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Upstairs Neighbors

Remember When Apartments Were $500?

28 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What personal milestone is Maya celebrating in this episode?

19.319 - 20.842 Dom Roberts

Hey.

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24.368 - 31.602 Maya Umemoto Gorman

Hey. Hey. And like, what about Pitch Perfect? What about War Is Over? Hey, can I talk to you guys?

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31.802 - 32.884 Unknown

Yeah, no, feel free.

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33.806 - 34.467 Maya Umemoto Gorman

Oh, War Is Over.

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34.487 - 40.659 Unknown

Wait, first time. War Is Over. Guys, War Is Over. I signed a lease yesterday. And I'm also like no shade. I'm low key scared.

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Like I need to get the money transfer in and then get the keys in my hand and then I'll celebrate because like I have a vlog on my on my YouTube channel, my YouTube channel that literally has like me in process of like finding a place and then like let me back up of finding a place and then literally like they literally were like.

Chapter 2: How does Dom feel about Glinda’s eyelashes?

57.473 - 82.333 Unknown

sit sit and then i sat and i still didn't get the treat so um that was really hard but like in the sense that like now that there's a place that i have my name on type shit i'm like well let me see the keto let me see let me see the keto but she's really cute and lovely and the landlord is like a girl and like she's t and she's like a woman of color and i'm like thank god like literally thank no and that's how i feel about my landlord like she's black and like

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82.313 - 100.095 Maya Umemoto Gorman

Like I was telling Maya, my neighborhood is like, I didn't know this because you wouldn't think that it was historically black, unfortunately, but it is historically black. And wake that up. Because I found their Instagram page because sometimes we have like block parties and stuff because it's like pretty residential. Yeah.

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100.977 - 119.94 Maya Umemoto Gorman

anyway so with that being said like she really like keeps it the price correct no very she doesn't raise it like i mean it should be so much more just because of the area inflation and like whatever one heavy on the inflation because you've been there long enough to where it's like i feel like you also are lucky to be locked in like that specific agreement you know what i mean Well, yeah.

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119.96 - 126.193 Maya Umemoto Gorman

And, like, they raised it for the first time, but only by, like, $100. Well, because they can't raise it more than, like, what? 3%. 3%. Yeah.

126.273 - 137.937 Unknown

And, like, now it's supposed to be, like, one or two, which I'm, like, T. And also, I... For the lore of it, I'm, like, I... Well, and we'll see, because in three months, I might be ripping my hair out. But the rent itself is...

Chapter 3: What are the highlights of the Oscar nominations discussed?

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and see how I was going to say cheap. And then it's like, well, why do we have to pay to live anyway? Let's talk about that. Let's wake up when like an apartment used to be $500. Does anyone give a fuck? Um, but like the rent is like cheap, but in the sense of like, I mean y'all, well y'all, I haven't said how much I like what my budget is, but like y'all know my tea.

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Like I literally was looking at shit like in LA, like it'll be max budget if you want like laundry on site, you know what I mean? Um, but like this place, she's like literally on some like low rent shit. Cause she's like building like a studio in the back. And she was like, Hey, like,

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no shade like it's so nice and like you get all the bells and whistles too so like that's really awesome really cute and like she's like really good care of the place like no and that's the because guys you would you like la bitches la landlords if it was up to me like i would have like an america's got talent of fucking la landlords or like an american idol where i'm like show me your unit and if you're shit like the girls be literally trying to like get you in an agreement for something where it's like but like the roach opened the door for me

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Do you know what I mean? Like I've seen genuinely over the last like month and a half, I've probably genuinely seen like 40 plus units. And these motherfuckers literally like you open the door, the door falls off the hinge and they're like, we're thinking like 4,500. I'm like 45, 4,500.

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Chapter 4: What challenges does Maya face in her new apartment?

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And it'll be no laundry on site. No, like, I think that the, the meeting of the landlord, we had like a key da yesterday because I was like, before I signed this lease, like, let me just walk through one more time. Cause y'all know, like I signed my lease, like dead ass, almost like sight unseen. And then I like opened the pantry and there was literally a pair of shorts in there. Like,

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never forget like like genuinely i'm like no like actually though so it's like if you're looking at a place especially these vintage bitches like now i literally open every single cabinet i'm like what's going on um but all that to say like that was before i knew that there were landlords who like genuinely don't give a fuck about their places um and so with this diva i'm like i could tell she gave a fuck like she installed a little light in the closet for some reason i'm like period and like she walked me through and yesterday we were just like kicking about like the people who've like lived there before and she like

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Like all, apparently all the divas that leave be like, girl, like I'm sick. And nobody's, nobody has lived there for less than six years. I'm like, that's a good sign.

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268.425 - 285.629 Maya Umemoto Gorman

That was our place before. Cause like, um, it was like an LA County judge lived at our place, like literally until her retirement. Yes. And then, It was like my friends and they lived there for like two years. And then after that, we've been there for almost like five plus years.

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Chapter 5: How does the conversation shift to the significance of neighborhood history?

285.649 - 306.197 Maya Umemoto Gorman

So it's just like, it's giving like the really good places. Like it's either word of mouth or it's giving like... Because no one in our neighborhood, like it's so rare. Like there's this place down the street that I always talk about that's so cute. And like when it first got taken was literally five years ago. And then, yeah, someone recently...

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swooped it up maybe in like the last year but like i remember when it was on the market i'm like that's so crazy like we really just be like setting up shop and like never well and heavy on setting up shop i'm like yeah i will say i feel like very inspired by this place like i've only felt like that about like one other place and like i talked to my fucking tarot reader and i won't say too much on it because like it would dox my shit because she literally be like are you wearing a red shirt right now i'm like

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But in essence, she was kind of just like, go ahead and stay in this specific area. And one thing that she said that really stuck with me, and it was ironically before I went and saw this place, was she was just like, when you go in, she was like, when you go in, you should feel like you live there already. And I was like, tea.

