Brokers and Landlords

New York City has the most challenging apartment rental market in the country. Prices are sky high. Great apartments get snapped up in hours. There are dozens of neighborhoods to choose from (exciting!), but each one is like its...

It's 2013: widespread use of the internet is well over 15 years old, and websites have largely replaced the need for human stock brokers and basic travel agents. Today, we can even order delivery or hail cabs with our...

One of the most interesting discoveries we've made while creating and growing RentHop is that not all brokers are equal. We originally began with the premise that the Internet was turning real estate professionals into over-priced commodities, prepped for...

For those who do consulting work, a once counter-intuitive secret is now common knowledge: accepting a lower hourly rate often means having a more demanding, more obnoxiously clueless, and more frustrating client. The theory is that lower-paying clients don't...

Most landlords decide to add incentives to reduce their vacancy rates as we head into the Winter season. After all, most rational people try to avoid moving in the cold weather, around the holiday season. Even many brokers decide...

Goldfarb announced today that starting next week, they will stop paying OPs (broker fees). Along with the Brodsky "1M free or 1M OP" policy and steady incentive reductions from Stonehenge, this latest news significantly reduces the no fee luxury...