and rhythm.
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