"I was on the same street looking at another apartment but it was so disappointing," she tells Refinery29. "I walked past my building and it was so beautiful and they were leasing a 1-bedroom apartment. Right after I saw the space, the landlord was going to show the apartment to another person. I saw her parked her car, and that was it, I asked for the lease contract — I was not going to let anyone else have it."