Celebrating Ten Years
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
Pretty, Pretty Bad
And you may ask yourself, how did we get here... read more...
CONDOS 1.O
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
The Complete Guide to Selling Your Apartment
Everything you need to know when selling your apartment... read more...
A GUIDE TO CO-OPS
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...
October 5, 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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