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348.167 - 354.143 Unknown

And I like went into this place and I was like, the rug, like the couch, like I see it, I see it. So I'm excited about it.

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354.163 - 363.549 Maya Umemoto Gorman

That's how I felt too when I moved into like this place. I feel like any place I've ever lived in, like I always felt like I was gonna live there before. I live there. Yeah.

Chapter 6: What are the hosts' thoughts on the current rental market?

364.913 - 365.414 Maya Umemoto Gorman

Yeah.

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365.434 - 374.178 Unknown

I guess you just like know. The deep inner knowing. The deep inner knowing. As my therapist. So I'm like, and thank God. And now I just have to like pick what color couch I want. I'm like trying not to get stressed about it, but you know, whatever.

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374.218 - 378.068 Maya Umemoto Gorman

There's a lot of, we could talk shopping. Well, there's a lot of couches.

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378.048 - 384.26 Unknown

Well, my problem is that I want a sleeper couch. Like I dead ass want one though, like pull a mattress out because like when my parents come, I want them to be able to sleep.

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384.28 - 390.692 Maya Umemoto Gorman

Okay. I went to Ikea recently and she's really, she really got a facelift. She does have a facelift.

Chapter 7: What insights do the hosts share about the importance of community?

390.712 - 392.715 Maya Umemoto Gorman

She has a serious facelift right now.

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392.776 - 396.242 Unknown

Well, cause she's serious. And like you bitches can't sleep on Ikea. It's no shade.

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396.222 - 414.535 Maya Umemoto Gorman

No, well, I was going to say they had a sleeper sofa that I was like, when I get my office, I want to like put it in there because their sleeper, that sleeper sofa in specific was so tea. Yeah. And it turns into an actual like. Well, yeah, that's what I'm saying. Not trundle-loo, but like bundle-loo. Like bed.

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414.515 - 430.313 Unknown

like literally well and that's what has me fucked up though is i'm like the thing is because i've seen i've seen ikea sleeper sofas my problem is that not only do i want a sleeper sofa i want a sleeper sofa with like a fucking l sectional so it's just like fucked up oh and i'm gonna cut my foot off i'm gonna cut my foot off

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430.293 - 454.191 Unknown

no ikea has one of those do they yes they do because i know someone who had one well let me can not to be like can we look on ikea's website but i'm literally like wait because i didn't see it and i need to see that though and i need to see that though because i've only seen a lot of the two seats and it's giving like if i want oh okay i see that just looks a little like from my experience with ikea well that's why

454.171 - 454.652 Maya Umemoto Gorman

Yeah.

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I was wondering why I didn't, cause I want like a mattress to come out so I can throw like a mattress topper on that hoe and handle it. Cause my dad about to be like my back.

463.075 - 467.286 Maya Umemoto Gorman

Oh, and I was going to say, I'm like, okay, go to the day beds.

467.975 - 488.279 Unknown

the day by the loo they have some cute ones like when i was there yeah well they do look at that one i oh but you want the l why don't you just get an ottoman a what like oh i don't know i mean that's a good point i could get an ottoman i'm just like not sold on it like my parents have an ottoman and i'm literally like that shit uncomfy can i say it yeah i'm sorry What's that?

Chapter 8: How does the episode conclude regarding their future discussions?

530.079 - 540.463 Maya Umemoto Gorman

Like. But you want it. Right. You want it like a proper couch. Do you want like a. Because I can't fit all y'all on that couch. Sorry. Okay. I'm seeing. You know what I'm saying? You want a section. Like a proper sectional. Yeah.

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540.483 - 542.768 Unknown

That's also a bad. Like real bad.

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542.748 - 568.519 Unknown

okay and so i'm gonna be serving like i i'll probably get like that and then like nothing else for a year and that's okay that's okay oh this is my well that's what i was saying i need to go to living spaces i need to go to living spaces but the also thing is i don't know if i want a cream couch you don't have to get cream you but they don't have many a color like it'd be like cream and like blue i'm like blue no they can customize it see i told you hey i've been looking hey i've been looking well living spaces won't they don't give a fuck

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568.972 - 589.782 Unknown

it's okay yeah they will if you go to their showroom i will go check they you can tell them what you're trying to do i will go check yes i will oh wait bob's discount like boom the place that i know i can get like a bus down bundaloo is joybird but i've read many things and that's the thing like green sunday's sunday's furniture sunday's furniture i don't know if i've seen that i haven't looked through your sectionals

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589.762 - 611.871 Unknown

i think uh lindsey just got a couch from them shout out lindsey rem shout out lindsey um yeah she got a mad honestly because i'm like it's like one of those deep we'll see because joybird literally do they want to but then it's like give me three foul i'm like what but like they should literally be like what color you want like a kind of like opal like a uh you know what i mean it's just like fuck so

611.851 - 614.674 Maya Umemoto Gorman

I wonder if we can like work something out, Joybird.

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Well, can I whisper to Joybird? Joybird, please, please. I like when the DM literally looks like, wait, please. Oh, okay, I see, I see. But then it's like the fucked up part about this is then it's like, bitch, what color? Nobody wants to talk about what color though. And then it's like, well, what color is the couch? Because then that informs the rug, then that informs everything, you know?

631.77 - 635.994 Maya Umemoto Gorman

I like that deep red. If you were gonna do a color. I was thinking about deep red too.

636.014 - 640.238 Unknown

The deep red is so deep. But I kind of want a deep red rug because then what color would my rug be?

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