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A common misperception on the part of sellers is that resale apartments and new development are received in the same way by the marketplace and should be priced the same as new development.  For better or worse, this is almost never the case. I suppose that it’s almost always for the worse, from the perspectiveRead more

As I’ve said in this video and this blog post, I see the current environment as a generational opportunity to buy in NYC.  And yet, there are many buyers very much on the fence right now about buying, even if they have realized, entirely, that it is time for them to move into something new.Read more

 When it comes to getting my clients to their next home, we are the captains of the ship.  What’s amazing is that in this case, nothing has changed, not one bit, despite the massive shifts in the world and the real estate market.  Buying and selling have always been stressful, and I have toRead more

Buyers should be out looking for properties now.  The combination of low interest rates and softer real estate prices should be quite alluring!!  The best opportunity in perhaps a GENERATION.  Yet there are many buyers who are sitting on the sidelines. I don’t know that they are contentedly sitting on the sidelines, but they are.   WeRead more

I have been connecting my clients to agents all across Vermont, Westchester, the Hamptons, Upstate New York, and Connecticut.  Mostly about buying- 95% about buying. In addition to that, I am also getting updates from other clients that they are buying in all of the same areas above.  Beautiful farms, wooded homes, the gamut. NewspapersRead more

Only when you can step away from your normal day, can you ever really take a good, long look at how you are doing things.  And in this time, it has become abundantly clear that the process, the ordeal, the buyers put themselves through- or that they tolerate- is broken.  This is part of my three-partRead more

Virtual Tours What Are They.  How in the Hell did we get here?  Customers have gotten very used to seeing property in person, and fumbling through the ramshackle experience of buying property here without thinking much about it.  THAT TIME IS OVER.  Touring properties in person will, in my view, take a backseat, or atRead more

I’ve been a real estate agent since 2003.  17+ years later, especially in this moment, I can look back and put my History Major hat on.  Let’s look quickly at what am calling Brokerage 1.0, Brokerage 2.0, and now, what seems obviously to be Brokerage 3.0. Brokerage 1.0 When I started in residential real estateRead more

Please take a look at our video which explains everything in a nutshell. Our aim, every day, whether today or tomorrow, is to provide a clear and compelling vision of your next home. We are reopening the Real Estate market in June and want to give you some clarity about our plans. We are already seeingRead more

We will all read a host of predictions for how the home of the future will look different.  The pandemic may change behavior.  But given that in New York City, you live in 100-year-old homes, and in London they live in 400-year-old homes, and in Jerusalem they live in 1000-year-old homes- I venture to guessRead more