Living rent free in the middle of New York City – Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Jersey City Adjacent – these are the adventures, both mundane and engrossing, of the lives of two fairly average, but sustainably creative people trying to live their lives in a way that aligns with their ethics of sustainability, socialism, generosity, and exchange.
Our Claims to Fame:
- Not paying rent for 4 years in one of the most expensive cities on the Earth
- Petsitting nearly every day of the year for 3 years
- Living off $100/week – By
- Foraging food from the trash or leftovers from our respective careers
- Refusing to buy clothing new and instead fashioning out outfits via used clothing outlets or Park Slope and Williamsburg stoop giveaways
- Using savings and workaholic earnings to purchase 3 Jersey City properties within a span of 3 years
- the two rowhouses that form our eco friendly Bnb and a 2-family rental
- Running our Bnb through a work exchange programs, like Workaway and HelpX that allow for people from around the world to stay in NYC for free in exchange for helping w/ room turnovers and keeping the Bnb tidy.
- Growing within our respective professional careers, despite our lack of conformity
- Educating others on how to live sustainably
NY Nomads is
Jennifer Liepin

Jennifer Liepin
Career: Jack of All Trades
- Assistant to a C-Level NYC Family
- Owner and Manager of Woof Woof NYC, NYC’s first petsitting in-the-home company
- Co-owner of the Jersey City Bnb, a soon to be 8-bedroom Bnb, located an 8 minute walk from the Journal Square Path train station
- Pro Bono Admissions Consultant
- Creator of non-profit educational site Equality.Education
- Mentor to University Settlement‘s Reach tutoring program
Hometown: Hatboro, Pennsylvania
Years in NYC: 10
Sandy Patch

Sandy Patch
Career: Fixer
- CTO and Partial Owner of Final Frame, a post production film operation in Chelsea
- Co-owner and COO of the Jersey City Bnb
- Dogwalker on demand for Woof Woof NYC
- Board member of Property of the People
Hometown: Cabin John, Maryland
Years in NYC: 14