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Back to My Roots

I dislike when bloggers stop writing for a long time, then they come back with tons of excuses about why they’ve been gone. I don’t CARE what you’ve been doing – I read you for content so don’t preface it with a paragraph of blubbering about how you’re going to be better from now on. (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)

Moms Who Wrangle Real Estate

I don’t quite know how it happened, but somewhere along the way I started reading mommy blogs. Not because I am a mommy, nor because I want to be one anytime soon; I must’ve read an article somewhere about how prolific these blogs have become, and a few clicks later I got hooked. These ladies (more&hellip)

Savvy Advisor: Sublet Etiquette

Every so often, I get questions for readers facing their own real estate quandaries: Did I overpay for my house? How do I find a renter if I need to move? And so on. I’m always happy to help people navigate the complex real estate world, and from time to time I’ll be publishing these (more&hellip)

Tenant Drama, aka My First Mean Landlord Moment

RSRE is a site about first-time real estate. It’s also about creative approaches to real estate, since I believe real estate–if used correctly–can enable you to live an interesting and unusual life. From time to time, I’ll post stories from my personal real estate exploits, since I’m learning how to “do” real estate along with (more&hellip)

Dear Landlords, (An Open Letter)

Graduations are happening all around the country, and recent grads are flooding the rental market in cities everywhere. I remember those days of obsessive Craigslist-checking and landlord hounding. Since graduation, I’ve moved around a lot, and as such I’ve done my fair share of apartment hunting. After hours and days of frustration, I always find (more&hellip)