$5-10k seems to be the standard for a signing bonus, but I'd err closer to the $10k for New York. As much as I think NYC realtors are a useless, overpaid class of people, it's difficult to attack the NY market without one, and they are egregiously expensive: 8.3-20% of first-year rent, usually 15.
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We're based in New York, so this interests me. What sort of extra help do you think we should give to people relocating here?
twenty thousand dollars! ha, ha... just kidding! (only not really)
$5-10k seems to be the standard for a signing bonus, but I'd err closer to the $10k for New York. As much as I think NYC realtors are a useless, overpaid class of people, it's difficult to attack the NY market without one, and they are egregiously expensive: 8.3-20% of first-year rent, usually 15.