Celebrating Ten Years
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My Top Ten Residential Realities...
...that make no sense, are unbearably annoying or should be changed as soon as possible… read more...
The State of Things
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Pretty, Pretty Bad
And you may ask yourself, how did we get here... read more...
CONDOS 1.O
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If You're Buying a Condo
Unlike a cooperative apartment, a condominium unit is real estate and is no different from purchasing a free-standing house. In what other ways does a condo differ from a co-op? read more...
THE SELLER'S CHECKLIST
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The Complete Guide to Selling Your Apartment
Everything you need to know when selling your apartment... read more...
A GUIDE TO CO-OPS
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If You're Buying a Co-op...
A co-op looks like real estate, acts like real estate, but for the owner of a cooperative unit, it really isn’t real estate. What exactly is a co-op? read more...
July 27, 2024
- Paying Sponsor Closing Costs No Longer a Given
- Buying From a Sponsor--The Basics
- Life's Not Fair--More About Purchasing From a Sponsor
- The Punch List
- A Checklist for Renting Your Condo
- The Condo Advantage
- What Exactly is Title Insurance?
- The Board of Managers
- The Condo Kicks In
- What's In Store?
- More Ill from ILSA...
- New Construction: A Love Story
- Toolkit for Purchasing From a Sponsor
- Much Ado About Something: Do Offering Plans Need a Warning Label?
- Repairing New Construction
- Know Thy Sponsor
- A Change of Plan
- The Special Risk Index
- This Just In: Virtual Apartments are Back!
- How To Avoid a Board Turn Down
- Board Package Red Flags
- The Board Package
- The Proprietary Lease
- Co-ops 1.0
- The Great Co-op Secret
- Where's the Stock and Lease?
- The Cooperative Difference
- A New "Tax" For Co-ops
- Lien On Me
- The Fifteen Minute Co-op Closing
- Timing is Everything
- Do You Know Who I Am?
- Lost Can Cost
- Did Co-ops Save New York?
- Residential Realities April 2015
- How To Handle The Walk Through
- The New Normal
- Choosing a Broker
- The Application Process
- Obtaining Financing
- The Closing--Time to Wrap Things Up
- Give Due Diligence It's Due: Investigating Before Signing the Contract
- What To Do When Your Apartment is Possessed
- Entering Into the Contract of Sale
- The Skinny on Closing Costs
- Closing Disasters and How to Avoid Them
- Houston, We've Got a Problem
- More About Pre-Closing Inspections
- The Managing Agent
- Love Hurts
- The Zen of Renovation
- What Happens When A Party Defaults?
- Have You Hugged Your Contractor Today?
- Who Can You Turn To?
- Hey Nineteen
- What to Expect from CoopandCondo.com
- How to Avoid a Bad Building--Part I
- A New "Tax" For Co-ops
- Banks Get Funky
- About the Publisher
- Hey Seller, Freeze!
- A Day in the Life...of a Loan
- Taking Your Building's Financial Temperature
- My Favorite Things
- The Twenty Year Rule
- Reading the Tea Leaves: How the Minutes Reveal a Building's DNA
- Links I Like
- Selecting an Attorney
- The Due Diligence Short List
- Defensive Buying
- You Don't Wanna Do That
- Party Like It's 1997
- You're Not in Kansas Anymore
- RESPA REDUX: What You Don't Know Can Kill Your Closing
- What's the Big?
- Can Facebook Save Real Estate?
- Up on the Roof
- ILSA: Not the Name of a Hurricane
- Brokers and Board Packages
- Shining a Light on Pre-Contract Inspections...
- It's Not Over
- Dual Agency Disclosure Law Has Been Revised
- Stay Ready, So You Don't Have to Get Ready
- A Matter of Survival
- A Lawyer is not a Toaster
- What's a Lot Line Window?
- 5 Traps Every Apartment Buyer Should Avoid
- Mopping Up 2010 and What to Expect in 2011
- Broker Talk New York: Understanding Dual Agency
- Media Tracker
- Protecting the Privacy of the High Profile Purchaser
- The Online Offering Plan
- When Bigger Isn't Better: Purchasing in a Small Co-op or Condo
- Residential Realities: January 2020
- Residential Realities February 2011
- A Combustable Situation
- The Real Estate Economy as Greek Mythology
- Broker Talk New York: E-mail Has Consequences
- Clean Sheet of Paper: Sometimes Old Technology is Best
- Residential Realities March 2011
- Banks Get Funky: The B Side
- Has Dodd-Frank Slayed the Mortgage Monster?
- Residential Realities April 2011
- Homeowners Placed Under House Arrest
- Lending a Hand to Lenders: How to Speed Up the Closing Process
- Residential Realities May 2011
- Why We All Can't Get Along: Personal Freedom Takes a Hit...
- Memo to First Time Buyers: How to Avoid Closing Cost Sticker Shock
- Manhattan Numerology: Separating Fact From Fluff
- Residential Realities June 2011
- Residential Realities July 2011
- A Co-op and Condo Conundrum
- Residential Realities August 2011
- Gone Baby Gone
- Getting Real With the New Rules of Real Estate
- Unrequited Loan
- Residential Realities September 2011
- A Matter of Trust
- Clearing Misconceptions
- Residential Realities October 2011
- Great Expectations
- Residential Realities November 2011
- Residential Realities December 2011
- Mopping Up 2011 and Looking Ahead to 2012
- Residential Realities January 2012
- High Anxiety
- Residential Realities February 2012
- Let's Get Busy
- Residential Realities March 2012
- Residential Realities April 2012
- Risky Business
- Residential Realities May 2012
- Avoiding Closing Chaos
- Residential Realities June 2012
- eBooks on iTunes, Kindle and Nook
- Rules for Renting
- "Kiss Your Clients"
- Residential Realities July 2012
- From Contract to Closing
- Residential Realities August 2012
- Appraise This!
- Residential Realities September 2012
- Residential Realities November 2012
- Honey, I Shrunk the Inventory
- Residential Realities December 2012
- Residential Realities February 2013
- Residential Realities March 2013
- Double Dipping, Deadlines & Discrimination
- Inside Manhattan's Real Estate Bubble: A Reality Check for Buyers
- Digital Divide
- Residential Realities August 2013
- Residential Realities October 2013
- Mopping Up 2013 and Looking Ahead to 2014
- Serenity Now
- Residential Realities December 2013
- Out to Lunch
- I Know a Guy...
- If You're Buying a Condo
- The Complete Guide to Selling Your Apartment
- If You're Buying a Co-op...
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