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Best Time of the Month for NY Apartment Hunting

Hey New York City Hoppers! People often ask us: "What's the best time of the month to look for apartments in NYC?" Let's look at the options. First Dibs The New York Times general consensus is that it's best to start looking...

Manhattan Cap Rates and Real Estate Investors

Bloomberg Businessweek reports today Manhattan Apartments Lure Investors Seeking Market Foothold. Down in the rental trenches, we've seen a lot of building transactions as the 2008 financial crisis dislocated REIT balance sheets across the country. One notable includes Longacre...

NYC Apartments Website Run by Russian Spy Anna Chapman

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...

2010 Census and a Study of the Past

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...

Broker Poker Tourney?!?

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...

Advice for YC Interviews

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,...