In Manhattan this Spring, it’s not DDT that can kill you. It’s uncertainty. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Silent Spring, Rachel Carson’s 1962 book was about the environmental impact of DDT, a chemical that has since been banned. No one is banning uncertainty. No one could! Because it’s like a whack-a-mole! Too
READ MORE
Are We Having The Spring Season Anyone Expected? The listing season is upon us. Spring is supposed to give buyers new inventory to look at, and ultimately buy. How is that playing out? Just as we were about to see our busiest listings season hit, we saw a few bumps in the road: Banking Collapses
READ MORE
This is a monthly series where we explore a recent deal closed by our team. We try to take an unconventional look at the sale, and share what we learned from it. Enjoy! A Great Test Case in 2022. It’s unusual to have such a perfect test case to share with you. Here, we’ll look
READ MORE
What Does Winning Look Like? What if you could avoid the time-wasting, drama-filled horror stories? How can you avoid the uncertainty of a changing market? How can you avoid spending weekend after weekend looking at apartments? How can you avoid walking into one more property that is COMPLETELY WRONG? Don’t you want your Real Estate
READ MORE
“Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss” This lyric from The Who keeps running around in my brain, from their epic Won’t Get Fooled Again. Recently, there have been some proposals to bring transparency to the coop purchase process. Boards would have to give reasons as to why they rejected a buyer. You
READ MORE
The Locked-In Effect I’m thinking about the different reasons why people don’t want to sell their apartments in New York City right now. The New York Times is looking across the US for answers. Their argument is that homeowners who have low mortgage rates on their home- and the option of renting out their home-
READ MORE
Everybody is Scooting Around New York City. I posted my glee about using the latest Unagi scooter on my W.I.S.E.R. newsletter. It’s been a warm winter, and I’ve been taking advantage of the convenience of popping around my neighborhood. You would have thought that I shot someone. Not so fast, Mr. Harris! You didn’t know
READ MORE
It’s crazy that January 2003 is already twenty years ago. I came to New York City on July 4th of 2002, with $6000 borrowed from my mom. I am grateful that I had a mother who believed in me when I didn’t know what I was going to do with the rest of my
READ MORE
How can you make an extra $1mm on the sale of your property? Our client was selling his mother’s house. It was widely publicized when it hit the market, a townhouse on East 9th Street, brought to market with my team’s rockstars Chloe Chasanoff and Brooke Davis. The New York Times was excited to cover
READ MORE
What’s Going To Happen To All The Office Space In NYC? There’s a lot of news talking about the death of office space in New York City. Loans coming due – $16BB or more – on commercial real estate in 2023 Super low office attendance, even with mandates Tech companies walking away from leases, subletting,
READ MORE