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Live/Work Loft in NYC

Why yes, yes I’d love to come live in this stunning TriBeCa loft. What? I have to WORK there as well? So be it. In honor of my recent pro-renting rant, I thought I’d feature a rental for a change. No, it’s not exactly thrifty at $30,000/month, but hey, budgeting has to start somewhere. Towering (more&hellip)

Update: Live-In Landlord Opportunity in NYC

Whilst browsing Sotheby’s the other day, as I am wont to do, I came across a rental listing for a New York City building that I featured back in May. The building, if you remember, was a rent-regulated 6-unit West Village building. Listed for $4.5 million, it’s now under contract, and the owners are already (more&hellip)

Sustainable Building and Condo Breakdowns

How do I constantly find myself reporting on real estate gone wrong? Oh yeah, because it seriously happens, and I believe people need to weigh all the risks when making real estate decisions. Today’s real estate disaster is rather epic in scale, and it’s also a tale of six degrees of real estate separation. Remember (more&hellip)

Sustainably Stunning in Taos

Sustainably stunning? Is that super lame? I can’t tell – that’s what the Internet does. It turns your brain to mush! What I know ISN’T lame is this tricked out sustainable house in Taos, NM. (Disclaimer: I was born and raised in New Mexico so I have inside information about how awesome it is.) The (more&hellip)

A Man, A Rock, and the Sea

We humans seem to have an unstoppable drive to explore, conquer, and dominate…especially when it comes to real estate. From elaborate treehouses built high above the ground, to rural country cottages far from civilization, we practically dare Mother Nature to try to contain us. This is not a new phenomenon. Back in the early 1900s, (more&hellip)

Live Like a Saint in Seattle’s Sanctuary

Living in a church is all the rage these days, so it shouldn’t be a surprise to see a townhouse development within a massive church in Seattle’s hip Capitol Hill neighborhood. The townhouses started selling a year ago, and I believe most are sold, since I can’t seem to find MLS listings anywhere online. The (more&hellip)

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Obscenely Nice Downtown Digs

I don’t do a lot of celebrity real estate coverage, but there are a couple celebs like Nicholas Cage (a walking real estaster!) and Gwyneth Paltrow that are just so ostentatious I can’t help myself. You may recall my recent coverage of Gwyneth Paltrow’s “humble” Nashville apartment renovation. Needless to say, it was far from (more&hellip)

Swiss Miss Mid-Century and Twitter Fun!

I’ll get to this photo in a second. But first, let’s play a game! I’ve been talking with real life first time homebuyers who’ve learned the ins and outs of real estate the hard way. Next week, I’ll be posting an illuminating interview with homebuyers who fell into a money pit, so be sure to (more&hellip)

Warehouse Nouveau: Life in an Old Factory Looking Good

It’s not that I wasn’t aware of this San Francisco neighborhood. People just don’t really talk much about it. I guess it used to be sketchy, and it’s still full of warehouses and empty streets, which turns off some people. And we only looked at one horribly depressing condo back during our house-hunting binge, so (more&hellip)

Hidden Real Estate Gems: Charlotte, NC

I realize that my coverage here on Real Savvy tends to skew coastal and urban. That just happens to be where I spend most of my time. But there’s a whole big world out there I’m missing, so I’ve resolved to make an effort to seek out the hidden gems across America: places with a (more&hellip)

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