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Wow. We always knew that the New York real estate scene had some fairly shady characters. Forget about the dozens of landing page sites that come and go each year.  They are the small fish that clutter our search...

I'm sure many of us have seen the flyers laid out across tables in coffee shops or have gotten the survey mails (yet another form to fill out in light of the soon-to-be-due taxes). It's now time for the...

Manhattan real estate seems to be on the verge of a bottom, if not already there.  Sure, you can point to economic data, jobs reports, the S&P rally, inflation expectations, and disappearing landlord concessions. These are all valid supporting...

Most regular blog visitors won't have any idea what I mean when I mention YC Interview, Y Combinator, or any of the relevant advisors and partners. That's fine. Before we entered the real estate world, we were software engineers,...

July to August 2009 has been the busy summer 2009, full of exciting deals for the Manhattan rental market! The amount of transaction volume has been miraculously high. Landlords everywhere are swamped with renters finally biting at some of...

The New York City Rent Guidelines Board establishes rent adjustments for the rent-stabilized apartments across New York City.  The board updates and adjusts the terms for renewal leases, which directly impacts the cost of rent for tenants in the...