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Determining the Value of Your Apartment Before Selling It
The age-old adage about real estate is that there are three major factors in determining its value: “location, location, location.” While that may or may not be true, and location aside, a smart seller has to price an apartment right to se…
Fractured Families: Dealing with Sticky Inheritance Issues
Ideally, beloved heirlooms tend to stay in the family when applicable, passed down from one generation to be appropriately cherished by the next, ad infinitum. Unfortunately, many families are less than ideal, and thus inheritance can bec…
Resolving Conflicts
Even in the most harmonious of communities, conflicts are bound to arise -- and having a responsive, resourceful manager with good communication and conflict resolution skills is crucial, no only to avoid costly litigation, but to get impor…
New Production of Shakespeare's 'Merry Wives' Set in a UWS Co-op
The world of real estate, especially condos and co-ops, has its share of unique characters and universal conflict. In a way, it's not that different from a William Shakespeare play. So it's not too surprising that a new production at Man…
Harlem Is Booming With Residential and Commercial Activity
Sometimes it can be all-too-tempting to throw around the 'r'-word, whether for the sake of cynical sensationalism or genuine enthusiasm. (The word being, or course, 'renaissance.') But it's often better to tread more lightly; to just acknow…
How to Make the Most of a Small Kitchen Space
Home cooks often dream of large rambling kitchens filled with restaurant-quality equipment; six burner stoves; double ovens; industrial strength dishwashers that scrape the crud right off the pots; and sub-zero refrigerator freezers with hy…
Common Legal Pitfalls Self-Managing Boards Make
Serving on your building or association's board isn't easy - especially when you don't have a managing company guiding you. There's a lot to remember, a lot to take in, and high-stakes decisions to make. These legal pros offer some advice o…
Brooklyn's High-Rise Rental Glut
Downtown Brooklyn’s housing boom isn’t letting up – but how much new residential construction is too much? Anyone who passes through the Flatbush and Atlantic Avenue corridors has seen the changes; not just the buildings growing skyw…
Scaffolding
In a flurry of activity last December, many local news organizations, including The New York Times , Crains, and CBS local news ran stories about the overwhelming number of scaffolds surrounding buildings in all five boroughs of New …