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This $3,250 two-bedroom in Crown Heights has got condo-like amenities. Just check out that kitchen.

This brand-new construction in Crown Heights features 14 units, including this $3,250 two-bedroom (note: that's the net effective rent, taking into account that one month is being offered free).

Pros: The newly built apartments have condo-like amenities, and all units have central A/C, a washer-dryer, stainless steel appliances (including a dishwasher), designer kitchen, bathroom, and lighting fixtures. Plus, as stated above, they're offering one month free rent.

Cons: Though it's far from tenement-style, the building is a walk-up.

If you’ve got a growing brood, you’ll be glad to know there are two more bedrooms in this $875k Park Slope co-op...and no underlying mortgage.

Families with big broods seem to have been on the hunt for apartments this week, as StreetEasy’s Most Wanted--the 10 sales listings those browsing StreetEasy.com this week saved more often than any others--is populated by an assortment of three-bedroom and could-be-three-bedroom apartments across the city.

An $875k three-bedroom, one-bathroom (perhaps you can anticipate some morning traffic jams?) co-op on President Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, in Park Slope is versatile in that the third bedroom could also work as a home office. The floor-through is finished with prewar details such as crown moldings, pocket doors and a working marble fireplace in the living room and a decorative one in the master bedroom. Each bedroom has a closet, on top of two additional closets within the unit and one in the hallway just outside. The walk-up building has relatively low maintenance at $650/month, no underlying mortgage or flip tax, and a shared garden.

Q. I want to expand my kitchen into my dining room  but there's a gas line in the way that's connected to my gas meter.  Can I move it or do I have to work around it?

 A. It sounds like what you're referring to is actually a gas riser, which begins in the basement of your building and terminates at the top floor.  Getting authorization from your co-op or condo board to move it is probably not possible.

“If you alter a gas riser, you have to shut down the riser in the basement,” says construction professional Mike Kaler. This shutdown affects everyone whose appliances receive gas from that particular riser.

Puerto Rico-born Luis, left, and Norweigan Fredrik, right, bring some serious accent to this season's "Million Dollar Listing."

In previewing the first episode of the new season of Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing New York” (which debuts tonight), what struck me was that there was more of everything. 

Important note: More is not necessarily always better.

1. More cursing.

I counted 15 curses (including preview of the next episode) which would average one curse per  four minutes. Which is still less than the average cab ride, I suppose.

The takeaway: New York real estate is not all unicorns and rainbows. When this much money is at stake, conversation can get heated. In other words, don't take your kids along to see apartments.