Lee Lin

Market Trends

Which Tech IPOs Will Impact Local Real Estate Prices?

February 25, 2020

Yesterday we discussed some of Financial Samurai's Reasons that year 2020 is a good time to buy real estate. One of the more complicated arguments surrounds tech IPOs. Here's the idea. When a successful company grows to the point of...

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Is 2020 A Golden Opportunity To Buy Real Estate?

February 24, 2020

One of our favorite personal finance and lifestyle blogs is Financial Samurai. Perhaps Financial Ronin would be the better name. Among many topics, probably the most heavily discussed is early retirement and financial independence. Anyway, Sam laid out his...

Fun

How Not To Die: Weight Loss Edition

February 1, 2020

We previously discussed how Paul Graham's famous How Not To Die essay applies well to the world of NYC rental brokers. Now that renter paid broker fees disappearing (unless it's overturned), it's more important than ever to be both...

Apartment Hunting

Best Websites Serving The NYC Short-Term, Sublet, Rental Spectrum

January 23, 2020

When people mention sublet websites, there are seemingly many choices in a crowded space. That's weird, because Harvard Business School professors Peter Coles, Ben Edelman, and Mike Luca found that a strong marketplace network effect should consolidate the...

Rental Management

Breaking Down The Stratus, REBNY, RLS, And Perchwell Claims

January 22, 2020

Yesterday we discussed the Game of Thrones level drama that has erupted between the various REBNY and RLS vendors. We obtained and read through some of the claims laid out in the Stratus Data Systems demand letter to...

Rental Management

REBNY and RLS Vendor Game Of Thrones

January 21, 2020

REBNY and RLS switched the vendor powering the RLS feed from Stratus Data Systems to Perchwell. These changing always cause a little risk, work, and stress for everyone involved. However, there can be many necessary reasons to...

Fun

Alexis Ohanian Created the HipMunk ChipMunk and RentHop Wally Mascots

January 15, 2020

HipMunk just announced they will be shutting down next week. Back in 2010 when they first launched, they were by far the best site for searching for flights. They also had the chipmunk mascot - who people have told...

Rental Glossary

What Are Two-Up Two-Down Apartments?

January 14, 2020

Like the Manhattan Classic Six, there is a particular floorplan jargon that is extremely common in prewar London. It's called the Two-Up, Two-Down row house. It refers to having no neighbors above and below you, but almost...

Market Trends

FreshDirect vs Amazon Fresh: Veggie and Salad Showdown

January 13, 2020

Today we follow up on our comparison of FreshDirect vs Amazon Fresh. Grocery delivery services promise fresh, healthy foods with minimum effort and reasonable prices. Therefore, the most important comparison should be vegetables and salads (we know, fruits are...

Fun

Grocery Deliveries for New Yorkers: Amazon Fresh vs. Fresh Direct vs Prime Now

January 12, 2020

At last, we are back from travels and heavily jet-lagged - which means sleeping and waking at odd hours for the next few weeks. To be honest, the jet-lag can provide a peaceful way to ease back into the...

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About Me

Lee is a data geek from MIT who spent years at quantitative hedge funds cranking out models to explain and predict financial markets. Real estate has always been a big part of Lee's life. He grew up helping out at his parents' Jersey Shore motels, became a landlord his first year out of college, analyzed mortgages on a fixed-income trading desk, and acquired a New York real estate license. At RentHop, he combines his nerd talents and real estate knowledge to constantly tweak the secret HopScore. He currently lives near Bryant Park and his favorite restaurant was Cafe Zaiya (now known as Tomiz).

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