Alexander Nathanson always wanted to live in Manhattan. "When you get to Manhattan, you've made it in New York," the Brooklyn native told Business Insider. When he and Josette Chang married in 2018, they fulfilled that dream by buying an apartment together in Midtown East. Beyond the personal significance for Nathanson, the purchase also made financial sense. Chang, who had been renting in New York since moving there for graduate school, was tired of the annual rent hikes. "I realized, 'Wow,